Felix Auger-Aliassime won an extremely difficult second-round match against an inspired Alex Molcan. The Canadian player had to recover from a 2-sets-down deficit before winning 3-6 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2.
During the course of the match, similarly to other players, Felix was extremely vocal about the quality of the balls. Felix commented: “I have never complained about it but the balls are not bouncing. I am hitting normally. I don’t know…you can’t do anything….I have never seen it before. Show the show for kids”
Felix Auger-Aliassime is NOT happy with the quality of the balls… 🤨
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Auger-Aliassime at the Australian Open, ranking, and results in 2023
Currently the world no.7, Auger-Aliassime has managed to achieve an overall 2-1 match record in 2023. Auger-Aliassime is participating at the Australian Open where he beat the world no.99 Vasek Pospisil 1-6 7-64 7-63 6-3 and the world no.53 Alex Molcan 3-6 3-6 6-3 6-2 6-2.
Auger-Aliassime won 4 titles in his career: all of them conquered on hard courts. (See the list of his titles)