Felix Auger-Aliassime topples Aleksandar Vukic 7-6(3) 6-7(2) 6-2 in the 1st round in Tokyo on Monday. Auger-Aliassime will face off with Sebastian Ofner in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 51 minutes.
Auger-Aliassime added to his prize money $ 12,680 after winning this match. He has already won $ 27,170 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Canadian will add $ 23,725 to his earnings to get in total $ 50,895 in total.
Highlights Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Aleksandar Vukic Rakuten Japan Open – Tokyo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:51
At the end of the match, the Canadian scored 124 points vs. the Australian’s 111.
Auger-Aliassime
Felix struck 13 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Auger-Aliassime won this match even if he was far from perfect in converting his break points after he converted only 31% (5/16) of the procured opportunities.
Vukic
On the other side, Aleksandar had some problems converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this match, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Vukic is 1-0 for Felix.
Draw and next match H2H: Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Sebastian Ofner – stats
Auger-Aliassime will fight against Ofner in the 2nd round.
There is no head to head record between Felix Auger-Aliassime and Sebastian Ofner since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
Felix won the set after he broke Vukic in the 7th (4-3) game. The Australian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, the Canadian managed to stay calm and finish the job to conquer the set 7-6.
Felix converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Australian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-1 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 40-A).
They played 91 points. The Canadian won 9 points more than Vukic (50-41). The Canadian dropped 14 points on serve (35-14). In addition, on the other side, Aleksandar conceded 15 points on serve (27-15).
Aleksandar won the set after he broke Auger-Aliassime in the 5th (3-2) game. The Canadian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Anyhow, the Australian didn’t make any concession anymore to win the set 7-6.
Yet also the Canadian won 4 consecutive games from 2-4 to 6-5
The Australian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 5th (2-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Auger-Aliassime was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 6th (2-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 9th (4-5 30-40) and the 14th game (5-7 0-40).
They played 91 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally the Australian won barely 1 point more than the Canadian (46-45). Vukic conceded 29 points on serve (37-29). on the other side of the court, the Canadian conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Auger-Aliassime got off on the right foot in the set after breaking Aleksandar Vukic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, that was not enough for Felix to win the set as the Australian found the way to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Auger-Aliassime maintained his focus to break Vukic in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).
Vukic lost the 3rd game (3-0) when he was serving and leading 40-0.
Felix was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (2-0 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, the Australian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (0-3 0-40).
They played 44 points. Felix was the one to win the set after conquering 6 points more than Vukic (25-19). The Canadian dropped 8 points on serve (12-8). On the other side, Vukic conceded 13 points on serve (11-13).
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