Olympic medallist Felix Auger-Aliassime was defeated 6-3, 6-2 by Flavio Cobolli on Wednesday at the ATP Montreal Masters, dashigning Canadian hopes.
Cobolli, rated 33rd, won the opening set, but Auger-Aliassime struggled to find his flow and lost by a double break in the second. After committing a double fault on the first of his three match points, the Italian sealed the victory on his subsequent attempt.
Despite losing his opening-round match in Canada for the second time in a row, Auger-Aliassime lost in his Montréal first-round match for the first time. Even so, Auger-Aliassime left to a standing ovation from the home crowd. The soon-to-be 24-year-old acknowledged their support with a modest gesture.
Cobolli was happy to win the match and said: “Congrats to Felix for his medal. I did the perfect match today. I don’t know how I did it. I just tried to make a dream come true.”
Cobolli in Montreal, ranking, and results in 2024
Now ranked no.33 (career-high), the Italian owns a composed 34-22 record in 2024. Flavio is currently having a run in Montreal where he overcame the world no.19 Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3 6-2.
Flavio Cobolli will fight against the world no.65 Arthur Rinderknech in the 2nd round on Thursday at 7:00 pm on COURT ROGERS. Their head to head is 1-1.
Flavio reached the final in Washington (Citi Open).
Felix Auger-Aliassime in 2024
Currently the world no.19, Felix played his last match on the 7th of August when he lost to world no.33 Flavio Cobolli 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Montreal (draw).
Presently, during this year the Canadian has achieved an overall 25-19 record. Felix Auger-Aliassime’s best result of this year was getting to the final in Madrid.
Felix Auger-Aliassime will face the world no.4 Alexander Zverev in the Round Robin on Sunday at 2:00 pm on CENTER COURT. Their actual record is 6-2 for Zverev.
Auger-Aliassime was the finalist in Madrid (Mutua Madrid Open).
Felix won 6 titles in his career: 1 on hard courts and 5 on indoor courts. (See the list of his titles)
He is also scheduled to play at the U.S. Open (U.S. Open) after Cincinnati. The main draw will start on the 12th of August.
Flavio Cobolli and Felix Auger-Aliassime squared off just on 2 occasions. Their current head to head is 2-0 for Cobolli. Before, the last time they played each other, Flavio Cobolli won 6-3 6-2 in the 1st round in Montreal (National Bank Open) on the 7th of August 2024.
In the following video you can watch the highlights.
Flavio Cobolli and Felix Auger-Aliassime |
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