Felix Auger-Aliassime victorious over Opelka in the 2nd round of the Citi Open

Felix Auger Aliassime ousts Reilly Opelka 6-4 3-6 6-4 in the 2^nd round in Washington on Wednesday. Auger-Aliassime will square off with Marin Cilic in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Felix conquered in the 5^th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Opelka conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Auger-Aliassime in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That was decisive for Opelka to win the set (6-3) since there were no other breaks.

3^rd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Felix conquered in the 10^th game (6-4).

At the end of the match, Felix scored 76 points vs. Reilly’s 74 points.

Felix served extremely well to win 89% of the points (42/47) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (12/23) on his second serve. Auger-Aliassime fired 12 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Felix was pretty good in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4). On the other side, the American was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (1/2). However, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this contest, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Opelka is 1-0 for Felix.

Auger-Aliassime’s Interview

After the match. Felix commented:

“He was serving unbelievable. I even moved my position. I was trying to mix up the positions. Every time I was getting aced at the same spot. It was just so frustrating. How did he manage to ace me on that same line again every time?

Again, I had to deal with it. I was able to come back well in the third set. [There are] frustrating moments in a tennis match, but that’s how it is.”