Die-hard Felix Auger-Aliassime survives Pospisil in the 1st round of the Coupe Rogers

COUPE ROGERS - MONTREAL. Auger-Aliassime survives Pospisil to square off with Milos Raonic in the 2nd round

Felix Auger Aliassime in Montreal

Felix Auger Aliassime survives Vasek Pospisil 6-2 6-73 7-63 in the 1st round in Montreal on Tuesday after conquering a huge battle. Auger-Aliassime is going to play against Milos Raonic in the 2nd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Auger-Aliassime started the set strong after breaking Pospisil in the 1st game (1-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Felix to win the set because Vasek succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (2-2) game. Felix maintained his focus to break Vasek in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Vasek was powerless in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).

2nd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Pospisil won the breaker at 3.

3rd set.

Also in this set, nothing could divide these 2 players and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Auger-Aliassime won the tiebreak at 3.

At the end of the match, Felix scored 104 points vs. Vasek’s 91 points.

Auger-Aliassime served pretty well to win 83% of the points (53/64) behind his first serve, and he won 52% points (15/29) on his second serve. Felix was remarkable in converting all the break points (3/3). On the other side, Vasek was stunning in converting all the break points (1/1). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

After this encounter, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Pospisil is 3-0 for Felix.

Highlights Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Vasek Pospisil Coupe Rogers – Montreal

Auger-Aliassime’s Interview

After the match, Felix commented “I changed a lot. Mentally, as well. For sure I have the confidence that I can win against these types of players. I’m not as nervous stepping on these big courts. That’s also a big change.

I think the overall trust in my game is much more different than before. I think overall everything in my game has improved, from the groundstrokes, my return, my serve.”

Next Match: Felix Auger Aliassime vs. Milos Raonic – H2H and stats

Auger-Aliassime will take on Raonic in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Felix Auger Aliassime and Milos Raonic face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Raonic (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they fought against each other, Raonic won 6-4 6-4 in the 2nd round in Indian Wells back in 2018.

Felix Auger Aliassime in Montreal

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