He began 2022 with a bang, helping Canada to a men’s ATP Cup victory in Sydney alongside Denis Shapovalov, Brayden Schnur and Steven Diez. It’s the kind of first round that when you go through it’s very important, because now he has the memory that he can come back and stay focused for five sets,” Auger-Aliassime’s coach, Frederic Fontang, told TSN’s Mark Masters.ĭavidovich Fokina, the world’s 50th-ranked player from Spain, scored a straight-sets victory over Alex Bolt in the opening round and comes into the year’s first Grand Slam on an upward trajectory since turning pro in 2017. “Felix is still young in the Grand Slam experience and it’s another positive one. The reality is everybody’s great, is a great player. “I would have loved to be out of there in an hour and 30 but that’s not the reality. Relieved I was able to find a way through,” Auger-Aliassime said.

It’s an important win, every win is important in a Grand Slam.

Today I was able, where even being led two sets to one, to find a way back and win. “I like my improvement from let’s say years ago or months ago. Ruusuvuori took the frame 6-0 and the third set 6-3 to push Auger-Aliassime one set away from Canada’s third first-round defeat after Leylah Fernandez and Rebecca Marino fell in the opening round on the women’s side.īut the 21-year-old from Montreal dug deep, taking the final two sets 6-3 and 6-4 to survive an opening-round scare that lasted nearly four hours and set up Wednesday’s showdown with Davidovich Fokina. The Canadian took the first set 6-4 against 90th-ranked Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland early Tuesday, but the wheels came flying off in the second. Watch the match LIVE on TSN5, TSN.ca, the TSN App and TSN Direct at approximately 10:15 p.m. The Canadian battled back to win the final two sets and advance to the second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday, where he will face Alejandro Davidovich Fokina Wednesday night. It certainly wasn’t easy for Felix Auger-Aliassime in round one.

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