Dubai Championships: Felix Auger-Aliassime avoided disaster

Quebec player Felix Auger-Aliassime stepped up after dropping the second set of his opening match against American Maxime Cressi at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Tuesday, winning 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-3.

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It took the ninth racket in the world exactly three hours to beat the owner of the 36 rackets^H ATP level.

However, Cressy proved to be a tough opponent, winning the first two match points of the final on serve FAAwho eventually took advantage of his second match point.

Auger-Aliassime had to contend with his opponent’s somewhat unpredictable serve.

This dominated 27 to 13 in terms of aces, except that he committed no less than 25 double faults, to only one fault by the representative of the Maple Leaf.

The loser made dozens of those errors in the first set alone.

Despite his troubles, Chrissie saved 13 of the 14 break points he faced.

In the next stage, the Italian “FAA” team will face Lorenzo Sonego, 67 years old^H Tour player.

He has defeated him twice on as many occasions since the beginning of his career.