the canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime (6)who had to withdraw from his first two matches at the Australian Open, avoided complications in the third round and beat Argentine Francisco Cerúndolo (28) 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 and 6-4in a match played at John Cain Arena.
“I’ve had a great start compared to the first two and that was better. In the second set, I played a bit tense and he was going more for his tennis, so all the credit to him”, argued the pupil of Toni Nadal, who did not travel to Australia with the player.
The Canadian’s potential shone through in a brilliant start, overpowering his rival after establishing a 5-0 leadin contrast to his poor starts against compatriot Vasek Pospisil and Slovak Alex Molcan in previous rounds.
“I’m very happy with how I turn things around and my last two sets have probably been the best so far in the tournament,” added Auger-Aliassime will face Czech Jiri Lehecka in the round of 16.
The Canadian reached the quarterfinal round in the last edition. He fell against Russian Daniil Medvedev (7), later a finalist, after letting a match point slip away.
Both matches could be repeated in a hypothetical round of semifinals.
Her rival, Czech Lehecka, stunned British Cameron Norrie (11) by winning 6-7(8), 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 and 6-4 after a fierce battle that lasted up to three hours and twelve minutes.
Lehecka got 51 winners in contrast to the 31 of a Norrie who found no solution and missed his conservative proposal from the back of the court.
It is an unprecedented rivalry that pits Canadian Auger-Aliassime against Czech Lehecka.
Source: La Verdad
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