The Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassimefifth seed, stopped the American’s comeback Sebastian Kordasecond seed, to surpass him in final of the Adelaide tournament 6-3, 3-6 and 6-1 and sign up the sixth title of his career on the ATP circuit.
Auger-Aliassime, who in the semifinals eliminated the first seed, is also American Tommy Paulconfirmed its good start to the year with its sixteenth final on the circuit, the first out since Melbourne 2021.
The Canadian, who has won two of three previous matches against Korda -the last in 2022 in the final in Antwerp (Belgium)-, won the final after one hour and 52 minutes after a failed comeback attempt by Korda, who after balancing the match succumbed to the precision of the rival.
Auger-Aliassime, who was more effective than the American, recovered in the third set and with two breaks of serve he won by an authoritarian 6-1, which he closed with a blank game and a direct serve .
Source: La Verdad
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