Auger-Aliassime pulls Sinner's tooth again

In May, Jannik Sinner suffered a devastating defeat against Felix Auger-Aliassime (ATP 9) at the ATP Masters tournament in Madrid. At that time, the Canadian gave the man from Sexten, who is in 12th place in the world rankings, no chance in the duel of future superstars (both are said to have the talent to fight for Grand Slam titles in the future). This time things looked different, but in the end the North American was once again ahead (2:6, 7:6/7:1, 6:1).

Auger-Aliassime is a player with a very strong serve. This is not only made clear by the 14 aces (Sinner had 4). He repeatedly put the South Tyrolean in trouble with his service, especially in the second half of the game. The longer the match lasted, the more dominant Auger-Aliassime appeared. Sinner hung showed his best tennis in the first set. The Sexten player broke at the first opportunity and subsequently moved ahead to 4-1. Sinner converted his second break point to win the set 6-2. Two match points for Sinner The middle section developed into a real crime thriller. Sinner and Auger-Aliassime showed spectacular rallies and initially showed no weakness in their own service game. Finally, Sinner, who was able to fend off two break points in the first game, was able to break again. At this point, the South Tyrolean had a 100 percent rate: three breakballs, three points. But the Canadian quickly struck back and subsequently equalized to 4:4. The South Tyrolean was not impressed by this, went through with his game plan and seemed to be successful. Finally, Sinner had the fourth break point, which was also the first match point. But this time Auger-Aliassime was able to fend off the second match point. In return, he made it 1:1 in the tiebreak. The serve is Felix Auger-Aliassime's greatest strength. © APA/getty / MATTHEW STOCKMAN

The missed match points were the crux of Sinner's game. Suddenly the Canadian was superior. Auger-Aliassime moved ahead 3-0 in the third set and later 5-1. The South Tyrolean's resistance was broken. His competitor, on the other hand, played like he was inspired and converted his first match point to a 2.28-2 victory after 1 hours. While Sinner has to give up in Cincinnati, Auger-Aliassime will face Croatian Brona Coric (ATP 152) in the quarterfinals.

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Auger-Aliassime pulls Sinner's tooth again

Felix Auger-Aliassime doesn't seem to suit Jannik Sinner. On Friday night (CEST), the South Tyrolean lost the round of 1000 match at the ATP XNUMX tournament in Cincinnati and was therefore eliminated. A painful defeat, because Sinner had his opponent more than under control for a long time.

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