Auger-Aliassime sees Djokovic Laver Cup win as a turning point: “it's true that confidence could be something in the air that we can't pinpoint”

Felix Auger-Aliassime is experienced the best weeks of his life on Tour in the past month and it all started with his win over Djokovic.

The Canadian took out Djokovic at the Laver Cup in quite convincing fashion to start the comeback that would essentially give Team World their first Laver Cup win. Remembering that in Paris, Auger explained that that's when it turned:

"It's very, very relevant what he's saying. And it's true that confidence could be something in the air that we can't pinpoint, but I thought about it after Laver Cup when I defeated Djokovic. I needed to know why I managed to win. It was not just a good day, that I was in the clouds, that I managed to serve on the right wave. No, I needed to know what worked in my level of play to defeat a player like Djokovic at the Laver Cup."

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He continued explaining:

"After thinking about it, when I saw what worked well, the improvements that I needed still to achieve, I managed to have structural confidence, concrete items. And I tried to continue to work like this with a lot of conviction. It's true that we can do it on a good streak. There are still difficulties though. I managed to walk the talk and to make sure that it became real, and this is why I managed to be confident"

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