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Upset day continues in Melbourne as Felix Auger-Aliassime crashes out
ATPSunday, 22 January 2023 at 09:06
Another seed is out of the Australian Open as Felix Auger-Aliassime was outplayed by sudden rising star Jiri Lehecka who is looking rather unstoppable right now.
The Czech player began the year with some solid performances but nobody expected him to book a quarter-final in Australia, especially not with a rather tricky draw. Beating players like Coric, Norrie and now Auger-Aliassime is more than respectable for the youngster whose games fits like a glove here.
He was better than Auger-Aliassime in most sets opting for an aggressive approach. He didn't wait for his chance he created chances and then took them. The third and fourth sets are the only two sets where Auger-Aliassime had more winners and it was a product of him trying to wrestle control of the match.
It worked in the 3rd set but didn't work too well in the fourth as Lehecka finished off the match. The biggest problem for the Canadian was his inability to create pressure on return having only two break points in the entire match. Two sets were finished in the tiebreak and he was simply outplayed in those.
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