The Quebecer Félix Auger-Aliassime collected a fifth defeat in six outings on Tuesday, by losing in the first round of the Munich tournament.
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On the German clay, Félix lets an advance in a round, lowering a pavilion in front of the Argentinian Mariano Navone in three rounds of 2-6, 6-4 and 7-6 (3) at the end of a match which stood over over three hours.
The third favorite of the event and 19e Mondial has 19 chances of breaking its rival, 70e in the ATP ranking. But he only converted five. Nothing to write to his mother. For her part, Navone obtained five broom.
Even if he succeeded 25 winning shots and won 64% of the net points, 61% in the service and 43% in return as well as 51% of the blows in total, Félix committed 68 direct faults, against 17 for his opponent, which sank him.
Auger-Aliassime had also lost to raising curtain at the Monte-Carlo masters last week. His last victory dates back to March, on the hard surface of Miami.
However, the 24-year-old season had started with a triumph in Adélaide, Australia, a coronation in Montpellier, France, a semi-final in Doha, Qatar, as well as a final in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.
A spoiled party
Rarely a celebration following an abandonment will have done as much about social networks. When the Canadian Denis Shapovalov abdicated, yesterday, in Munich, his young opponent did not butter about it.
Shapovalov did not celebrate his 26e Anniversary as it should be abandoning his first round match while he was shooting from the back 7-6 (2) and 3-0 against the German Diego Dedura-Palomero.
The eighth seeded in Munich and 29e Global racket withdrew after receiving a visit from a therapist, without however revealing the nature of his discomfort.
At 17, Dedura-Palomero became the first tennis player born in 2008 to win an ATP match, he who was classified in 549th.
The reaction of the recourse athlete (after losing in qualification, he replaced the French draw the French principle Gaël Monfils, injured in one foot), however, caught the attention.
The teenager celebrated Shapovalov’s package with great cries of joy and a staging by drawing lines on the ground before dropping on his back.
Too intense and disrespectful, according to several Internet users.
The young Diego Dedura-Palomero, 17, celebrated the abandonment of Denis Shapovalov as if he had just won the tournament after a five-hour marathon.
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