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Oct 16, 2023 | 4:27 AM
TOKYO — Felix Auger-Aliassime took some time to seek out his recreation on the Japan Open Tennis Championships on Monday, however when the Montreal athlete did it was sufficient to web him a first-round singles victory over resilient Australian Aleksandar Vukic.
The eighth-seeded Auger-Aliassime received 7-6 (3), 6-7(2), 6-2 in two hours, 51 minutes to advance to the second spherical in opposition to Austrian Sebastian Ofner, who defeated Christopher O’Connell of Australia 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 7-5 in a tense two-hour, 48-minute match earlier within the day.
In the primary set in opposition to the 27-year-old Vukic, Auger-Aliassime struggled early with unforced errors and uncharacteristic misses. He served for set level 45 minutes into the opening body up 5-4, however double faulted after which needed to combat to pressure a tiebreaker after falling behind 6-5.
The 23-year-old Canadian saved his greatest tennis of the primary set for the tiebreaker the place his serve and shot placement began to click on. It took 63 minutes to wrap up the win. Before that win Auger-Aliassime had misplaced seven of his previous eight tiebreakers.