Alongside Vasek Pospisil, world number 13, Felix Auger-Aliassime is a player that Canadian Davis Cup team relies on during their group stage in Valencia.
The young Canadian could seal the deal for his team against Soonwoo Kwon after Vasek Pospisil defeated Seong Chan Hong. However, Felix Auger-Aliassime lost to the less-experienced opponent in two sets and needed to fight also in doubles.
In doubles, the Canadian duo took on Ji Sung Nam and Min-Kyu Song, who play together also on the Tour and so they had a slight advantage in the deciding match against Felix Auger-Aliassime and Vasek Pospisil.
On the other hand, Canadians had an advantage of being more experienced and they showed it in the first set. After losing their first serve, they managed to win last three games of the set to win it 7-5 and get an important lead.
However, in the second set, Korean duo fought back and this time they wont the last three games and levelled the score. Eventually, Auger-Aliassime and Pospisil came back once again as they were losing 1-3 in the last set but eventually won 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 to get the first point for Canada.
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