"Haven't played many players that hit that hard" - Auger-Aliassime laments after Rune loss

| by Sebastian Dahlman

Felix Auger-Aliassime lost the 2022 Paris Masters semi-final to Holger Rune and after the match, he openly spoke about how he felt.

Losing a match felt a bit strange to Auger-Aliassime, who hasn't lost much in the past 30 days. He won 16 matches in a row and that streak ended against Rune leaving him to look forward to Turin. He is disappointed but not shattered: “It's the end of a winning streak. It's something that was good that ended. From tomorrow onwards, I will focus my attention on Turin.”

The match was one where Rune was able to counter the Canadian in a pretty meaningful way. It left a lasting impression on him:

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“I feel like because of the way he [Rune] was playing and how good he was playing, I have to give him a lot of credit,” acknowledged Auger-Aliassime. “He kind of exposed weaknesses in my game. He was just playing so aggressively without missing. I haven't seen or I haven't played many players that were this aggressive and hitting that hard, that deep."

He also looked back to his past 30 days which were incredible thinking about what it would be like had he won: “Had I won today, had I won tomorrow, I would be in heaven. It would be great to win. [But] throughout my career, I have always tried to draw lessons from my failures. As I said recently during the US Open, I lost early, it was disappointing, but I managed to overturn this into something positive."

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