Felix Auger-Aliassime broke down his epic 5-set match against Rafael Nadal detailing from his perspective what had happened.
Nadal defeated Auger-Aliassime in an amazing encounter that lasted five sets despite Auger-Aliassime's outstanding performance. The Canadian described in great detail what transpired throughout that match from his point of view.
"It was a strange match," started Felix: "I started off really well and felt like he was a bit tense and making unusual mistakes, right away I was serving great, which is always a big help for me. It just felt like things were going as well as they could in the first set."
"We had a tight start to the second set, once he broke me for the first time I felt like things turned around. Then he won the set 6-3, and then 6-2, and I felt like "woah, I’m kind of seeing what Rafa really is at this stage" continued Auger-Aliassime.
"After being down 2 sets to 1 I got a bit tired physically. But somehow things turned around, I’m not sure why or how, but I got a second wind and started playing great again. I had some opportunities and I took them.
He finally explained what happened in the final set mentioining how he didn't think he had a chance:
"In the 5th set, he was 4-3 up and I was serving. He just became so aggressive, things went so fast, he just hit amazing forehands and passing shots and then I just lost 2 games like that (snap). Him just playing amazing and me trying to hold on - and the match was gone. So I didn’t feel like I really had a clear shot."
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