FLORENCE, Italy — Canada’s Felix Auger\u002DAliassime defeated J.J. Wolf 6\u002D4, 6\u002D4 to win his second ATP Tour trophy at the Firenze Open on Sunday.
The Montreal native fired 11 aces, the last of which he won the one hour, 41-minute match with. Auger-Aliassime, the top seed in the tournament, won 85 per cent of his first-serve points.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
“Every final is tough, it’s the two best players of the week. Of course you try to win more than you lose the finals and that’s why I came out here today ready to give everything,” he added after the match. “We had some very tough rallies in the second set, feeling tough physically. But you keep pushing, try to keep the level high.”
The match opened with three straight service breaks. But once Wolf won a service match early, Auger-Aliassime did not face another break point. The Canadian broke on three of his 12 opportunities and kept Wolf at bay through the match.Article content “I had a good start first game and then a bit of a tight first service game,” Auger-Aliassime said after the match. “But then after I felt like I was playing really good tennis, serving unbelievable. Probably the best all week, so just really happy right now.”
After receiving a bye into the second round, Auger-Aliassime defeated Oscar Otte, Brandon Nakashima and Lorenzo Musetti en route to the title match. Otte was the lone opponent to win a set against him in the tournament.The 22-year-old, currently ranked 13th in the world, is set to move to No. 10 by Monday following his title win.This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 16, 2022.
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