A golden opportunity to make his second consecutive Australian Open quarterfinal went all wrong for Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime on Sunday.
The sixth-seeded Auger-Aliassime was defeated 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 , 7-6 by No. 71 Jiri Lehecka of the Czech Republic, an unseeded player who already had upset No. 21 seed Borna Coric and No. 11 Cameron Norrie earlier in the week. The Montreal native said he has had a tough week.
Popyrin, ranked No. 120, defeated him in straight sets and robbed him of further match play coming into the first Grand Slam tournament of the 2023 season. That helped with Auger-Aliassime's serve, to some extent. But lower tension also means less control. That was evident against Lehecka, who built up a 6-0 lead before Auger-Aliassime could win his first point
"It did go so fast. I was satisfied with my first set; I served well. I won the first , he won the second, no problem," said Auger-Aliassime. "For me, the biggest problem after that was that I really couldn’t find a solution to really get him in trouble on his own serve. Auger-Aliassime was the last one standing of the 10 players featured in the first five episodes of the new reality TV series, released just before the start of the Australian Open.
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