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TOKYO — The thrill of Felix Auger-Aliassime's first Olympic experience is not distracting the Canadian from the task at hand.
The tournament's ninth seed, Montreal's Auger-Aliassime landed in Japan feeling fired up, having just reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. The Montrealer, who celebrates his 21st birthday on Aug. 8, is in the lower portion of the Olympic bracket. In the second round, he could face Germany's Dominik Koepfer or Argentine Facundo Bagnis. Spain's Pablo Careno Bustas, the tournament's sixth seed, is also on Auger-Alassime's side of the table. They could meet in the third round."If I can get past the first two rounds, that would be good.
With Vasek Pospisil initially scheduled to participate in the tournament, Auger-Aliassime was facing the prospect of being without training coach Frank Dancevic, who is Pospisil's coach. That's where Auger-Aliassime's dad would have played a key role.
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