Felix Auger-Aliassime is actually one of many extra attention-grabbing gamers showing on the ATP Finals this 12 months. The Canadian tennis participant returned to this competitors after three years, and because of his nice outcomes this season, he certified for the ATP Finals.
When drawing a parallel between three years in the past and now, Auger-Aliassime has improved in lots of facets of his sport, which he himself talks about for BB Tennis.
The 25-year-old tennis participant reveals by which facets of his sport he has improved, but in addition emphasizes that the psychological facet of the sport is extraordinarily essential and that now he panics a lot much less in key moments.
"I’ve all the time had a very good serve and a very good forehand, I really feel like I’ve improved my backhand fairly a bit and my return and likewise the consistency of my strengths.
The accuracy of my serve and my forehand, generally it might be a bit up and down, however I feel now it’s a bit extra constant so I’m going to work on making an attempt to maintain that going. And as an individual, mentally I feel there’s additionally much less panic when occasions had been robust.
For instance this 12 months I didn’t win many matches for a couple of months and I managed to remain extra calm than after I was 21 or 22, and when the second got here after I had my sport again once more I used to be capable of capitalise on that degree. So higher consistency is the rationale why I’m right here in the present day.”- he mentioned, as quoted by Tennis Gazette.
ATP Finals: Can the now extra skilled Felix go all the best way?
When showing on the ATP Finals three years in the past, the Canadian tennis participant was not so dominant. Nonetheless, taking a look at his performances now, plainly he has extra potential to make essential steps at this match and to be aggressive once more, and his goal is to surpass his career-best rating of sixth and enter the highest 5.
The Canadian tennis participant didn’t shine in his first match towards Jannik Sinner, who defeated him in straight units 7-5, 6-1. The subsequent problem for Auger-Aliassime can be Ben Shelton, with whom he’ll play a match tomorrow, with the hope that he can present a greater sport than towards Sinner.
