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In Rotterdam, the prodigy Auger-Aliassime outclasses Tsitsipas and wins his first title on the ATP circuit

2/13/2022, 4:13:06 PM


After eight consecutive failed attempts, the ninth final on the big circuit smiled on the 9th player in the world.

After his victorious match point against Stefanos Tsitsipas, Felix Auger-Aliasssime, 21, did not hide his joy and relief.

By sweeping the Greek (6-4, 6-2), world number 4, in the final in Rotterdam, the Canadian put an end to a nasty series.

The 9th in the world had thus lost his first eight finals on the ATP circuit!

From ancient history.

“Hopefully all the stars will be aligned for the game.

I am convinced that this bad series of results in the final will come to an end sooner or later.

".

The curse is broken.

For his part, Stefanos Tsitsipas lost his eighth ATP 500 final out of … eight finals played.

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