Félix Auger-Aliassime kept his team, the Kites, believing in their chances of winning the final of the World Tennis League mixed preparation tournament on Saturday in the United Arab Emirates.
In addition, the Quebecer defeated Alexander Zverev in two sets 6: 4 and 6: 3. The German is one of the Hawks who are leading 19:16 after two of three games in the final.
Elena Rybakina had given this team a 12-4 lead earlier in the day through surprise World No. 1 Iga Swiatek.
It is therefore the mixed doubles that decides the outcome of the competition. Kites Sania Mirza and Holger Rune meet Hawks Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Dominic Thiem.
To return to the Auger-Aliassime match, the sixth player on the world board broke Zverev’s serve three times, in addition to saving the four break points offered to his rival. “FAA” also hit 80% of her first serve attempts and won 77% of the rallies played in this situation.
The Montreal native had a clean run in the World Tennis League. Previously, he defeated Nick Kyrgios [Eagles] and Thiem [Hawks].