Los Cabos, Baja California Sur. (OEM-Informex).- Tennis player Félix Auger-Aliassime will be present for the first time at the Mifel Tennis Open in Los Cabos 2022. Today, he is in the World Top 10 and he is 21 years old.

However, Félix Auger-Aliassime began to make waves as he became the first player since Rafael Nadal in December 2002 to enter the Top 200 and in May 2019, at 18, he was the youngest to enter. the Top 25 since. Lleyton Hewitt did it in 1999.

The current racket n°9 of the world has confirmed that his rapid rise is not due to the luck of scoring, but rather to the consistency in his work which led him to play 10 finals on the ATP Tour. Three in 2019, three in 2020, two in 2021 and two in 2022, where at 21 he finally managed to win his first title on the singles circuit in Rotterdam, beating other Top 10 players like Stefanos Tsitsipas and Andrey Rublev along the way.

Although losing so many Finals at such a young age can be difficult for any player, Felix sought to learn from each one. His greatest achievement, besides winning his first ATP title, was playing a key role in winning Canada at the ATP Cup in January, where he beat then-#3 Alexander Zverev. . Earlier, at the 2021 US Open, he became the first Canadian male semi-finalist in Grand Slam history (1881).

Part of the improvement in his game is due not only to the years he worked with Frenchman Frédéric Fontang, but also to the fact that he started training with Toni Nadal for the 2021 season, which then officially ended. joins his team as a coach/advisor. The Canadian assures that Rafa Nadal’s uncle helped him gain self-confidence.

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On a personal level, FA2 as he is nicknamed, said his generation grew up loving the Big Three, but his idol growing up was Roger Federer, with whom he shares a birthday.

He also found similarities in his game with the recently retired Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, whom he admires and would still like to have in his service when he was in his prime. He describes himself as an honest, loyal and resilient person and will be present for the first time at the Mifel Tennis Open in Los Cabos, which celebrates its sixth edition from August 1-6.