I was frankly shocked while driving home and checking on the U.S. Open schedule to see that fellow Canadian professional tennis player Felix Auger-Aliassime, ranked 15th, just destroyed former world No. 1. Andy Murray.
Looking at the schedule yesterday I didn't think that this young man had a chance against one of the most famous players of our time Andy Murray.
Murray who reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 17 on October 14, 2019 and a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 2 on June 6, 2016.Three-time Grand Slam tournament winner, two-time Olympic champion, Davis Cup champion, winner of the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals, and former world No. 1.
As those of us that play a lot of tennis know that even the best players when they have their worst day can lose against somebody substantially ranked lower if they're having their best day.
But watching augurs short slices just over the net made me realize that this young man has a long ways to go.
The tennis commentator voiced what I was thinking that Auger could be number one in the near future.
If he gets to play Djokovic the semi finals or finals it is going to be one hell of a match to watch as this young man will run Novak rapid If it goes to five sets there is a good chance he will win as Novak will be one tired old man.
Andy Murray bows out of US Open after defeat to Felix Auger-Aliassime
By Press Association 2020
Andy Murray’s US Open comeback came to an end in the second round at the hands of Canadian prodigy Felix Auger-Aliassime.
Murray, in his first grand slam singles tournament since career-saving hip surgery 20 months ago, bowed out after a 6-2 6-3 6-4 defeat.
The two-time Wimbledon champion, 33, had run himself into the ground in a four-and-a-half hour, five-set marathon against Yoshihito Nishioka on Tuesday.
And a hard-running, hard-hitting 20-year-old was his opponent just two days later, with a match against Dan Evans or Corentin Moutet awaiting the winner.
Felix Auger-Aliassime makes quick work of Murray and is through to Round 3.@felixtennis I #USOpen pic.twitter.com/q7QPGoB1Ay
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 4, 2020
Murray knew what he was up against just 10 minutes into the match, after Auger-Aliassime held serve to love before securing a break in game two.
Murray had earmarked Auger-Aliassime’s serve as a weakness in his game, but it was impeccable. Murray, one of the finest returners the sport has ever seen, did not create a single break point.
Auger-Aliassime ran away with the first set in 41 minutes, the youngster hitting 18 winners to Murray’s one.
Even Murray at his peak, without the beaten up toes and exhausted body which left him desperate for an ice bath after his exertions against Nishioka, might have struggled to chase down some of the ground strokes exploding off the 15th seed’s racket.
Murray stayed in the second set until 3-4, when Auger-Aliassime secured another break before booming down an ace to go 2-0 up.
Auger-Aliassime was too strong for Murray (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)Unlike the scene 48 hours ago, this time there was to be no heroic fightback. There was simply not enough left in the tank.
In 2011 Auger-Aliassime had watched from the Arthur Ashe stands as Murray beat Feliciano Lopez en route to the semi-finals.
Nine years on, at the same venue, he found what was arguably a career-best performance to stub out the former world number one’s hopes of a second Open title.
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