Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime upsets World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz
Five days ago Carlos Alcaraz was on top of the world, having won the US Open and becoming World No. 1 for the first time in his young career.
On Friday, the 19-year-old Spaniard was knocked down a peg.
Felix Auger-Aliassime upset Alcaraz at the Davis Cup in Valencia today, storming back after losing the first set to win 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-2.
Felix flying high! 🤩🇨🇦
Auger Aliassime fights back from a set down to win an exhilarating match, 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 🙌#DavisCup #byRakuten | @TennisCanada pic.twitter.com/L00cHqWrIL
— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) September 16, 2022
The turning point in the match came when Auger-Aliassime broke Alcaraz’s serve to go up 5-4 in the second set. The Canadian broke Alcaraz’s serve twice in the third set, first to go up 1-0, and again to make it 4-1.
🇨🇦 @felixtennis is on FIRE 🔥#DavisCup #byRakuten | @TennisCanada pic.twitter.com/Mtv5P4Gc9f
— Davis Cup (@DavisCup) September 16, 2022
The match win evened the Davis Cup tie between Canada and Spain at 1-1, with Auger-Aliassime and Vasek Pospisil later securing the best-of-three victory for Canada in doubles.
Canada is now 2-0 at the Davis Cup, placing them first in Group B.
CAN. YOU. BELIEVE IT.
Vasek Pospisil and Félix Auger-Aliassime with a monumental comeback to win today's @DavisCup tie agaisnt Spain! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
pic.twitter.com/SHMA86HcsD— Tennis Canada (@TennisCanada) September 16, 2022
The win was a great bounce-back for Auger-Aliassime, who dropped five spots in the ATP world rankings after he was upset in the second round at the US Open. The Montreal native is currently the top-ranked Canadian on the men’s tour, at World No. 13.
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