Auger-Aliassime up and running as fellow young guns flop


  • Tennis
  • Tuesday, 02 Jul 2019

Tennis - Wimbledon Preview - All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, Britain - June 30, 2019 Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime during the practice session REUTERS/Tony O'Brien

LONDON (Reuters) - Those tennis fans who saw Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Vasek Pospisil in an all-Canadian first round clash at Wimbledon on Monday might one day look back on it as an "I was there" moment.

The teenager they call "AA" had never won a Grand Slam match before, despite being 19th seed on his Wimbledon debut and tipped this week as a future world number one by none other than American great John McEnroe.

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