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before the Australian Open, the secrets of Félix Auger-Aliassime

Félix Auger-Aliassime during a training session before the Australian Open in Melbourne on January 7. WILLIAM WEST/AFP

INTERVIEW – The Canadian player, one of the spearheads of the new generation, entrusts to the Figaro his great ambitions.

The French public discovered him in 2016, during his lost final at the Roland-Garros junior tournament. Since then, the Montrealer, a phenomenon of precocity, has taken his time to get closer to the heights. And, in 2022, the 22-year-old, now advised by Toni Nadal and coached by Frenchman Frédéric Fontang, fulfilled his immense potential by winning five titles, including three consecutive in the fall, and the Davis Cup to end the season at the 6e global place.

After this end of the year rich in victories and emotions, he could have taken a break, but he preferred to go for a few days to his father’s native country, Togo, in order to see on the ground the progress of his project. support for education and children’s rights #FAAPointsForChange, launched in 2020 with BNP Paribas and the NGO Care. For each point won in an official match throughout the season, the Canadian gives 5 dollars, and his sponsor adds 15. “FAA” intends to make this…

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