Félix Auger-Aliassime does not rule out the possibility of making changes to his team at the end of the season, despite the confidence he has demonstrated on the courts of the US Open in the last two weeks, as well as certain tactical strategies that have proven to pay off.
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“We will see by the end of the season, during the inter-season,” said Félix at a press conference on Friday, After his defeat in the semi-finals against the one who was then the world number 1, the Italian Jannik Sinner.
“I am 25 years old, these are things that belong to me now, to see who I want to work with and who can help me improve. With whom I see myself in the rest for the rest of my career, ”he raised.
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During the summer, after his defeats in the second round in Wimbledon and the Masters 1000 in Toronto, the Quebecer had mentioned in Radio-Canada that his team members were well aware of the possibility that he decided to opt for a new direction in the coming months.
“Someone very important”
“FAA” has also spoken of it openly with his coach of the last five years, the Frenchman Frédéric Fontang.
“These are people I am very close and who will be at my wedding,” he explained. But at the professional level, it is a sport of results. I want to maximize my career, so I keep my mind open. ”
“Frédéric is someone who is very important in my life and who will always be important,” reiterated Auger-Aliassime on Friday. There is also my father who accompanies me, but he is there as a father. I know my tennis very well and he is aware of it. ”
The irresistible course of Auger-Aliassime will have ended in the semi-finals on Friday, despite a second round of thunder, won 6-3 ahead of Sinner.
But already, these five victories in New York, including three against members of the top 15 (the world number 3 Alexander Zverev, the 15e seeded Andrey Rublev and the eighth, Alex de Minaur), bear fruit.
Monday morning, Félix pointed to 13e step of the ATP ranking, up 14 places. The former sixth player in the world had not been as close to the top 10 since August 7, 2023, when he was 12e.
Now marriage
And the good news is that the Quebecer has almost no points to defend by the end of the season. Last year, he had only signed two victories in four ATP tournaments after New York and he decided to skip the last Masters 1000 in the campaign in Paris.
But for the moment, he said on Friday, priority, It is his marriage to his girlfriend of the last seven yearsNina Ghaibi, who will take place by the end of September.
Already, quoting fatigue, Auger-Aliassime preferred to ignore the confrontation of Davis Cup between Canada and Israel, which will take place next weekend in Halifax.
