![]() The win transported Auger-Aliassime into the fourth round at the first major of 2023 for the third straight year, his seventh career round-of-16 appearance at a Grand Slam. ![]() The Argentine didn’t plant any doubt in his adversary, though, as Auger-Aliassime prevailed handily: 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in two hours and 35 minutes. Still took four sets in John Cain Arena because Auger-Aliassime experienced one fleeting passage of dip in form while Francisco Cerúndolo summoned all his spunk for a one-set counterpunch, crafted around a single break against the Canadian. But on Friday he managed finally, with relative ease and without undue stress, to dispose of an opponent on his own emphatically athletic terms. It should have been easier for the sixth seed in the first week of the Australian Open. It hadn’t been easy Down Under for the 22-year-old from Montreal. Félix Auger-Aliassime flashed his game and then he flashed his gap-toothed smile. ![]()
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