Auger-Aliassime falls short of 3rd title in 2025 with loss to Tsitsipas in Dubai final

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 01, 2025 1:07 PM EST | Last Updated: March 1

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime fell abbreviated successful earning a 3rd ATP Tour rubric successful 2025 connected Saturday, losing 6-3, 6-3 to Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas successful the Dubai Tennis Championships final.

The Montreal autochthonal was up 3-2 successful the opening set, but the turning constituent came successful the seventh crippled erstwhile Tsitsipas won 5 consecutive points from 40/0 to interruption Auger-Aliassime's service and tally distant with the archetypal set.

In the 2nd set, Auger-Aliassime saved 2 interruption points successful the 3rd game, but was incapable to person the 3 helium created. After tying it astatine 3-3, helium surrendered the last 3 games to Tsitsipas.

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"Tonight wasn't meant to beryllium for maine but that's congrats to Stefanos and his team, it's good deserved," Auger-Aliassime said post-match. "Big tournament, large level today, you cognize we've known each different for a agelong clip and contiguous you played astatine a precise precocious level.

"I'll propulsion to get amended and hopefully we'll person much chances to play much finals successful the future."

The 24-year-old Auger-Aliassime, the satellite No. 21, had 4 aces to 2 treble faults and won 71 per cent of his first-serve points. He failed to interruption connected each 7 of his chances.

Tsitsipas, the satellite No. 11, had 4 aces and 4 doubles on with winning 83 per cent of his first-serve points. The 26-year-old converted connected 3-of-6 interruption constituent opportunities.

Auger-Aliassime and Tsitsipas had met 9 times earlier Saturday's final, with Tsitsipas starring 6-3.

Tsitsipas triumphed successful their astir caller meeting, the 2nd circular of the 2023 Paris Masters.

Prior to that, Auger-Aliassime claimed his archetypal ATP Tour singles rubric by defeating Tsitsipas successful consecutive sets successful the 2022 Rotterdam Open final

Auger-Aliassime entered Saturday starring the ATP Tour successful wins (16) this season, and had earned titles successful Adelaide and Montpellier.