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For the 21-year-old Canadian, it was his ninth career final. And
from the outset, the third-seeded Auger-Aliassime took command
when he broke Tsitsipas' serve in the first game of the
78-minute match.
Auger-Aliassime served with authority throughout the match:
seven aces, no double faults and no break points. He won 93
percent (26 of 28) of points on his first serve.
The win continues a good start to 2022 for Auger-Aliassime, who
helped Canada win the ATP Cup in January and reached the
quarterfinals of the Australian Open, where he fell to world No.
2 Daniil Medvedev in five sets.
Dallas Open
One day after winning the longest tiebreaker in ATP Tour
history, No. 2 seed Reilly Opelka needed to win two more to
defeat fourth-seeded Jenson Brooksby in a battle of Americans
and win the title in Dallas, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3).
In the first set, Opelka went ahead 6-2 in the tiebreaker but
couldn't put Brooksby away until his fourth set point. Brooksby
kept fighting in the second set, staving off four break points
during the 11th game to eventually go ahead 6-5 before Opelka
tied it 6-6 and won the ensuing tiebreak.
Opelka had a 16-2 advantage in aces on his way to securing his
third ATP Tour title.
On Saturday, Opelka posted a 24-22 tiebreaker victory in the
second set to defeat John Isner in the semifinals, 7-6 (7), 7-6
(22).
Argentina Open
No. 1 seed Casper Ruud of Norway dropped the first set but
battled back against home favorite and second-seeded Diego
Schwartzman of Argentina, winning the final in Buenos Aires 5-7,
6-2, 6-3.
Schwartzman won the final eight points of the first set to grab
the early advantage. It was the first set Ruud lost all
tournament.
Schwartzman wound up saving 13 of 17 break points on the day,
but Ruud smashed 10 aces and cruised to victory over the next
two sets. It was Ruud's first victory of the season after he won
five titles in 2021.
--Field Level Media
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