Tough loss

Auger-Aliassime defeats Shelton in Finals - Turin

6-4 6-7(7) 5-7

F. Auger-Aliassime defeated Ben Shelton 4-6 7-6(7) 7-5 to win the Turin title on hard court. Shelton took the opening set but Auger-Aliassime leveled the match by claiming the second-set tiebreak 9-7, then broke through in the third to close out the final. The result came in the ATP Singles Finals in Turin.

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Why this one matters

A loss in a match at Finals - Turin on hard courts stays in the archive because it maps the current edges: the returning days when the serve doesn't decide things alone, the surfaces and matchups that stretch the game, and what has to sharpen before the next big week.

  • Lost ATP Finals in three sets
  • Won set 1, fell in tiebreak and set 3
  • Faced Auger-Aliassime in Turin final

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