Firenze Open LIVE: After his first round defeat at the Astana Open last week, Felix Auger Aliassime is set to begin his Firenze Open campaign on Thursday. He faces Oscar Otte in the second round of the tournament. Otte enters the contest after defeating Marton Fucsovics in three sets in the first round. The match is scheduled to begin at 12.30 AM IST Follow Firenze Open 2022 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Firenze Open LIVE: Felix Auger Aliassime set to play his first match at Firenze Open, faces Oscar Otte in second round – Follow Alisssime vs Otte LIVE updates
- Aliassime started the year at the Australian Open where he lost in the quarterfinal to Daniil Medvedev in a five-setter.
- He finished as runner-up at ATP Rotterdam after losing the final to Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight sets. He also finished as runner-up at Open 13 as he lost the final to Andrey Rublev. He ended the clay court season at Miami Open and Indian Wells Masters.
- On clay courts, he could not go past the quarterfinal in four consecutive tournaments – Barcelona Open, Estoril Open, Madrid Open and Italian Open.
- He lost in the fourth round against Rafael Nadal after a five-setter at the French Open this year.
- He began the grass court season at the Libema Open by losing the semifinal to wildcard entrant Tim van Rijthoven in a three setter.
- Ahead of the Wimbledon, he also reached the quarterfinal at Halle Open and lost against Hubert Hurkacz in straight sets.
- He suffered first round exit at Wimbledon after losing to Maxime Cressy in four sets.
- He faced second round defeats at Cincinnati Masters and Canada Open. He also bowed out from the second round at the US Open.
- Oscar Otte started the year at the Australian Open and bowed out from the second round.
- He couldn’t go past the second round in any of the hard court tournament since then at the start of the year.
- He entered the quarterfinal at the Serbia Open this year and then reached the semifinal at the Bavarian International. At the French Open he however bowed out from the French Open from the first round.
- At the grass court season, he reached the semifinal at the Stuttgart Open and Halle Open.
- He bowed out from the third round at the Wimbledon this year.
- At the year-end Grand Slam, he bowed out from the first round after losing to Hubert Hurkacz.
- He also bowed out from the first round at the Moselle Open. At the Sofi Open and Astana Open, he faced second round exit.
Aliassime vs Otte Head-to-Head: Both the players will face each other for the first time in their career. Auger Aliassime, being the higher-ranked player is the favourite to win the upcoming contest.
Firenze Open LIVE: Felix Auger Aliassime set to play his first match at Firenze Open, faces Oscar Otte in second round – Follow Aliassime vs Otte LIVE updates
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