T. FRITZ/F. Auger-Aliassime
7-6, 6-7, 6-2
THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.
Q. No break points in this match. Then you lose four games in a row. Was it mental, tired?
FELIX AUGER-ALIASSIME: Yeah, it was a very high-quality match for sure, 2 hours 30, 7-6, 6-7.
Yeah, it's unfortunate. Myself, I had chances in the second set. I had a clear chance on a return. Probably would have helped to win that set not in the tiebreak the way I did.
After the third set, yeah bad choices, bad execution some parts. Maybe I lost the focus a little bit. The fact that I'm tired, sometimes you don't feel like you're tired, but it's late, you've played a lot. I've played a long year.
Yeah, sometimes without feeling, you make bad choices, few mistakes, double-faults, just because your brain is not as sharp. That's what happened.
I have to give credit to him because the way I came back in the second set, for him to stay present, to still play well in that third set, it's a great effort from him.
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