Hall of Fame Open LIVE: Felix Auger-Aliassime and Jason Kubler returned to the stadium court to finish their second-round matchup, which was suspended due to poor light Wednesday night with Kubler poised to serve at 5-6 in the deciding set. After saving a match point on serve, Kubler came from 1/3 down in the tie-break to clinch a 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(4) victory, earning the win in his first match against a Top 10 opponent. Follow Hall of Fame Open 2022 LIVE updates on InsideSport.IN
Hall of Fame Open LIVE: Jason Kubler saves match point to defeat Felix Auger Aliassime in three sets at Halle Open, advances to quarterfinal
First top-10 win ✅
First ATP QF ✅Jason Kubler saves a match point and takes out top seed Felix Auger-Aliassime 4-6 6-3 7-6(4) at @TennisHalloFame! pic.twitter.com/wKykuOUEHH
— Tennis Channel (@TennisChannel) July 14, 2022
“I was pretty nervous, to be honest,” the 29-year-old said post-match. “Luckily the last couple months I’ve been doing so much work on my serve. I was thinking about all the stuff I’ve done the last couple of months and that’s what gave me a bit of confidence.
“Just very fortunate to be in this position. Today could have gone either way… Fortunate that it went my way today, but I’m just happy that I stuck in and tried my best for the whole time.”
Auger-Aliassime’s match point came with Kubler served to stay alive at 5-6, 30/40. In the 5-5 game on Wednesday night, the Canadian saved a break point to deny Kubler a chance to serve out the match.
While the delay made for a stressful wait, the Aussie had a similar experience at Wimbledon when he faced an overnight delay before serving out his second-round victory against Denis Novak. He went on to reach the fourth round at SW19, his best major result.
“It’s definitely motivating, the last few months, the work we’ve been putting in with the team” he said of his recent success, which also includes an ATP Challenger Tour title in Little Rock. “It’s giving me a lot of confidence that we’re on the right track. Regardless of how this morning went, I was still very happy with how the match went. Just confident that the process we’re taking is heading in the right direction.”
Hall of Fame Open LIVE: Jason Kubler saves match point to defeat Felix Auger Aliassime in three sets at Halle Open, advances to quarterfinal
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