Auger-Aliassime talks about the luck he had in leaving Dubai on time

Never had a defeat sat so well with Felix Auger-Aliassime as the one he suffered in the Dubai ATP 2026 semifinals against Daniil Medvedev. The Canadian tennis player was able to leave the country before the airports closed, and he has spoken about it from the Indian Wells Masters 1000. "I was very lucky. It is probably the best-timed defeat of my career. After about two hours of flight, I saw that the United States had attacked Iran. Upon landing, my family and friends sent me a message to ask if I had already left, if everything was okay. Only upon arrival did I realize how lucky I was to be able to leave. I had left just in time," he told La Presse.

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