Auger-Aliassime, préoccupé : "Je ne trouve pas la raison pour laquelle cela m'arrive, ça ne m'arrivait pas avant"
Félix Auger-Aliassime, numéro 8 mondial, se montre courageux après s'être retiré de son premier match à l'Open d'Australie 2026 en raison de crampes.
Felix Auger Aliassime was one of those names that had the opportunity to resurge in this Open de Australia 2026 amidst the rivalry between Carlos Alcaraz and Jannik Sinner, continuing a good season closure, but things don't always turn out as best as possible.
The seventh seed in Melbourne started his debut against Nuno Borges well, winning the first set, but physical issues appeared on the court to completely stop Felix Auger Aliassime who ended up greatly affected. With a mix of sadness for having to retire and anger, the Canadian faced the press.
"I'm fine, but I started cramping at the beginning of the third set. It became very difficult for me to be competitive at this level," confessed Felix, who endured in that third set, although he confirmed his withdrawal once he fell behind in the score.
What's happening to Felix Auger-Aliassime? Why did he withdraw from the Open de Australia 2026?
"Right now, I don't have all the answers. I try to be very professional in everything I do and prepare well. I love this sport and I love playing it, so I try to do everything I can to be ready. It obviously hurts even more, because if I were conscious of myself and thought that I wasn't really ready or that I wasn't doing everything possible, then I have to be honest with myself. But even being honest with myself, I don't quite find the reasons why this is happening. It didn't happen to me before, so I'll have to figure it out."
Cramps in his debut at the Open de Australia 2026
"This has never happened to me, especially so early in the tournament. If I had problems with Jannik at the US Open, we would already be in the semifinals, in the third set, but yeah, I don't remember having cramps like this so early in a tournament, so early in a match. Now I can't quite remember if it was at the end of the second or the beginning of the third, but around there. Obviously, I don't want to panic. You think that maybe it was just a bad move or a jump that didn't sit well with me, but then, as I started moving from side to side, having to accelerate, and every time I got a cramp, you know what happens."
"It's not my first time. I just knew I wasn't on the right track. I don't like being on the court like that. I want to win, I want to compete with my opponent. I don't want to just stand there, like a punching bag. It doesn't make sense, and we have to move forward. We were very careful with our preparation and with the time on the court to get ready for tough matches. I spent three to four hours on the court, some days easing the pace a bit to not overdo it. As a team, we were as precise as possible. It's not time to blame anyone; it's time for all of us to come together and find solutions."
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