It is indeed a loss that will really sting for Mikael Ymer. He has tried several times but never before has he managed to defeat a top ten player.
In the match in the second round at the ATP tournament in Paris against world number eight Felix Auger-Aliassime, it was close to say the least.
The Swede won a tight first set 7–6 and led by as much as 4–1 in the second set and came close to victory. But the 22-year-old Canadian got up, took home five straight games and tied the match.
Even in the third and deciding set, Ymer was in the driver’s seat. He led both 5–4 and 6–5 but Auger-Aliassime equalized both times and Wednesday’s drama went to a tiebreak.
There, the Canadian was the strongest and took home the tiebreak with 8–6. 2–1 in the set (7–6, 4–6, 7–6) means that Auger-Aliassime advances to the third round.