Vienna Open: The 3 components of Marton Fucsovics' victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime

The Turn: An Admirable Hold

Marton Fucsovics needed to pull a rabbit out of his hat to get himself into the match. He did exactly what was needed, getting a break in his opponent's first service game of the 2nd set. But that wasn't the turning point as he had to fight hard to consolidate the break.

Auger-Aliassime turned it on yet again, making sure his challenger had to serve again and again. But the Hungarian managed to hold serve after 5 deuces, and that just spurred him on. He broke the North American for the 2nd time in the very next game to go 4 love up.

The shoulders of the youngster dropped as he knew he couldn't come back into the set. Marton totally dominated the second set, destroying his young adversary and winning it 6-0. With that Fucsovics had come back, turning his fairly ordinary game in the first set into something extraordinary in the second.

Edited by Arvind Sriram