Felix felix felix..

You're not going to skip the first round and go back to your bad habits, are you?

After a fully successful 2025 season and a return to the top 10, Auger-Aliassime is supposed to have found a steady level again, good enough to get through several rounds in Grand Slams while living up to his status. In practice, yes, but with Felix nothing is certain, he’s a specialist in disappointments and there’s a big question mark hanging over him: his condition. At the United Cup he played an excellent match against Zhang before showing a few signs of a possible leg injury? I’m wondering about that, we’ll get the answer live, but let’s assume for now that everything’s fine. He’s going to need to be in good shape to get through this first round, the draw is no gift, far from it. Borges is such a tough player to beat in this kind of format, he’s built for big battles and always manages to have great runs in Slams for his level. Mentally this guy is impossible to kill, he talks a lot and gets annoyed, but he’ll never let go — a real weapon given how long the matches are!

His level is quite a bit lower than FAA’s in general, and the match-up doesn’t seem disastrous either; let’s say that with focus and efficiency FAA is supposed to win. The risk would be that he gets dragged into a trap match where he loses his way a bit and gives Borges confidence.