Tennis Prediction Felix Auger-Aliassime vs Titouan Droguet: Montreal

#Montreal 🇨🇦

• Felix Auger-Aliassime won't have many other opportunities like this one. He's world #4, at the best ranking of his career, he's playing at home in Montreal, and the draw has been cleared of Jannik Sinner, Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic. He has never won a Masters 1000 title yet.

• Facing him tonight is Titouan Droguet, world #119, who has already gone through two rounds here and deserves to be mentioned. But the two men crossed paths in February in Montpellier, and the Canadian came out on top in three sets. The Frenchman has also spent a lot of time on court to get here, with both of his matches going the distance.

• Here's my reservation about this pick: he hasn't played since his quarterfinal loss against Djokovic at Wimbledon a month ago, and he parted ways with the coach who had been with him for 10 years in the meantime. He's returning in an unusual context, which can't be ignored.

• On the other side, Arthur Fils, with a very different profile. The Frenchman spent a season repairing his body, first his back then his hip. But when he's on court, the level is there: a title in Barcelona, semifinals in Miami and Madrid, and Andrey Rublev among his scalps this spring.

• On the other side, Zachary Svajda is coming in hot, after benefiting from Denis Shapovalov's retirement last night. He's having a real good hard court season and is precisely the kind of opponent who can trouble anyone for a set.

• But I wasn't necessarily impressed by the American's performance yesterday:

• In the long run, however, the gap in level remains what it is. Two players established in the top 25 against a #87 and a #119 who have spent a lot of energy to get this far. At this price, I'll take the double.

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