Toronto, Canada) – The Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime tried to take advantage of the Toronto Masters 1000, played indoors, to end the bad phase, but without success. On Tuesday, he was eliminated on his debut, beaten by Australian Max Purcell in straight sets, bitter his fifth consecutive loss.

“The first game is always difficult, which is understandable given the circumstances,” commented the Canadian, who started the game with a break. “I haven’t won a lot of games lately, there’s a bit of tension, it’s normal. But I thought from then on I was playing well. But he served very well, high percentage, precise, ”analyzed Aliassime.

“So it was tough for me, I tried to find my way back in the first set but I couldn’t. Overall, I don’t think I served very well, especially with the first serve, which is a huge strength for me. I also think that in general I need to come back better, I have to find a way when guys serve like that to come back better,” he lamented.

Aliassime came to the tournament hoping for a better result, but ended up frustrated. “I was more confident today and more positive, I felt like I was training well the last few days in the sessions with the drills and stuff. So I had higher expectations in terms of the result,” lamented the current world number 12.

“You have to win the first game, and I haven’t been able to do that for the past few weeks. But I’m confident that once I get that first win I can go further in the bracket. That’s just that it hasn’t happened yet and it hasn’t happened in a while,” the 23-year-old Canadian concluded.