Alejandro Davidovich Fokina vs Felix Auger Aliassime Prediction & Betting Tips - ATP Australian Open

Prediction published on 14/01/2025, 08:32  by Daniel Ngulu | Modified on 14/01/2025 at 08:35 in ATP Australian Open Predictions

Felix Auger-Aliassime, the 29th seed at the Australian Open, will play unseeded Alejandro Davidovich Fokina next in the tournament. They will square off in the second round with the winner playing Casper Ruud or Jakub Mensik next. Below is our prediction for this match.

Alejandro Davidovich Fokina won his first-round tie rather fortuitously. The Spaniard defeated Juncheng Shang who was forced to retire in the second set with injury.

They had gone back and forth in the opening set which ultimately Davidovich Fokina won via a tiebreaker. The Spaniard now seeks to avoid another second-round exit in Melbourne.

He has suffered all of his four defeats in this event in the second round. The 25-year-old, who has started the season with a 2-2 record, has dropped to 70th in the live ranking.

Felix Auger-Aliassime has won all four previous matchups with Davidovich Fokina. He handed him one of his second-round losses in Melbourne in the 2022 edition.

This dominance will have the Canadian confident of progressing to the third round once again.

Auger-Aliassime, who defeated Jan-Lennard Struff 3-1 in the first round, has made it to the third round for four seasons straight. The world number 23 is having a terrific start to the year and has won six of his seven fixtures.

He arrived in Melbourne after claiming the title in Adelaide.