“When is FAA gonna lose?” Nick Kyrgios takes a spicy jibe at Felix Auger-Aliassime over his ‘staggering’ consistency on the ATP Tour
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Felix Auger Aliassime and Nick Kyrgios
Taking to his official Twitter handle, popular tennis player Nick Kyrgios took a hilarious jibe at Felix Auger-Aliassime after watching his performance in the third round of the Paris Masters 2022. Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated French Giles Simon in straight sets. The Australian was thrilled to see the Canadian perform with so much ease on the court as he heaped praises on Felix in his usual uncanny style.
For those uninitiated, Felix Auger-Aliassime is one of the brightest young talents to arrive at the highest level of professional tennis. Starting his career at an early stage, the Canadian tennis sensation is the youngest player to win a main draw match as he competed in the second-tier ATP Challenger Tour at the tender age of 14 years. He is currently ranked World No. 8 in the ATP rankings, making him the second-youngest player ranked in the Top 10 in these rankings.
With that being said, Felix’s impeccable performance during some of the most recent tournaments has been making all the right noises in the tennis community. With three major titles in 3 weeks, the Canadian just extended his winning streak to 15 matches with his latest victory. And that’s precisely what Nick Kyrgios pointed out in his most recent tweet, but with his own twist to it.
“When is FAA gonna lose,” he wrote on Twitter with a laughing emoji.
Felix Auger-Aliassime will face the dynamic American Frances Tiafoe in the next round.
Fantastic Felix Auger-Aliassime!
Felix Auger-Aliassime has had a great season in 2022. He started the season with few appearances for Canada in the ATP Cup. He followed it with participation in the Australian Open. He was looking good and reached the quarter-finals round of the tournament, however, was defeated by Daniil Medvedev in a tight but exciting match.
The Canadian won his first ATP singles title in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Here, he defeated Egor Gerasimov, Andy Murray, Cameron Norrie, Andrey Rublev, and finally Stefanos Tsitsipas to win the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. He followed it by featuring in the Open 13 Provence tournament. However, here he was defeated by Andrey Rublev in the final in straight sets.
He followed it with many second-round exits from various tournaments held in Indian Wells, Miami, Marrakech, and Monte-Carlo, Subsequently followed by quarter-final exits from Barcelona Open, Estoril Open, Madrid Open, and Italian Open in the run-up to French Open. He was defeated by Rafael Nadal in the fourth round of the Roland Garros.
He was stunned by Maxime Cressy in the first round of Wimbledon. He was knocked out by Jack Draper in the second round of the US Open. He also featured in the Laver Cup playing for John McEnroe-led Team World against Bjorn Borg-led Team Europe. This event also marked the retirement of Swiss legend Roger Federer.
He made a hat-trick of triumphs in ATP tournaments as he won Firenze Open, European Open, and Swiss Indoors at Basel before coming into the Paris Masters tournament.
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