Félix Auger-Aliassime celebrates his victory against Dino Prizmic of Croatia at Wimbledon on Wednesday.Kin Cheung/The Associated Press
Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime is on to the third round at Wimbledon.
The Montreal native defeated Croatia’s Dino Prizmic 7-6 (2), 6-3, 7-5 in men’s singles action at the Grand Slam tennis tournament on Wednesday.
Auger-Aliassime was down 5-4 in the final set before taking the final three games to pull out the win.
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The 25-year-old converted on two of his four break-point chances and had 15 aces, although he also committed seven double faults.
He saved both of Prizmic’s break-point chances in the match.
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The third-seeded Auger-Aliassime will next face qualifier Michael Zheng of the United States.