Casper Ruud hands Felix Auger-Aliassime the worst defeat of his career in home tournament in Montreal

World No. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime suffers unexpected hammering in hometown Montreal Open at the hands of Casper Ruud. The Norwegian, who was fined yesterday for not using the toilet during a bathroom break, crushed the Canadian rising star in just 74 minutes, disappointing the capacity crowd which was almost uniformly behind the Montreal native Auger-Aliassime.

Ad After the match, Ruud was keen to downplay the dominant nature of the result. Instead of signing the lens of the courtside camera as is often the habit of players after a big win, Ruud wrote «margins on my side today.» ATP MontrealRuud fined for not going to the toilet during Montreal Masters bathroom break6 HOURS AGO In his post-match interview, he continued on the same theme, saying “it was one of those days where everything goes in one favour and luckily it was in my favour. With a player like Felix, you need to rely on some margins going your way.

I didn’t expect them to all go on my side. «It was a bit of a difficult start. I got broken but then was able to turn everything around.

I hit my spots, made the shots I needed to and make him hit a lot of balls. That was the gameplan and it worked well.» Ruud continued, ”I am sure Felix has played better than he has today. He has for sure, I have seen it before.

It is a pity because he is playing at home. Maybe that was a factor, you could be nervous, but I am not going to talk for Felix. It was a big moment.