Ball child to the rescue! Auger-Aliassime will get a serving to hand in Shanghai

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Ball child to the rescue! Auger-Aliassime will get a serving to hand in Shanghai

Canadian defeated De Jong in straight units

October 06, 2025

A ball child loved his second within the solar on Monday on the Rolex Shanghai Masters, the place he got here to the help of Felix Auger-Aliassime within the closing phases of the Canadian’s conflict towards Jesper de Jong.

Serving at 6-4, 4-5, 15/30, the No. 13 participant within the PIF ATP Rankings placed on his trainers to trace down a drop shot from the Dutchman however was unable to make up the bottom. After lunging ahead to get a racquet on the ball, Auger-Aliassime took a slight tumble and located himself sitting on the exhausting courts on the ATP Masters 1000 occasion.

Simply as he was making ready to return to his ft, a ball child made his manner onto courtroom and provided his fingers to the 25-year-old, who was efficiently pulled to his ft, with the ball child receiving loud cheers from the group.

Auger-Aliassime went on to seal a 6-4, 7-5 win and can subsequent play Lorenzo Musetti or Luciano Darderi. Auger-Aliassime is tenth within the PIF ATP Reside Race To Turin and is aiming to make his second look on the Nitto ATP Finals, to be held from 9-16 November. He holds a 36-19 report on the season, in line with Infosys ATP Stats and married long-term accomplice Nina final month.