Rogers Cup: Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Dusan Lajovic 8/11/21 Tennis Prediction

Felix Auger-Aliassime meets Dusan Lajovic in the second round of the 2021 Rogers Cup on Wednesday, August 11th 2021. Who will make their way to the third round?

Which of these two exciting players will come out on top of this entertaining second round encounter? Will it be the experienced Dusan Lajovic to show us he still has what it takes? Will it be the local sensation, Felix, to show us that he is working hard to find some better form after a month of sub-par performances?

Dusan Lajovic showed us that his experience and subtle touch with his amazing one-handed backhand is very important for his game, beating the never easy to play, powerhitter, Emil Ruusuvuori in 3 tight sets 3-6/6-3/6-3. Dusan’s secret to success in the match was to be able to continuously return the ball through his amazing movement, and at the end of the day, he had more stamina left than Emil who was giving it his all on each ball but Dusan kept returning. Dusan will be happy with that win and he will need to use all of the confidence gained to be at his best in his second round match.

Felix Auger-Aliassime is currently 1-2 in his last 3 matches and he will need to change this because he is aiming to find his form and get himself going for the rest of the season and also he is playing in front of his home crowd and he does not want to disappoint. Felix can beat anyone, outside of the Big 3, on his day and he will have to remember that his best game comes from not being afraid to go after your shots and backing yourself, because when the doubt creeps into his head, he makes mistakes.

This is going to be the 2^nd meeting between both players, with Dusan Lajovic having won their only prior encounter. Both of them are young and have nothing to lose. Of course Felix is much higher ranked, but we saw him lose to a similarly ranked opponent in Jenson Brooksby just last week so ranking does not matter. Dusan has nothing to lose here so he will give it his best, but Felix will give his local crowd what they want as he powers his way through this match into the third round of the Toronto Open.