Carlos Alcaraz vs Felix Auger-Aliassime Prediction: Canadian to extend winning streak

World No. 9 Auger-Allassime will face No. 1 ATP ranked Spaniard Alcaraz in the semifinals of the tournament in Basel. The Canadian has won both face-offs. Let's see how this one goes.

Alcaraz had a hard time winning his first match at the Basel tournament against Draper of Great Britain in three sets. But after that came two confident victories over Van de Zandschulp and Carreño-Busta, his compatriot. The match against Pablo lasted an hour and 40 minutes, with Carlos winning 6-3, 6-4. During the game Carlos served one ace and two double faults. Despite the low number of aces, Alcaraz won 77% of points on his first serve but only 48% on his second serve. On the receiving end, Carlos had 39%/50% with winners/unforced errors 18/15 against 13/14 for Pablo. Note that Alcaraz's stats are far from ideal, Carreño-Busta had a weak match. Taking into account the high motivation of the Canadian and head-to-head stats, we predict a difficult semifinal for the Spaniard.

Let's remind two facts about Felix. First, Auger-Aliassime has an eleven-match winning streak, before the tournament in Basel the Canadian triumphed in Florence and Antwerp. Second, Felix is struggling hard to qualify for the Torino Tournament and is close to securing a place in the top eight. Winning the semifinals, meanwhile, will allow the Canadian to overtake Rublev, who dropped out of the tournament in Vienna. With an 11-match winning streak, you can say Felix is in great shape. In Basel the Canadian was stronger than Husler, Kecmanovic and Bublik. As we expected the match against the Kazakh was short-lived, Auger-Aliassime won 6-2, 6-3 in one hour and 13 minutes with10 aces.

Carlos played five more matches than Auger-Aliassime over the course of the season, but the Canadian played more often on the hard court and lost more often. As we noted before, after the U.S. Open the Spaniard gave up, which is obvious from the results. On the other hand, Carlos played only three matches before Basel since mid-September, two of which he lost, including one against Felix. In Basel, Alcaraz achieved three wins, with not the best quality tennis. Bookmakers predict a win for the Spaniard, but we are on the side of the Canadian and the long match.

Our prediction:

Auger-Aliassime will win for 2.04 at 1xbet.

Correct Score 1-2 for 4.25 at Betway & 4.33 at Bet365.