Auger-Aliassime after Nîmes glory: “If I can qualify for the quarter-finals at Monte-Carlo to match up with the best players”

In the makeshift locker rooms of the Nîmes Arena, specially constructed for the occasion, Alexander Bublik had just exited the Bastide UTS semi-finals after a loss to Casper Ruud. The charismatic Kazakhstani player then entertained Jérémy Chardy and Felix Auger-Aliassime with his storytelling. Bublik light-heartedly commented on Ruud’s formidable play, joking, “He’s unplayable. If you gave us two serves and him only one, he’d still win. You’d need a…”