Felix Auger-Aliassime takes long-term view on career goals at Dubai Tennis

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Felix Auger-Aliassime is one of the promising players on ATP Tour and the Canadian is no hurry to stake his claim at the top of the rankings. The world No 9 says No 1 is his dream, but he is willing to be patient and for his time.  Read the full story here: https://gulfnews.com/sport/tennis/dubai-tennis-felix-auger-aliassime-willing-to-wait-for-his-time-to-reach-the-top-1.94152064  See more videos at https://gulfnews.com/videos Read more Gulf News stories here: https://bit.ly/2HLJ2km  Subscribe to Gulf News on YouTube and watch more of our videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/GulfNewsTV  #UAEnews #tennis #FelixAugerAliassime

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00:00It was great. As the match went on, there was more and more people.

00:04You feel like people are used to seeing great players here.

00:09It's a great event. Since I've been here, everything's been really in place

00:13for us to get ready to train and to recover and get ready for the matches.

00:19It was fun. It was fun to be out there again.

00:22It was fun to be in Dubai playing for the first time this tournament.

00:26It was a long match, so I had a chance to stay on court for quite a while.

00:30That was difficult, but I'm happy to get it done.

00:32I would rather win more straightforward in two sets and shorter,

00:36but sometimes it's okay to test yourself and to be tested by your opponent

00:43in the early rounds. He beat me last time in the first round in the Grand Slam,

00:49so I knew it would be tricky. I knew I had to stay calm and compose

00:54and wait for my chances. I was fortunate at some point to be able to break in the third

01:02and then to keep going forward and win.

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