{"id":75,"date":"2026-09-03T15:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/auger-aliassime-begins-us-open-campaign-with-dominant-opening-hold\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:18:21","slug":"auger-aliassime-begins-us-open-campaign-with-dominant-opening-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/03\/auger-aliassime-begins-us-open-campaign-with-dominant-opening-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"Auger-Aliassime Begins US Open Campaign With Dominant Opening Hold"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Updates from Day 5 of the US Open at Flushing Meadows are now available. Fans can follow live commentary via email and social media platforms including TikTok and Bluesky.<\/p>\n<p>Felix Auger-Aliassime began his tournament with authority, securing an opening service hold without losing a point. The Canadian currently sits at a career-high Grand Slam seeding of No 3 and holds the No 4 world ranking, yet he remains under the radar in early title conversations.<\/p>\n<p>Having reached the semi-finals twice before at the US Open, including last year, Auger-Aliassime faces scrutiny regarding whether he possesses the decisive final gear required to win a major. His recent performances at the French Open and Wimbledon served as reminders that he has not always capitalized on favorable draws on clay and grass courts.<\/p>\n<p>Hard courts remain his preferred surface and the site of his most successful Grand Slam runs. Those seeking a recap of yesterday&#8217;s matches may review the full coverage via the provided archive links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felix Auger-Aliassime opens his 2026 US Open campaign with a service hold to love, starting as the No 3 seed despite lingering questions about his title credentials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[175,176,173,174,10],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-felix-auger-aliassime","tag-flushing-meadows","tag-tennis","tag-us-open-2026","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}