Despite the loss to the Italian, the US Open marked a much-needed turning point in the 25-year-old\u2019s career, which tennis legend Jimmy Connors<\/a> says he now has to build on. <\/p>\n Speaking on the \u2018Advantage Connors\u2019 podcast, the eight-time Grand Slam champion said: \u201cFAA, who got to the semis, had a great tournament.<\/p>\n \u201cHe can\u2019t think that \u2018I got to the semis of the US Open. I can live off that.\u2019 They have got to get over that. Because they are not winning it.<\/p>\n \u201cThey have to think that\u2019s a great stepping stone, a springboard. Now it\u2019s time for me to really take off. And he\u2019s a young kid too.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have got to treat every match and tournament and opportunity that you have as if it\u2019s your last, because you never know how long it\u2019s going to be.\u201d<\/p>\n The story of Felix Auger-Aliassime\u2019s 2025 ATP season so far<\/p>\n Auger-Aliassime<\/a> got his season on the ATP<\/a> Tour off to a perfect start, winning the first event of the year in Adelaide. <\/p>\n Despite a second-round exit at the Australian Open, he then clinched his second title of 2025 in Montpellier, before enjoying a largely successful trip to the Middle East, reaching the semifinals in Qatar and the final in Dubai. <\/p>\n After that, however, Auger-Aliassime underwent a poor run of form, crashing out in the early stages of several competitions, picking up just three wins during the entirety of the clay season. <\/p>\n Following an up-and-down grass swing, in recent months, he has made the quarterfinals of the Canadian Open and the semifinals in New York. <\/p>\n Heading into the Asian swing, Auger-Aliassime will hope to add more points to his tally in the \u2018Race to Turin\u2019, in the hope of qualifying for the year-end ATP Finals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Felix Auger-Aliassime saw his ATP ranking soar to 13th in the world after a phenomenal run at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[430,22622,12685,99,428],"class_list":{"0":"post-172930","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-atp","9":"tag-felix-auger-aliassime","10":"tag-jimmy-connors","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Felix](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2232944218-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Mike Stobe\/Getty ImagesFelix Auger-Aliassime told how he must build on his US Open run<\/p>\n