‘It opened my eyes’: Félix Auger-Aliassime on tennis, Togo and his father’s journey
The world No 7 on his teenage trip to west Africa, his fundraising efforts and finding his form ahead of the Australian Open
“Well, imagine you’re 13,” Félix Auger-Aliassime says, smiling. “I had been to Europe. I had been to America. I live in Canada. And then you go to Togo; it’s a little different, you know?”
Auger-Aliassime, the seventh best tennis player in the world, was describing the homecoming he enjoyed 12 years ago as he first caught a glimpse of Togo, the country his father, Sam, was born in and emigrated from to Canada before his son’s birth. It was a significant moment in his life. Continue reading...
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