Felix Auger-Aliassime brought back the burn.
FAA channeled AA in his ATP return.
Felix Auger-Aliassime brought back the burn wearing the flaming ball graphic on his Nike shorts a throwback nod to Andre Agassi's black-and-lemon yellow Nike gear from 1990—10 years before Auger-Aliassime was born.
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"The flaming tennis ball graphic made its debut on Andre Agassi in 1990—but today's version uses modern materials so you can move in total comfort," Nike says of the updated retro shorts.
Auger-Aliassime looked sharp and played a clean match dressing down Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-4, 6-1 in his Western & Southern Open opener at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Restart the engine…
Repaint the lines…
Precise work from @felixtennis at @CincyTennis 👌 pic.twitter.com/n8I3r8FgXm
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) August 22, 2020
The 20th-ranked Canadian will face either Lorenzo Sonego or wild card Tennys Sandgren next.
American Tommy Paul also sported the retro-Agassi style.
Photo credit: @CincyTennis Western & Southern Open
