It was the sort of match he could have won, and he should probably have won it after leading by two sets to love, but on Wednesday night in Melbourne Felix Auger-Aliassime was beaten by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina who came back from a long way to triumph 6-7(7), 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-1, 6-3 after close on five hours of play. In the final set the Canadian had one break point at 1-all and three at 2-all, but the Spaniard held both times and himself broke through, to love, at 4-3, before serving out to 15 for the match. Consistency is very important in tennis and if the Canadian can't play his best tennis week in, week out, month in, month out, he is going to continue to experience a lot of frustration in his career.