Felix Auger-Aliassime is only 18-years-old, but he’s been generating a huge amount of excitement for a number of years due to junior results that were ahead of the curve.

Aged 14, the Canadian was the youngest man ever to win a match on the ATP Challenger Tour, and in 2017 he became the youngest man since Rafael Nadal in 2002 to break into the world’s top 200. By reaching the final in Rio de Janeiro last week, Auger-Aliassime has now made his first significant move on the ATP Tour.

On The Tennis Podcast, presenters David Law (BBC 5 Live, BT Sport), Catherine Whitaker (Amazon Prime, Eurosport) and Matt Roberts react to his performance in Brazil. Why is he being tipped for stardom? Which facets of his game separate him from other talented youngsters? And what is his relationship like with Denis Shapovalov?