MADRID - Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Madrid Open singles tournament after losing to Dusan Lajovic in three sets, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (5), in the Round of 64 on Saturday. Lajovic handily won the first set, but Auger-Aliassime responded with a comfortable win of his own in the second. Lajovic then took the third set in a tiebreak. Auger-Aliassime, who’s ninth in the ATP rankings, hit 12 aces but also gave up 11 double faults in the match. Shapovalov, a 24-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., was scheduled to play China’s Zhang Zhizhen in Round of 64 singles play later Saturday.

Source: thestar April 29, 2023 18:07 UTC