GSTAAD, Switzerland — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was eradicated from the Swiss Open clay-court tennis match with a 7-6 (9), 7-6 (2) quarterfinal loss to Italy’s Matteo Berrettini on Friday.
Berrettini went up 5-0 within the second tiebreaker earlier than changing his first match level on serve.
Auger-Aliassime missed an opportunity to take management of the primary set when Berrettini got here again from triple break level within the sixth sport to carry for a 3-3 tie.
The Italian then transformed set level on return within the ensuing tiebreaker when Auger-Aliassime ended a six-shot rally with an unforced error.
Auger-Aliassime’s profession report in opposition to Berrettini fell to 2-5.
The Canadian, who turns 24 subsequent month, is scheduled to play in males’s singles and doubles on the Paris Video games beginning subsequent week and used this match as a tune-up. Tennis on the Olympics will likely be held on the clay courts at Roland Garros, the positioning of the French Open.
On Monday, Auger-Aliassime and Swiss associate Dominic Stricker misplaced 6-4, 7-6 (4) to prime seeds Jamie Murray of Britain and Czechia’s Adam Pavlasek within the first spherical of doubles competitors.
