Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov each dropped their first-round matches Tuesday on the BMW males’s tennis event.
German teenager Diego Dedura-Palomero superior to the second spherical when Shapovalov retired from the match attributable to harm. Auger-Aliassime, the third seed from Montreal, dropped a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) choice to Argentina’s Mariano Navone.
Dedura-Palomero was main 7-6 (2) 3-0 when the eight-seeded Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., was compelled to withdraw attributable to an unspecified harm. The 17-year-old German entered the event as a fortunate loser after failing to earn a spot by qualifying.
Dedura-Palomero grew to become the primary participant born in 2008 to win a main-draw match on the ATP Tour.
Shapovalov had 5 aces within the match — Dedura-Palomero had none — but additionally recorded three double faults (his opponent had none). The German additionally transformed one among his three break factors whereas 0-for-2.
Auger-Aliassime had extra aces (2-0) than Navone but additionally extra double-faults (5-3). And he was capable of convert on 5-of-19 break-point makes an attempt whereas Navone was 4-of-10 in that class.
The clay struggles got here after Auger-Aliassime gained two occasions on laborious courts within the winter, whereas Shapovalov captured a hard-court title in Dallas.
-With recordsdata from Sportsnet Workers
