Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, dispatched Australian qualifier Adam Walton 7-5, 6-4 in a first-round match Thursday. Auger-Aliassime joins Denis Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., within the second spherical.
Shapovalov received his opening-round match on Wednesday
The unseeded Auger-Aliassime, at present No. 36 within the ATP rankings, will subsequent face fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany on Friday. In the meantime, Shapovalov is about to play towards No. 10 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece.
Auger-Aliassime needed to work for his opening-set victory. Main 5-4, Walton was up 40-15 within the tenth recreation and threatening to interrupt Auger-Aliassime earlier than the Canadian prevailed to tie the match en path to the eventual 7-5 victory.
After going forward 5-4 within the second set, Auger-Aliassime served out the match for the win. The Canadian completed with 11 aces and received 81 per cent on his first serve.
He additionally earned two breaks in 4 makes an attempt whereas Walton was 0-5.
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand, the second seeds, face China’s Hanyu Guo and Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri in a ladies’s doubles contest later Thursday.
Leylah Fernandez, of Laval, Que., will play her opening match in Miami on Friday towards Emiliana Arango of Colombia.
Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime is thru to the second spherical of males’s singles on the Miami Open.
Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, dispatched Australian qualifier Adam Walton 7-5, 6-4 in a first-round match Thursday. Auger-Aliassime joins Denis Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., within the second spherical.
Shapovalov received his opening-round match on Wednesday
The unseeded Auger-Aliassime, at present No. 36 within the ATP rankings, will subsequent face fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany on Friday. In the meantime, Shapovalov is about to play towards No. 10 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece.
Auger-Aliassime needed to work for his opening-set victory. Main 5-4, Walton was up 40-15 within the tenth recreation and threatening to interrupt Auger-Aliassime earlier than the Canadian prevailed to tie the match en path to the eventual 7-5 victory.
After going forward 5-4 within the second set, Auger-Aliassime served out the match for the win. The Canadian completed with 11 aces and received 81 per cent on his first serve.
He additionally earned two breaks in 4 makes an attempt whereas Walton was 0-5.
Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand, the second seeds, face China’s Hanyu Guo and Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri in a ladies’s doubles contest later Thursday.
Leylah Fernandez, of Laval, Que., will play her opening match in Miami on Friday towards Emiliana Arango of Colombia.
