MIAMI — Italy’s Lorenzo Musetti defeated Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in three units Sunday in a males’s singles third-round match on the Miami Open.
Auger-Aliassime, the 18th seed from Montreal, registered a break to win the primary set 6-4. However Musetti, seeded fifteenth, captured the remaining two units 6-2, 6-3 to advance.
The Canadian unleashed 11 aces within the contest, in comparison with only one for Musetti. However Auger-Aliassime additionally had 4 double faults (one for Musetti) and the Italian recorded twice as many break factors (4) as his opponent.
Denis Shapovalov, the No. 27 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., is scheduled to face third-seeded American Taylor Fritz in third-round motion Monday.
