Belgium turned the tables on Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Victoria Mboko on the United Cup.
After the Canadians swept China of their first tie on the season-opening crew occasion, Auger-Aliassime and Mboko could not discover any success in opposition to Belgium on Tuesday in Sydney, Australia.
Zizou Bergs, ranked forty second within the males’s world rankings, downed world No. 5 Auger-Aliassime 6-4, 6-2 earlier than Elise Martens, the ladies’s world No. 19, knocked off world No. 18 Mboko 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
The Belgians completed the sweep with a 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 win over Mboko and Cleeve Harper.
The six group winners and the highest two runners-up advance to the quarterfinals. Canada wanted a minimum of one win within the tie in opposition to Belgium to have a shot.
Diallo prevails in opener
Ganada’s Gabriel Diallo is off to a profitable begin in 2026.
The Montreal native, seeded sixth, beat world No. 71 Jesper de Jong of the Netherlands 6-4, 7-6 (7) on Tuesday within the opening spherical of the Hong Kong Open.
Diallo, ranked fortieth, will subsequent face Coleman Wong of Hong Kong on the ATP Tour 250 occasion.
