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Canada’s Auger-Aliassime advances to quarter-finals at Cincinnati Open with comeback win over Sinner

Felix Auger-Aliassime earned a berth into the quarter-finals Thursday with a 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1 comeback victory over Jannik Sinner at the Western & Southern Open Masters-level tennis tournament.

Seventh-seeded Auger-Aliassime fired 14 aces to Sinner’s four, as he shifted the momentum with a strong effort in the tiebreaker to win the second set.

Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, went down 3-0 early in the first set before winning his first game. He broke the 10th-seeded Italian on three out of eight opportunities.

Auger-Aliassime will next play on Friday versus Croatia’s Borna Coric, who followed up his upset victory over Rafael Nadal by defeating fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut 6-2, 6-3.

Earlier on Thursday, fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov gave up a pair of 11th-game breaks in a 7-5, 7-5 loss to world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev in third-round action.

Shapovalov showed flashes of skill at points during the match, particularly in the ninth game of the second set. Shapovalov fought off four break points and took a 5-4 lead after winning a game that took nine minutes 42 seconds to complete.

There is little margin for error when facing Medvedev, however. After the Russian held serve to tie the game 5-5, Shapovalov fell behind early in the 11th game, committing a forced error at the net on the first point then committing a double fault to go down 30-15.

Shapovalov tied the game 30-30 but Medvedev won the next two points, finishing the break when Shapovalov ended an eight-volley rally with his 21st unforced error of the match.

Medvedev served to love in the deciding game to win the match in one hour 46 minutes.

Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., went down an early break in the first set, but converted his only break point of the match in the eighth game to tie the set 4-4.

After both players held, Medvedev converted his fourth break point of Game 11 to take a 6-5 lead. In the following game, he set up set point with an ace then won it when Shapovalov couldn’t handle his serve.

Medvedev has won three consecutive matches against Shapovalov and leads the career series 3-2.

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