Auger-Aliassime bumps slump to beat qualifier at Barcelona Open
Steve Carr
Félix Auger-Aliassime moved on to the fourth round of the men’s draw while Leylah Fernandez and Bianca Andreescu were eliminated in women’s competition on Monday at the Indian Wells Masters tennis tournament. Auger-Aliassime, the eighth seed…
Steve Carr
John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg will return as Laver Cup captains this year, when the team event moves to Canada for the first time. McEnroe will lead Team World versus Borg’s Team Europe at Rogers…
Steve Carr
Two sets into his delayed second-round singles match on Monday night, social media was abuzz with tennis upset alerts. It appeared, after uninspired 6-3, 6-3 setbacks, that sixth-seeded Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal was going to…
Steve Carr
Felix Auger-Aliassime’s dream of defeating his tennis idol came true on Tuesday. After a loss to Norway’s Casper Ruud to open his first career appearance at the season-ending ATP Finals, Auger-Aliassime regained his scorching end-of-season…
Steve Carr
Taylor Fritz of the United States stayed in contention for one of the two remaining ATP Finals spots by defeating Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7-5, 6-2 in the first round of the Paris Masters on Monday.…
Steve Carr
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime moved on to the second round of the Halle Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 victory over American Marcos Giron on Tuesday in Germany. Auger-Aliassime, seeded fourth at the ATP…
Steve Carr
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov was eliminated early once again. The Richmond Hill, Ont., native was upset by home favorite Oscar Otte 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4) at the Stuttgart Open on Thursday. Otte, of Germany, is through to the…
Steve Carr
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Fernandez advanced to the third round of the French Open on Wednesday while Bianca Andreescu was eliminated in consecutive sets. Auger-Aliassime made quick work of Argentine qualifier Camilo Ugo Carabelli,…
Steve Carr
Felix Auger-Aliassime fought back from two sets down to defeat Peru’s Juan Pablo Varillas on Sunday and move into the second round at Roland Garros. The unseeded Varillas took the first two sets, 6-2, before…
Steve Carr
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime earned one of the biggest triumphs of his career Wednesday by topping Swiss star Roger Federer 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the second round of the Noventi Open. It was the first career…
Steve Carr
Three Canadians will play in the quarterfinals of the Open 13 Provence tennis tournament. Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime guaranteed a Canadian trio would compete in the final eight by outlasting France’s Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-0, 6-7 (6),…
Steve Carr
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime returned to the top 20 in the world rankings Monday after reaching the final of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The 19-year-old from Montreal, who dropped a 6-2, 6-4 decision to…
Steve Carr
Denis Shapovalov went 2-0 for Canada on Tuesday, earning his second Top 10 victory of the season in singles and teaming up with countryman Felix Auger-Aliassime in doubles to clinch a 2-1 ATP Cup tie victory versus Germany. Auger-Aliassime/Shapovalov defeat…
