Team World sweeps first 3 matches vs. Team Europe at Laver Cup
Steve Carr
Alexis Galarneau and Gabriel Diallo got defending champion Canada rolling with a 2-0 triumph in a tie against Italy to open the group stage of the Davis Cup Finals on Wednesday. Galarneau of Laval, Que.,…
Steve Carr
There are no Canadians left in the singles tournaments at the U.S. Open. Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., was bounced from the Grand Slam tournament after a 7-6 (4), 5-7, 6-4 loss to 22nd seed…
Steve Carr
Canadians Gabriela Dabrowski, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov were eliminated from doubles competition in quarterfinal action Tuesday at the Madrid Open. Ottawa’s Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani, who were seeded sixth in women’s doubles…
Steve Carr
Taylor Fritz advanced to the final four of the ATP Finals by defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-2 on Thursday at the year-end tournament. The American will face five-time champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. The match…
Steve Carr
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters tennis tournament and increased his winning streak to 15 matches with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over French wild-card Gilles Simon on Thursday. Auger-Aliassime, seeking…
Steve Carr
Felix Auger-Aliassime and Andrey Rublev qualified for the ATP Finals after Taylor Fritz and Hubert Hurkacz, the other contenders for the two remaining spots, lost in the second round of the Paris Masters on Wednesday. The eighth-seeded Auger-Aliassime outlasted qualifier Mikael Ymer 6-7…
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Vasek Pospisil won his opening singles match, then teamed with Felix Auger-Aliassime to take the deciding doubles match as Canada earned its opening tie at the Davis Cup Finals tennis tournament 2-1 over South Korea…
Steve Carr
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…
Steve Carr
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime moved on to the third round of the Western & Southern Open Masters-level tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Australia’s Alex de Minaur on Wednesday. Auger-Aliassime, the seventh seed in…
Steve Carr
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is moving on to the quarterfinals at the National Bank Open after a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Britain’s Cameron Norrie at IGA Stadium. The sixth seed from Montreal broke Norrie’s serve late…
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Bianca Andreescu continued her successful grass-court season with a convincing 6-1, 6-3 victory over Emina Bektas in first-round action at Wimbledon on Tuesday in London. Men’s 13th seed Denis Shapovalov also moved on with a…
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Canada’s Bianca Andreescu advanced to the second round of the Italian Open on a walkover Tuesday after rival Emma Raducanu retired due to a back injury. Andreescu led the battle of recent U.S. Open champions…
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Felix Auger-Aliassime attained his first career title at the ninth attempt, upsetting top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2 in the Rotterdam final on Sunday to deny his adversary an eighth title. Victory at the indoor tournament…
Steve Carr
Some 24 hours after Denis Shapovalov reached his first Australian Open men’s singles quarter-final, his friend and countryman Felix Auger-Aliassime joined him in the final eight. Auger-Aliassime overcame a fast and furious start by 2018…
Steve Carr
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is moving on to the second round at the Australian Open after defeating Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4, 0-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. This is the third appearance in Melbourne for the ninth-seeded 21-year-old…
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Felix Auger-Aliassime clinched the ATP Cup title for Canada on Sunday with a 7-6 (3), 6-3 singles triumph over Roberto Bautista Agut to give his country an insurmountable 2-0 lead versus Spain. Denis Shapovalov opened…
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Daniil Medvedev and Roman Safiullin won their singles matches before combining to win the doubles Tuesday to give defending champion Russia a sweep of Australia and first place in Group B at the ATP Cup.…
Steve Carr
Felix Auger-Aliassime stayed in contention for a place at the ATP Finals by defeating Italian qualifier Gianluca Mager 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 Tuesday in the first round of the Paris Masters. The ninth-seeded Auger-Aliassime from Montreal hit…
Steve Carr
Bianca Andreescu fell in the second round of the Western & Southern Open women’s draw, while fellow Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the third round of men’s singles competition on Wednesday. After receiving a first-round bye, seventh-seed…
Steve Carr
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Poland’s Hubert Hurkacz 6-3, 7-5 in the first round of the Halle Open in Germany on Tuesday. It was the second victory in as many matches for the 21st-ranked Auger-Aliassime versus the…
Steve Carr
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is heading to the third round of the Italian Open after notching an upset victory on Tuesday. Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, downed No. 8 seed Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-1, 6-3 at the…
Steve Carr
Aslan Karatsev set up a second-round match with Stefanos Tsitsipas at the Monte Carlo Masters by beating Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-4 on Monday as rain played havoc with the clay-court tournament’s agenda. Karatsev, who rose…
Steve Carr
Toni Nadal, the man who masterminded nephew Rafa’s amazing career, is returning to the Tour as part of the coaching team of Canadian youngster Felix Auger-Aliassime. Nadal, 60, opted to step down as Rafa’s coach…
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Hobbled by cramps, top-ranked Daniil Medvedev limped through the final few matches Sunday to edge Alexei Popyrin 7-6 (3), 6-7 (7) 6-4 in the third round at the Miami Open. Medvedev failed to convert three match points in the…
Steve Carr
Felix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Annie Fernandez had successful outings Wednesday in Mexico. Fellow Canadian Milos Raonic did not. The 20-year-old Aliassime defeated another 20-year-old, American Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals at…
Steve Carr
Felix Auger-Aliassime became the second highly seeded Canadian to make an early exit from the Sofia Open after falling to Italy’s Salvatore Caruso in second-round action Wednesday. Caruso, ranked 82nd in the world, defeated Auger-Aliassime…
Steve Carr
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Polish partner Hubert Hurkacz each claimed their first-ever ATP doubles title after winning 16 of the final 19 points in Sunday’s Paris Masters final. The unseeded duo defeated No. 2 Bruno…
Steve Carr
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was ousted in first-round action of the Paris Masters tennis tournament on Monday, losing 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 to Croatian veteran Marin Cilic. Auger-Aliassime, seeded 14th at the final ATP Masters 1000 tournament…
Steve Carr
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime rallied for a 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) triumph over qualifier Egor Gerasimov of Belarus in the second round of the Cologne Championship on Wednesday. The fifth-seeded Auger-Aliassime, who received a first-round…
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Alexander Zverev ended his 17-month wait for a title by beating Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-3, 6-3 to conquest the Cologne Indoors on Sunday. Zverev has had a breakthrough year in Grand Slam tournaments with his…
