Auger-Aliassime gets payback in Rome with 1st career win over Filip Krajinovic

Felix Auger-Aliassime is heading to the second round of the Italian Open, while fellow Canadian Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn.

Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, exacted some revenge on Filip Krajinovic with a 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-4 win Sunday, his first against the Serbian in three career meetings.

Krajinovic defeated Auger-Aliassime in the first round of the ATP Tour Masters 1000 clay-court event last year.

However, she said in a post on Instagram she may have to isolate again if she travels to Italy.

Auger-Aliassime, ranked 20th in the world, broke the 36th-ranked Krajinovic in the final game to finish off a match that lasted just over two hours 45 minutes.

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The Canadian was better on first serve, earning 71 per cent of points when he got it in as compared to 60 per cent for Krajinovic.

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Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal defeated Serbian Filip Krajinovic 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4 in his opening match Sunday at the Rome Open.

Auger-Aliassime was coming off a straight-sets loss to Norway's Casper Ruud in last week's ATP Tour Masters 1000 stop in Madrid.

No. 13 seed Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., is the only other Canadian in the men's singles draw. He will face a qualifier in the first round.

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