Auger-Aliassime advances to 2nd round of Miami Open, joins fellow Canadian Shapovalov
Montreal native dispatched Australia's Adam Walton 7-5, 6-4 in 1st round matchup
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime is through to the second round of men's singles at the Miami Open.
Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, dispatched Australian qualifier Adam Walton 7-5, 6-4 in a first-round match Thursday. Auger-Aliassime joins Denis Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., in the second round.
Shapovalov won his opening-round match on Wednesday
The unseeded Auger-Aliassime, currently No. 36 in the ATP rankings, will next face fourth-seeded Alexander Zverev of Germany on Friday. Meanwhile, Shapovalov is set to play against No. 10 Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece.
Auger-Aliassime had to work for his opening-set victory. Leading 5-4, Walton was up 40-15 in the 10th game and threatening to break Auger-Aliassime before the Canadian prevailed to tie the match en route to the eventual 7-5 victory.
After going ahead 5-4 in the second set, Auger-Aliassime served out the match for the win. The Canadian finished with 11 aces and won 81 per cent on his first serve.
In women's doubles, the second-seeded team of Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand defeated China's Hanyu Guo and Norway's Ulrikke Eikeri 6-3, 6-2.
Leylah Fernandez, of Laval, Que., will play her opening match Friday against Emiliana Arango of Colombia.
