Denis Shapovalov fires 16 aces en route to 1st-round win at Miami Open
Fellow Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Dabrowski take court Thursday in Florida
Canada's Denis Shapovalov downed Italy's Luciano Darderi in three sets on Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Miami Open.
Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., fired 16 aces and won 77 per cent of first serves en route to a 6-3, 6-7 (3), 6-4 win in the ATP 1000 tournament.
Shapovalov next meets 10th-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the Round of 64.
It will be the sixth career meeting between the two players. Shapovalov won all three of their hard-court matches, while Tsitsipas's two victories came on clay.
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Fellow Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, will play his first match Thursday against Australia's Adam Walton.
Auger-Aliassime, currently ranked No. 36 in the ATP rankings, enters the tournament unseeded.
Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner, Erin Routliffe of New Zealand, are seeded second in women's doubles. They'll also be in action Thursday against Hanyu Guo of China and Ulrikke Eikeri of Norway.
