Felix Auger-Aliassime, Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez all waited an extra day to see their first-round singles action after heavy rain scrubbed Saturday's schedule at Roland Garros.
PARIS — It's a great start for Canadian tennis at the Paris Olympics as Felix Auger-Aliassime, Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez all posted victories on Sunday.
All three players waited an extra day to see their first-round singles action after heavy rain scrubbed Saturday's schedule at Roland Garros. Montreal's Auger-Aliassime fired 10 aces as he made quick work of American Marcos Giron with a 6-1, 6-4 straight-set victory. In the women's draw, Andreescu, of Mississauga, Ont., converted four of six breaks in an efficient 6-2, 6-3 win over Denmark’s Clara Tauson, while Fernandez, of Laval, Que., outlasted Karolina Muchova of Czechia 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 in a match that lasted two hours and 21 minutes.Later Sunday, Fernandez was set to team with Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski in women's doubles, while veteran Milos Raonic is in men's singles action.
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