CINCINNATI — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is off to the third round at the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament after defeating Norway's Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-1 on Friday.
CINCINNATI — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is off to the third round at the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament after defeating Norway's Casper Ruud 6-3, 6-1 on Friday.
Auger-Aliassime fired 14 aces to four double faults while winning 86 per cent of his first-serve points.Ruud, the seventh seed in the tournament, had zero aces and five double faults and only won 44 per cent of his first-serve points. He broke on his lone opportunity in the match.Later in women's singles action, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., handed Russia's Diana Shnaider a 6-1, 6-4 loss in third-round play.
The 21-year-old will face the winner of a matchup between Americans Jessica Pegula and Taylor Townsend in the quarterfinals.
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