🇨🇦 Felix Auger-Aliassime lost his opening round match of the singles tennis tournament against Max Purcell at Tokyo2020.
Auger-Aliassime was supposed to play Andy Murray but the two-time defending champion was forced to withdraw from the event. Murray will remain in the doubles tournament with partner Joe Salisbury.
Despite being a late replacement, Purcell took the match 6-4, 7-6 and will face either Dominik Koepfer or Facundo Bagnis. Auger-Alisassime is scheduled to compete in the mixed doubles tournament with Gabriela Dabrowski. The No. 15 has worked in some mixed doubles training with Dabrowski in recent days.
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