Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime has advanced to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open. The 18-year-old from Montreal crushed Cameron Norrie of Britain 6-3, 6-2 in the first match on centre court on Thursday at the ATP Tour Masters 1000 event.
Felix Auger-Aliassime, of Canada, returns a shot to Daniil Medvedev, of Russia, during Men's Rogers Cup tennis tournament action in Toronto, Wednesday, August 8, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark BlinchINDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime has advanced to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open.
Auger-Aliassime converted on all three of his break-point opportunities and won all his service games. Auger-Aliassime will next face No. 9 seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, who got a first-round bye. The 20-year-old Tsitsipas made headlines in Toronto last year when he advanced to the final of the Rogers Cup.
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