Auger-Aliassime beat Casper Ruud of Norway and will face Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz on Friday; Auger-Aliassime is the first Canadian singles player to make it to the final four in the modern Olympic Games
Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada celebrates after winning his match against Casper Ruud of Norway at the Roland-Garros Stadium, Paris , on August 1, 2024 at the Paris Olympics .Félix Auger-Aliassime is going somewhere no Canadian singles player has been in a modern Olympic Games – into the final four.
Seeded No. 13 in the Olympic men’s singles draw, Auger-Aliassime beat No. 6 Casper Ruud of Norway on Thursday 6-4, 6-7, 6-3. Auger-Aliassime is already having Canada’s best Olympic showing in either of the tennis singles tournaments since the sport returned to the Olympic program at Seoul 1988. Canada’s lone Olympic tennis medal is a gold in men’s doubles, won by Daniel Nestor and Sébastien Lareau at Sydney 2000. Nestor came close again at Rio 2016, when he and Vasek Pospisil lost the bronze-medal match.
Auger-Aliassime was dealing with cramps in the mixed doubles semi, and was disappointed they lost the match. He wants Dabrowski to get a medal.
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