MONTREAL — Fans at IGA Stadium gave Felix Auger-Aliassime a lengthy standing ovation before his opening singles match in the National Bank Open on Wednesday.
It's a good thing, because Auger-Aliassime, who finished fourth at the Paris Olympics and won bronze in mixed doubles with Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa, was gone 68 minutes later.
Another Canadian, Vasek Pospisil of Vernon, B.C., only lasted 19 minutes against American Sebastian Korda and was forced to retire trailing 2-1. Seeded Americans got off to a good start at the men's National Bank Open tennis tournament as Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton posted first-round wins Wednesday.He is playing in his first tournament since teaming with Taylor Fritz to win men's doubles bronze at the Paris Olympics.
Nakashima defeated Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., 6-4, 7-5 in a match that took one hour 38 minutes to complete.
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