Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime saw his run at the French Open come to an end Sunday with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 loss to No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain.
UpdatedPARIS — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime saw his run at the French Open come to an end Sunday with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 loss to No. 3 seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain.
Alcaraz had little trouble from Auger-Aliassime, breaking the Canadian six times on 16 chances and hitting 34 winners, 20 more than Auger-Aliassime, to wrap up the match in two hours 20 minutes.The 23-year-old Canadian appeared to struggle with his left leg and called a trainer at the changeover at 3-2 down in the second set, then left the court for a medical timeout.The Spaniard will next face ninth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the quarterfinals.
Earlier, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe posted a 3-6, 6-4, 6-3 win over the Chinese tandem of Xinyu Jiang and Hanyu Gao. The ninth seeds will next face Japan's Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya.
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