After placing fourth in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Auger-Aliassime was upset in the opening round of the Montreal NBO at the hands of world No. 33 Flavio Cobolli 6-3, 6-2.
Aug 07, 2024 at 02:48 PM ETMONTREAL — It has been a difficult National Bank Open for Canadian men as both Felix Auger-Aliassime, Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov were eliminated from the men’s singles tournament at IGA Stadium on Wednesday.
Neither player was able to find a break point in the opening phase of the match as the first set would have but a single break point opportunity. “He was serving quite well, even better than the last time we played. I have to give him some credit as well, there were some shots that were amazing from him and that were too good,” said Auger-Aliassime. “ played a really good match, he’s in good form and he’s confident right now so bravo to him. I hope he has a good tournament.”
Following an awkward landing from a serve, Posposil pulled up limping midway during the third game of the match and appeared to be favouring his left leg. Visibly emotional, the Canadian received treatment on the court and — following a medical timeout — tried to continue albeit with significantly restricted mobility, but ultimately could not go on.
Shapovalov was bounced earlier on Wednesday in a first-round loss to American qualifier Brandon Nakashima. The 23 year-old 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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