Canada’s Auger-Aliassime rallies for 5-set win at French Open
Felix Auger-Aliassime fought again from two units right down to beat Peru’s Juan Pablo Varillas on Sunday and transfer into the second spherical at Roland Garros.
The unseeded Varillas took the primary two units, 6-2, earlier than the ninth-seeded Canadian rallied for 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 set victories.
WATCH | Auger-Aliassime rallies for 1st win at French Open:
Montreal native Felix Auger-Aliassime fell behind by 2 units towards Spaniard Juan Pablo Varillas earlier than recovering to win 2-6, 2-6, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 in Paris.
Two-time Grand Slam champion Garbine Muguruza is out of the French Open within the first spherical for the second yr in a row.
Muguruza gained the title at Roland Garros in 2016 and was seeded tenth this yr however was defeated 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 by Kaia Kanepi of Estonia on Sunday.
Was a pleasure to get my first win right here in Roland Garros 🙌🏽 Hopefully will probably be the primary of many to return<br><br>Took a little bit of persistence however we’re by means of and targeted on the subsequent spherical💪🏽🇫🇷 Merci! <a href=”https://t.co/dtNsuSfYkS”>pic.twitter.com/dtNsuSfYkS</a>
—@felixtennis
Kanepi turns 37 subsequent month and is the oldest participant within the ladies’s attract Paris. She is ranked forty sixth and is taking part in her fifteenth French Open. Her finest showings have been quarterfinal appearances in 2008 and 2012; she has appeared in seven Grand Slam quarterfinals however by no means gained one.
The match ended beneath a drizzle and Muguruza missed a service return on match level, then cracked her racket towards the bottom.
She beat Serena Williams within the remaining at Roland Garros six years in the past, then defeated Venus Williams within the remaining at Wimbledon in 2017.
Canadians Rebecca Marino and Leylah Fernandez are additionally in motion on opening day of the ladies’s match.
Thiem nonetheless in search of a win
Two-time French Open finalist Dominic Thiem’s shedding streak reached 10 matches with a first-round exit at Roland Garros as he works his method again from a torn tendon in his proper wrist.
Thiem bowed out 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 towards Hugo Dellien, a Bolivian ranked 87th who entered the match with a 2-7 profession file in Grand Slam matches.
Thiem gained the 2020 U.S Open and was the runner-up at three different majors. He misplaced to Rafael Nadal within the finals of the 2018 and 2019 French Opens, and to Novak Djokovic within the remaining of the 2020 Australian Open.
However Thiem’s final victory wherever on tour got here at Rome in Could 2021. He’s 0-6 this yr.
In one other early exit by a high participant Sunday, No. 6 seed Ons Jabeur was knocked out of the match by 56th-ranked Magda Linette of Poland 3-6, 7-6 (4), 7-5.
Jabeur started the day with a tour-leading 17 wins on clay this season. She gained the Madrid Open and made it to the ultimate of the Italian Open this month.
Source: CBC Sports activities
