Auger-Aliassime downs Struff to reach Australian Open second round
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This article was published 13/01/2025 (260 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
MELBOURNE, Australia – Montreal’s Félix Auger-Aliassime cruised into the second round of the Australian Open on Monday with a 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 win over Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff.
The 29th-seeded Canadian, who won the Adelaide International last week for his sixth ATP title, controlled the match, firing 19 aces to Struff’s 15 and committing just one double fault to Struff’s four. Auger-Aliassime won 85 per cent of his first-serve points and broke Struff eight times.
Auger-Aliassime will face Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round.
Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo makes his Australian Open main-draw debut Monday night against Italy’s Luca Nardi, while Denis Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., faces Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut early Tuesday.
In the women’s singles, Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino will face Britain’s Katie Boulter in the first round.
Leylah Fernandez, of Laval, Que., teams up with Ukraine’s Nadiia Kichenok to play Australia’s Talia Gibson and Maya Joint in women’s doubles. Ottawa’s Gabriella Dabrowski and New Zealand’s Erin Routliffe, the No. 2 seeds, will face American duo Danielle Collins and Desirae Krawczyk in the opening round.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 13, 2024.