Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada reacts after defeating Hugo Grenier of France in their second round match at the Australian Open tennis championships at Melbourne Park, Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Louise Delmotte
MELBOURNE, Australia – Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Hugo Grenier of France 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday to advance to the third round of the Australian Open.
The Canadian landed 72 per cent of his first serves, compared to Grenier’s 59 per cent, in a match that lasted two hours and 56 minutes.
Auger-Aliassime also fended off eight of 11 breakpoint attempts while converting eight of his 20 opportunities.
Auger-Aliassime, who is seeded 27th in Melbourne, will next face the winner of a match between world No. 3 Daniil Medvedev of Russia and Emil Ruusuvuori of Finland.
In women’s doubles, Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and Montreal’s Erin Routliffe defeated American Ashlyn Krueger and Czechia’s Linda Fruhvirtova 6-1, 7-5 in their opening match on Thursday.
Dabrowski and Routliffe, the reigning U.S. Open champions, will face Russians Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Veronika Kudermetova in the next round.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published on Jan. 18, 2024.
