For Felix Auger-Aliassime, the clay season may not end soon.
The Canadians were 18th, with the third straight opening in Clay, trailing Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo 7-6 (5), 6-4 and at the Madrid Open on Friday.
Cerundolo is ranked 126th in the world and entered the week with a 1-4 record this season.
Olympiad – Aliassime won two smaller matches on the hard court to open the game, but didn’t have the same success on clay.
Another Canadian man in the tournament, Denis Shapovalov, opened on Saturday against Japan’s Kei Nishikori in Madrid.
Canada’s Bianca Andreescu had a second round of women’s singles match against Kazakhstan’s 10th seed Elena Rybakina late Friday.
2019 U.S. Open champion Andreescu returned to the WTA 1000 this week after a six-month break, focusing on his health.
She opened 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday by defeating American McCartney Kessler 6-2, 6-4.
– Documents with Canadian Press
