Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advances to second round at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is transferring on to the second spherical on the Australian Open after beating Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori 6-4, 0-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

That is the third look in Melbourne for the ninth-seeded 21-year-old from Montreal.

He made it to the fourth spherical of final 12 months’s Australian Open earlier than dropping to Russian Aslan Karatsev.

Earlier within the day, fellow Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez as soon as once more got here up brief on the match.

Fernandez misplaced to Australian wild card entry Maddison Inglis 6-4, 6-2 on Tuesday within the first spherical of the Grand Slam match.

It’s the third straight 12 months that the 19-year-old Fernandez, who was runner-up to Emma Raducanu finally 12 months’s U.S Open, has misplaced in spherical one at Melbourne Park.

Ranked No. 24 on this planet, Fernandez had 30 unforced errors and solely eight winners, and was damaged thrice.

The Laval, Que., native saved two match factors earlier than Ingis, who's ranked 133rd, served out 6-4, 6-2 on the court docket dubbed 1573 Enviornment.

For Inglis, it was a primary win in a Grand Slam principal draw. She misplaced within the first spherical finally 12 months’s Australian Open to then defending champion Sofia Kenin.

Additionally Tuesday, Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino misplaced to Marie Bouzková of the Czech Republic 6-1, 6-3.

This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 17, 2022.