By Canadian Press

Montreal’s Auger-Aliassime advances to fourth round at French Open

Jun 1, 2024 | 10:10 AM

PARIS — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime won his rain-interrupted match Saturday to advance to the fourth round at the French Open.

The tournament’s 21st-seed from Montreal was a 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 winner over No. 15 Ben Shelton of the United States.

Auger-Aliassime was up 5-4 on Friday before rain suspended the match.

He took the initial five games when play resumed Saturday.

Auger-Aliassime, 23, has never reached the French Open quarterfinals.

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To do so this year, he’ll have to get past two-time major winner and third seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain.

“It’s as big of a challenge as it gets,” the Canadian said. “I feel like I have more and more belief in my game and what I do. I have all the reasons to believe I can win, but we know the challenges. It’s a tough one.”

Shelton’s shoulder pain drained his serve speed Saturday.

“I just feel like a pitcher who’s thrown too many pitches, way over his pitch count,” he said.

“Felix just played way too well today. Even if I didn’t have whatever I had going on, it would have been a tough one to get through, with the way he was playing,”

The match shifted from Court 14 on Friday to Court Suzanne Lenglen, one of two arenas at Roland Garros with a retractable roof, allowing them to play even as showers plagued the clay-court tournament for the fifth day in a row.

Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., resumed his his third-round singles match Saturday. He trailed No. 8 Hubert Hurkacz of Poland 6-3, 7-6 (0), 2-1 before their match was suspended Friday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 1, 2024.

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