By Canadian Press

Canada’s Auger-Aliassime loses to Korda in Estoril Open quarterfinals

Apr 29, 2022 | 3:52 PM

ESTORIL, Portugal — Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the Estoril Open tennis tournament after a 6-2, 6-2 quarterfinal loss to American Sebastian Korda on Friday.

Auger-Aliassime, the top seed at the ATP 250 clay court event, struggled to stay out of trouble in the match, and eighth-seed Korda took advantage.

Korda had 11 break-point chances in the match and cashed in on five of them. 

The American faced break point just three times and saved two.

Auger-Aliassime won just 48 per cent of service points and 38 per cent of return points, compared to Korda’s 62 per cent on serve and 52 per cent when returning.

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Korda will face fellow American Frances Tiafoe in the semifinals.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 29, 2022.

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