Canada’s Shapovalov ousted from U.S. Open doubles play with first-round loss

NEW YORK — Canada’s Denis Shapovalov is out of the U.S. Open after he and Soonwoo Kwon of South Korea dropped their first-round men’s doubles match Wednesday.

The duo were beat 6-4, 6-4 by Italy’s Flavio Cobolli and Dominic Stricker of Switzerland in a one-hour, 11-minute match.

Shapovalov and Kwon fired four aces, but also had 24 unforced errors compared to just eight for Cobolli and Stricker.

The 25-year-old Shapovalov, who hails from Richmond Hill, Ont., was eliminated from the men’s singles draw Tuesday with a straight-sets loss to Botic van De Zandschulp in first-round action.