Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada returns the ball to Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece during the men's singles final match of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada returns the ball to Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece during the men's singles final match of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Montreal's Auger-Aliassime, who was seeded 16th at the clay-court tournament, lost 7-6 (5), 6-3 to German qualifier Daniel Altmaier.
Altmaier came back from down an early break in the second set, then fought off triple break point in the final game to improve to 2-0 against Auger-Aliassime.
Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., fell 6-3, 7-6 (5) to American Marcos Giron.
Giron won the final three points of the second-set tiebreaker, including match point on return, to improve to 3-1 against Shapovalov.
Shapovalov had six aces to Giron's one, but also committed four double-faults to none for Giron.Â
This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published April 7, 2025.
Note to readers:This is a corrected story. A previous version misspelled Denis Shapovalov's last name in the first paragraph.
