Felix Falls In Australian Open First Round

World No. 22 Felix Auger-Aliassime followed fellow Canadian Next Gen ATP star Denis Shapovalov out of the Australian Open first round after a shock four-set loss to veteran Latvian Ernests Gulbis Tuesday at Melbourne Park.

The 19-year-old has had a mixed start to the season after a breakout 2019, when he climbed to a career-high of No. 17 in the FedEx ATP Rankings. Today he made 44 unforced errors, including seven double faults, in a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(4), 6-4 loss to the 31-year-old World No. 256, who last won a tour-level match at Los Cabos in late July 2019.

Auger-Aliassime won just one of four matches at ATP Cup but last week produced some of his best tennis en route to the semi-finals of the Adelaide International, where he pushed eventual champion Andrey Rublev to 6-4 in the third.

On Monday, World No. 13 Shapovalov suffered a four-set loss to Hungarian Marton Fucsovics.

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