Pair of seeded Canadians upset at Toronto
Fifth-seeded Denis Shapovalov and No. 9 Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada were upset in straight sets in front of their home crowd Wednesday in Toronto.
Lucky loser Frances Tiafoe of the U.S. knocked off Shapovalov 6-1, 6-4 in one hour, 15 minutes, while Serbian Dusan Lajovic upset Auger-Aliassime 7-5, 6-4.
Auger-Aliassime had six aces to none for Lajovic but the Canadian failed to break the Serb while Lajovic converted 2 of 5 break points.
"I'm happy with the way that I was able to play from the beginning until the end," Lajovic said. "The game at 4-3 in the second set when I was serving was a really tricky one. I'm happy that I had a little bit of luck in some moments but the most important thing was that was able to control the match and the way that I was able to make him uncomfortable."
Auger-Aliassime also suffered from three double faults.
"If you look at the match overall, especially in the second set, I felt like I had chances where I could have done better to get a break, to give myself a chance of maybe going three sets, but it is what it is," Auger-Aliassime said.
Shapovalov had defeated Tiafoe four of the five times they played previously. Tiafoe did not face a break point in ousting the last Canadian from the tournament.
Shapovalov's loss ensured that the 60-year-plus streak of a Canadian male not winning the singles title at the tourney will continue. The last Canadian to win the men's singles event was Robert Bedard in 1958.
In other action, Russian and fourth-seeded Andrey Rublev defeated Italian Fabio Fognini 7-6 (4), 6-3 in 92 minutes.
Seventh-seeded Hubert Hurkacz of Poland defeated Japan's Kei Nishikori in a walk over.
Eighth-seeded Diego Schwartzman of Argentina defeated France's Benoit Paire 7-5, 6-1 in one hour, 21 minutes.
Tenth-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain whipped American Tommy Paul 6-3, 6-4.
Georgian Nikoloz Basilashvili defeated No. 12 seed Alex de Minaur 6-1, 6-1.
American John Isner rallied to beat Cristian Garin of Chile 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
In a battle of Russians, Karen Khachanov defeated Aslan Karatsev 7-6 (7), 6-4.
Australian qualifier James Duckworth upset No. 16 Jannik Sinner of Italy 6-3, 6-4. Sinner is ranked No. 15 in the world coming in. Duckworth is No. 85.
Lloyd Harris of South Africa downed Feliciano Lopez of Spain 6-2, 6-3.
In the final match of the night, Frenchman Gils Monfils rallied to defeat Australian John Millman 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
--Field Level Media
