Auger-Aliassy Verreven from Cincinnati Open by World No. 1 Sinner
Felix Auger-Aliassime Knocked Out of Cincinnati Open
Félix Auger-Aliasassime plays a backhand during his match against Jannik Sinner during day 8 of the Cincinnati Open in the Lindner Family Tennis Center on Thursday in Mason, Ohio.Dylan Buell/Getty images
Montreal’s own Félix Auger-Aliassime has been eliminated from the Cincinnati Open.
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner of Italy defeated Auger-Aliassime 6-0, 6-2 in the quarterfinals of the Men’s Singles on Thursday.
Sinner is set to compete in Saturday’s semi-final, but his opponent is yet to be determined.
Auger-Aliassime was the last Canadian standing in the singles draw of the tournament.
In other action on Thursday, Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski and her partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand secured a spot in the semi-finals of the women’s doubles by defeating Caty McNally of the United States and Linda Noskova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 7-6 (3).
Dabrowski and Routliffe will face off against Ellen Perez of Australia and Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine in Friday’s semi-final.
Routliffe, who holds dual Canadian-New Zealand citizenship, has previously represented Canada in tennis.
Dabrowski and Routliffe dominated the match with six aces compared to one from McNally and Noskova, and only three double faults versus seven from their opponents.
