Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov and Leylah Fernandez only made it through the US Open on Tuesday, all three being eliminated in the first round.
Auger-Aliassime lost 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 to Czech Jakub Mensik in the afternoon.
The 19e The tournament’s top seed, was never really in the game against Mensik, losing after two hours and three minutes on Court 5.
He now has a career record of 1-1 against Mensik, 64.e world champion, after beating him in the third round of the Madrid Masters earlier this year.
The 24-year-old Quebecer was in the same portion of the draw as world No. 1, Italian Jannik Sinner, who made headlines last week after being cleared despite two positive doping tests for an anabolic steroid in March.
Shapovalov, meanwhile, lost 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 to Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp, a player he had beaten in their only previous meeting, at Indian Wells earlier in 2024.
The 25-year-old Ontarian, currently 105e in the world, was broken six times. He put only 55% of his first serves in play and committed 11 double faults.
As for Montrealer Gabriel Diallo, he had an appointment this afternoon with Spaniard Jaume Munar, 72e world champion. The 27-year-old has never made it past the second round of a Grand Slam tournament.
Diallo, 22, earned his spot in the main draw of the US Open after making it through three rounds of qualifying last week.
In the women’s competition, Quebecer Leylah Annie Fernandez lost 2-6, 6-4 and 7-5 to Russian Anastasia Potapova, 43e to the world.
The 21-year-old from Laval had an unblemished 4-0 career record against Potapova heading into this matchup, having beaten her in Madrid and Strasbourg earlier this season.
Ontario’s Bianca Andreescu, meanwhile, had a tough challenge ahead of her in the evening, as she faced fifth-seeded Jasmine Paolini of Italy. The 2019 U.S. Open champion has lost both of her career encounters with Paolini — at the French Open and then at Wimbledon this year.