(Basel, Switzerland) Félix Auger-Aliassime and his American playing partner Sebastian Korda lost 6-2, 6-4 to favorites Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek in the first round of men’s doubles on Tuesday at the Basel indoor tournament .
Dodig and Krajicek were not faced with a single break point during the match, while the Quebecer and his teammate gave up their serve three times in nine occasions.
Dodig and Krajicek also won 59% of the points in this meeting.
The duo, who are coveting this week a sixth doubles title on the ATP circuit, will face in the next round the winners of Wednesday’s match between the Dutch Tallon Griekspoor and Robin Haase and the pair formed by the Monegasque Hugo Nys and the Pole Jan Zielinski.
Auger-Aliassime will be able to recover in singles, since he will begin defending his title in Basel on Wednesday. The representative of the maple leaf, sixth seeded in the tournament, will meet in the first round with the local favorite Leandro Riedi, 162e player in the world.