Quebecer Félix Auger-Aliassime made a successful comeback at the Madrid tennis tournament, he who experienced the happiness of victory in doubles on Tuesday.
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Together with his partner, the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov, he defeated a pair composed of the Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Diego Schwartzman in two sets of 6-3 and 7-6 (8). This duel on Spanish clay lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes.
In the next round, “FAA” and Dimitrov have an appointment with American Tommy Paul and Briton Cameron Norrie.
Auger-Aliassime will open his singles tournament on Wednesday in Madrid. As the eighth seed in the event, he was given a first-round bye.
His compatriots Denis Shapovalov and Bianca Andreescu will be in action later in the day on Tuesday.
Finally, the Canadian Gabriela Dabrowski and the Mexican Giuliana Olmos triumphed over the Norwegian Ulrikke Eikeri and the Slovak Tereza Milhalikova in the quarterfinals of the women’s doubles. The second seeds of this part of the competition in Madrid prevailed in two sets of 6-3 and 6-2.