Canadian Denis Shapovalov reached the second round of the French Open on Monday, while his compatriot Félix Auger-Aliassime was shown the exit early.
Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., struggled at times but recovered in time to defeat American Brandon Nakashima 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 3-6 and 6-3.
Shapovalov, the 26e seeded, notably committed 15 double faults during a duel which continued for three hours and 47 minutes on Parisian clay.
The representative of the maple leaf will face the Italian Matteo Arnaldi in the next round.
For his part, Auger-Aliassime, the 10e seed of the tournament, was surprised 6-4, 6-4 and 6-3 by the Italian Fabio Fognini.
Fognini converted eight of his nine break points at the expense of the Quebecer.
On the women’s side, Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino will try to join Leylah Annie Fernandez in the second round in her duel against Russian Diana Shnaider.
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