22-08-2017 19:25 via montrealgazette.com

Félix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov advance in U.S. Open qualifiers

Montrealer Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov cruised through their first-round qualifying matches at the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Tuesday.
The 17-year-old Auger-Aliassime was playing his first match in more than two months after taking time off to recover from a wrist injury, but he defeated Hiroki Moriya of Japan 6-3, 6-3 in 67 minutes. He faces a tougher test Thursday in a second-round encounter with fourth-seeded Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine, who is ranked
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