Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada serves to Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece during the men's singles final match of Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Republished May 10, 2025 - 2:58 PM
Original Publication Date May 10, 2025 - 10:51 AM
ROME - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime withdrew from Italian Open tennis tournament Saturday.
Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, was slated to face Braziian Thiago Seyboth Wild on Saturday. No reason was given for his withdrawal.
Bolivian Hugo Dellien replaced Auger-Aliassime in the main draw and was to face Seyboth Wild.
Meanwhile in women's doubles, top-seeded Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand earned a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Poland's Katarzyna Piter and Romanian Monica Niculescu. The top seeds converted on six-of-12 break attempts while their opponents were two-of-six.
And Montreal's Leylah Fernandez and partner Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan defeated China's Xu Yifan and Makoto Ninomiya of Japan 6-3, 6-2. The winners combined for seven aces while there opponents had none in the match.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 10, 2025.
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