TORONTO — Felix Auger-Aliassime has been upset at the National Bank Open Presented By Rogers.
On Wednesday night in front of a packed centre court crowd at Sobeys Stadium, the 24-year-old from Montreal lost his first match here, a 6-4, 6-4 decision to Fabian Marozsan. Canada’s top-ranked man, the tournament’s 21st seed, is out.
Auger-Aliassime, the world No. 28, was beaten by the world No. 56.
It was Auger-Aliassime’s first match since he lost in the round of 64 at Wimbledon. On the men’s side, only Gabriel Diallo is left among Canadians in the NBO draw after a two-set victory earlier Wednesday.
It started off well for Auger-Aliassime, who went up an early break to take a 2-0 lead in the first set. He started the second set the same way, and was broken right back.
Fans broke out in “Let’s go Felix, let’s go!” cheers, urging the Canadian to rally back.
This is the third straight year Auger-Aliassime has failed to win a match at his national open. His best finish at the NBO was the quarter-final in 2022.
