Canada's Auger-Aliassime loses to Berrettini in Swiss Open quarterfinals
![Felix Auger-Aliassime Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada in action during a quarterfinal match against Matteo Berrettini of Italy at the Swiss Open tennis tournament in Gstaad, Switzerland, Friday, July 19, 2024. (Peter Klaunzer/The Canadian Press/AP, Keystone)](/content/dam/ctvnews/en/images/2024/7/19/felix-auger-aliassime-1-6970560-1721412572602.jpg)
Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the Swiss Open clay-court tennis tournament with a 7-6 (9), 7-6 (2) quarterfinal loss to Italy's Matteo Berrettini on Friday.
Berrettini went up 5-0 in the second tiebreaker before converting his first match point on serve.
Auger-Aliassime missed a chance to take control of the first set when Berrettini came back from triple break point in the sixth game to hold for a 3-3 tie.
The Italian then converted set point on return in the ensuing tiebreaker when Auger-Aliassime ended a six-shot rally with an unforced error.
Auger-Aliassime's career record against Berrettini fell to 2-5.
The Canadian, who turns 24 next month, is scheduled to play in men's singles and doubles at the Paris Games starting next week and used this tournament as a tune-up. Tennis at the Olympics will be held on the clay courts at Roland Garros, the site of the French Open.
On Monday, Auger-Aliassime and Swiss partner Dominic Stricker lost 6-4, 7-6 (4) to top seeds Jamie Murray of Britain and Czechia's Adam Pavlasek in the first round of doubles competition.
- This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 19, 2024.
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