Felix Auger Aliassime Miami Open Tennis
BEIJING — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime did not last long at the Shanghai Masters.
Auger-Aliassime, the 14th seed in the tournament, was bounced from the second round by unseeded Hungarian Marton Fucsovics 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-3 on Friday.
The Montreal native, who won four ATP titles in 2022 along with shared victories at the Davis Cup and Laver Cup championships, sports a losing record this season with 16 losses in 31 matches.
Auger-Aliassime wasn’t the only seeded player to be given an early exit in Shanghai.
Third-seeded Holger Rune was humbled by 122nd-ranked Brendon Nakashima 6-0, 6-2 in the second round of the Shanghai Masters.
The 22-year-old American converted five of his 14 break points to claim a maiden victory over a top-10 player. Nakashima next plays Tomas Martin Etcheverry or local favourite Zhang Zhizhen.
Other players headed for the exit included 11th-seeded Alex de Minaur, who went down 6-3, 7-5 to 91st-ranked Fabian Marozsan, and 17th-seeded Lorenzo Musetti, who lost to qualifier Hsu Yu Hsiou 6-3, 6-4.
Dusan Lajovic of Serbia was leading No. 23-seeded Tallon Griekspoor 6-4, 3-2 when the Dutch player retired.
The No. 8 Casper Ruud was one of the few seeds to advance. He beat Yoshihito Nishioka 7-5, 6-0. Next up for the Norwegian player is 29th-seeded Christopher Eubanks, who rallied to a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory against Yannick Hanfmann.
The 20th-seeded Francisco Cerundolo beat Mackenzie McDonald 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5).
The top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz and second-seeded Daniil Medvedev play their second-round matches on Saturday.