MADRID — Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime and Bianca Andreescu were eliminated from the Madrid Open on Friday with second-round losses.
Montreal's Auger-Aliassime was ousted with a straight-set loss to Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo, 7-6 (7), 6-4 in the men's tournament
Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., fell 6-3, 6-2 to 10th seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan.
Auger-Aliassime, seeded 18th and last year’s tournament runner-up, fired eight aces and won 86 per cent of his second-serve points but also committed three double faults, was broken once and failed to convert any of his five break chances.
Cerundolo advances to face ninth seed Daniil Medvedev in the third round.
Rybakina improved her career record against Andreescu to 3-0 with a comfortable victory. She defended all three break points she faced — two of those came in the final game — and won 80 per cent of her first-serve points. On return, she broke Andreescu three times on nine chances.
Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, returned to WTA 1000 competition this week after a six-month break to focus on her health.
She opened with a 6-2, 6-4 win over American McCartney Kessler on Wednesday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 25, 2025.
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