{"id":247574,"date":"2025-10-29T09:35:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/247574\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T09:35:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T09:35:08","slug":"auger-aliassimes-first-round-win-in-paris-keeps-atp-finals-hopes-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/247574\/","title":{"rendered":"Auger-Aliassime\u2019s first-round win in Paris keeps ATP Finals hopes alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada topped Francisco Comesana of Argentina on Day 2 of the Rolex Paris Masters 2025 on Tuesday in Nanterre, France.Julian Finney\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Montreal\u2019s Felix Auger-Aliassime kept his chances of qualifying for the ATP Finals alive with a first-round win Tuesday at the Paris Masters tennis tournament.<\/p>\n

Auger-Aliassime came back from a set down to beat Argentine qualifier Francisco Comesana 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-3.<\/p>\n

In other first-round action, Montreal\u2019s Gabriel Diallo defeated Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 6-3, 6-4, while Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., fell 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 to Joao Fonseca. It was the Brazilian teen\u2019s second straight win over Shapovalov.<\/p>\n

Auger-Aliassime\u2019s win moved him to within 440 points of eighth-place Lorenzo Musetti in the ATP Race To Turin standings. The top eight qualify for the season-ending event in Italy.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old won an ATP 250 event in Belgium nine days ago, but he potentially left some points on the table when he retired during a quarterfinal clash in Basel last week with a sore back.<\/p>\n

Auger-Aliassime, seeded ninth in Paris, will next meet France\u2019s Alexandre Muller.<\/p>\n

Diallo beat Griekspoor the first time. The two met twice earlier this year, with Griekspoor winning in the second round of the French Open and the quarterfinals of a grass tournament in Mallorca.<\/p>\n

The six-foot-eight Diallo, who entered Paris ranked 42nd in the world, will next face sixth seed Alex de Minaur of Australia.<\/p>\n

Shapovalov had nine aces but also nine double-faults in his loss to Fonseca. The two met last week in Basel, with Shapovalov withdrawing from the quarterfinal match down 3-6, 6-3, 4-1 despite not explicitly showing any signs of injury.<\/p>\n

Fonseca, 19, went on to win the tournament and became the third-youngest player to win an ATP 500 event. <\/p>\n

Mboko, Fernandez advance in Hong Kong Open singles play<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s Victoria Mboko and Leylah Fernandez are moving on to the Hong Kong Open\u2019s second round in the women\u2019s singles draw.<\/p>\n

Mboko, the tournament\u2019s third seed, rallied from one set down to defeat Australia\u2019s Talia Gibson 6-7 (2), 6-1, 6-4 in one hour 48 minutes Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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Victoria Mboko of Canada celebrates after winning her match against Talia Gibson of Australia during Day 2 of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open at Victoria Park on Tuesday in Hong Kong.Marcio Rodrigo Machado\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old from Toronto, who won the National Bank Open in Montreal in August, struck 19 aces and converted four of five break-point chances in the win.<\/p>\n

She\u2019ll face the winner of Tuesday\u2019s first-round matchup between Britain\u2019s Katie Boulter and Alexandra Eala of the Philippines.<\/p>\n

The second-seeded Fernandez cruised to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Wang Xiyu of China in her opener.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old from Laval, Que., will take on Germany\u2019s Eva Lys in the second round.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Open this photo in gallery: Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada topped Francisco Comesana of Argentina on Day 2 of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[901,888,902,879,877,903,49,48,876,895,896,891,878,875,46,549,295,894,887,914,880,881,893,889,890,884,904,885,909,910,912,907,911,905,908,882,898,899,714,897,906,82,865,61,593,900,892,886,883,913],"class_list":["post-247574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-alberta","tag-arts-news","tag-bc","tag-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news-video","tag-british-columbia","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canada-news","tag-canada-sports","tag-canada-sports-news","tag-canada-trafficcanada-weather","tag-canadian-breaking-news","tag-canadian-news","tag-economy","tag-education","tag-environment","tag-federal-government","tag-foreign-news","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-globe-and-mail-breaking-news","tag-globe-and-mail-canada-news","tag-government","tag-life-news","tag-lifestyle","tag-local-news","tag-manitoba","tag-national-news","tag-new-brunswick","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador","tag-northwest-territories","tag-nova-scotia","tag-nunavut","tag-ontario","tag-pei","tag-photos","tag-political-news","tag-political-opinion","tag-politics","tag-politics-news","tag-quebec","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-technology","tag-tennis","tag-travel","tag-trudeau","tag-us-news","tag-world-news","tag-yukon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}