{"id":704857,"date":"2026-05-31T01:09:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/704857\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T01:09:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T01:09:11","slug":"tennis-atp-roland-garros-2026-auger-aliassime-gets-past-nakashima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/704857\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis, ATP \u2013 Roland Garros 2026: Auger-Aliassime gets past Nakashima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F\u00e9lix Auger-Aliassime and Frances Tiafoe both came through difficult third-round matches in the night session on Saturday at Roland-Garros, both required comebacks, and both finished after midnight in a Paris that had gone to bed late on a different result.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auger-Aliassime, the fourth seed, beat American 31st seed Brandon Nakashima 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(4), 7-6(1) on Court Philippe-Chatrier, recovering from 1-4 down in the third set. Tiafoe, the 19th seed, came back from two sets to love down to beat 22-year-old Portuguese Jaime Faria 4-6, 6-7(2), 7-6(4), 6-1, 6-2 on Court 14 in four hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auger-Aliassime\u2019s match had its own Paris moment. Play was interrupted on Court Philippe-Chatrier at 1-0 in the first set when the crowd erupted at the news that Paris Saint-Germain had beaten Arsenal in the Champions League final in Budapest, retaining the trophy. The chair umpire paused play. The roar took a while to settle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auger-Aliassime, who had needed five sets to come through his opening-round match against Daniel Altmaier earlier in the week and four against Roman Andr\u00e9s Burruchaga in the second round, opened the night by addressing the crowd directly in the on-court interview. \u201cIt\u2019s been a good evening for me, and for the Parisian people,\u201d he said. \u201cCongratulations to (PSG coach) Luis Enrique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Auger-Aliassime, second highest-ranked player<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auger-Aliassime is now the second-highest-ranked player still in the men\u2019s draw after Alexander Zverev, in a quarter that has lost almost every leading name above and around him \u2013 Daniil Medvedev, Valentin Vacherot and Cameron Norrie all out in the opening week, with Tabilo, his round-of-16 opponent, the only seed left between him and a quarter-final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tiafoe\u2019s contest on Court 14 was, by the time it finished, the same story told differently. The 28-year-old American \u2013 playing his second consecutive five-setter at Roland-Garros after a 4h 43min escape against Hubert Hurkacz in the second round \u2013 was two sets down to the World No. 115 in the world. Faria, who had already beaten Jan-Lennard Struff and Denis Shapovalov in the opening rounds, was playing his career best.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patrickmouratoglou.com\/en\/champion-mindset-pre-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"mx-auto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Banner-Social-Media-Facebook-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"aspect-3-1 mx-auto max-w-full overflow-hidden object-cover md:max-w-xl\"\/><br \/>\n  <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the time both matches had ended, Paris was well past midnight, the PSG victory had emptied bars and filled the bridges, and the men\u2019s bottom half of the draw had two more survivors \u2013 both into their second week, both with bodies that had given a great deal across the first.<\/p>\n<p>Roland-Garros 2026\u00a0Men\u2019s Singles \u2013 3rd Round<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JM.Cerundolo\u00a0\u2013 M.Landaluce: 6-4, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 7-6 (8)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M.Berrettini\u00a0\u2013 F.Comesana: 7-6(3), 5-7, 6-7(4), 6-4, 7-6(13)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F.Tiafoe (19) \u2013 J.Faria (Q): 4-6, 6-7(2), 7-6(4), 6-1, 6-2<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M.Arnaldi\u00a0\u2013 R.Collignon: 6-4, 6-7, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F.Auger-Aliassime (4) vs B.Nakashima (31): 5-7, 6-1, 7-6(4), 7-6(1)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A.Tabilo\u00a0\u2013 M.Kouame (W): 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6(9)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">F.Cobolli (10)\u00a0\u2013 L.Tien (18): 6-2, 6-2, 6-3<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Z.Svajda\u00a0\u2013 F.Cerundolo (25): 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J.Mensik (26)\u00a0\u2013 A.De Minaur (8): 6-0, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A.Rublev (11)\u00a0\u2013 N.Borges: 7-5, 7\u2077-6\u00b2, 7\u2077-6\u00b2, 7\u2077-6\u00b2<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C.Ruud (15)\u00a0\u2013 T.Paul (24): 4-6, 6\u2074-7\u2077, 6-4, 7-6\u2074, 7-5<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J.Fonseca (28)\u00a0\u2013 N.Djokovic (3): 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, 7-5<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">R.Jodar (27)\u00a0\u2013 A.Michelsen: 7\u2077-6\u00b2, 6\u2075-7\u2077, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">P.Carreno Busta\u00a0\u2013 TA.Tirante: 7\u2077-6\u2070, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J.De Jong\u00a0(LL)- \u2013 K.Khachanov (13): 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6\u00b2-7\u2077, 6-4<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A.Zverev (2)\u00a0\u2013 Q.Halys: 6-4, 6-3, 5-7\u00b2, 6-2<\/p>\n<p>Roland-Garros 2026\u00a0Men\u2019s Singles \u2013 4th Round<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cerundolo \u2013 Berrettini<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tiafoe (19) \u2013 Arnaldi<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Auger-Aliassime (4) \u2013 Tabilo<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cobolli (10) \u2013 Svajda<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mensik (26) \u2013 Rublev (11)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ruud (15) \u2013 Fonseca (28)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jodar (27) \u2013 Carreno Busta<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zverev (2) \u2013 De Jong (LL)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"F\u00e9lix Auger-Aliassime and Frances Tiafoe both came through difficult third-round matches in the night session on Saturday at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":704858,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,82,593],"class_list":["post-704857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704857","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=704857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/704858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=704857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=704857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=704857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}