Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime wins first match at Hamburg Open

Top-seeded Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime superior to the second spherical of the Hamburg Open with a 7-5, 6-1 win over Czechia’s Vit Kopriva on Tuesday.

The 25-year-old from Montreal took the aggressive first set when he scored the first break of the match within the closing sport.

Auger-Aliassime then dominated the second set, scoring breaks within the second and fourth video games en path to a 5-0 lead.

After Kopriva held serve, Auger-Aliassime opened the decisive sport together with his eighth ace of the match earlier than wrapping up the victory in a single hour 25 minutes.

Auger-Aliassime will subsequent face American fortunate loser Aleksandar Kovacevic at the ATP 500 clay-court match.

The Canadian, ranked fifth on this planet, is searching for run on clay in Hamburg earlier than the French Open predominant draw, which begins Sunday.