Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov out of Monte Carlo Masters

MONACO - Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov are out of the Monte Carlo Masters tennis tournament after losing their first-round matches Monday.

Montreal's Auger-Aliassime, who was seeded 16th at the clay-court tournament, lost 7-6 (5), 6-3 to German qualifier Daniel Altmaier.

Altmaier came back from down an early break in the second set, then fought off triple break point in the final game to improve to 2-0 against Auger-Aliassime.

Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., fell 6-3, 7-6 (5) to American Marcos Giron.

Giron won the final three points of the second-set tiebreaker, including match point on return, to improve to 3-1 against Shapovalov.

Shapovalov had six aces to Giron's one, but also committed four double-faults to none for Giron. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 7, 2025.

Note to readers:This is a corrected story. A previous version misspelled Denis Shapovalov's last name in the first paragraph.