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French Open: Auger-Aliassime Overcomes Shelton To Reach Fourth Round; De Minaur Fights Back To Beat Struff After Rain Disruption
St Roland Garros: On another day disrupted by rain, Felix Auger-Aliassime produced one of his best performances of the season on Saturday in the men's singles fourth round of the French Open, outplaying Ben Shelton of neighbouring United States at St Roland Garros on Saturday. Auger-Aliassime swept past Shelton 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 to set a fourth-round meeting with Carlos Alcaraz of Spain.
The match was suspended due to rain on Friday night, it was shifted to Court Suzanne-Lenglen with the Canadian resuming his clash under the roof on holding a 5-4 first-set lead. Auger-Aliassime quickly held to seal the opener before he outplayed Shelton in the second and third sets in the pair’s first Lexus ATP head-to-head meeting.
The 23-year-old Canadian struck 28 winners and took advantage of a below-par performance from Shelton, who hit 36 unforced errors according to Infosys Stats. With this one-hour, 52-minute win, Auger-Aliassime set a clash with Alcaraz. The Canadian leads the Spaniard 3-2 in the pair’s ATP head-to-head series, but Alcaraz has won their past two clashes.
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