Shapovalov exits match in Munich with injury, Auger-Aliassime loses in straight sets

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Apr 15, 2025 3:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov some dropped their first-round matches Tuesday astatine the BMW men's tennis tournament.

German teen Diego Dedura-Palomero precocious to the 2nd circular erstwhile Shapovalov retired from the lucifer owed to injury. Auger-Aliassime, the 3rd effect from Montreal, dropped a 2-6, 6-4, 7-6 (3) determination to Argentina's Mariano Navone.

Dedura-Palomero was starring 7-6 (2) 3-0 erstwhile the eight-seeded Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., was forced to retreat owed to an unspecified injury. The 17-year-old German entered the tourney arsenic a fortunate loser aft failing to gain a spot done qualifying.

Shapovalov had 5 aces successful the match, Dedura-Palomero had none, but besides recorded 3 treble faults (his hostile had none). The German besides converted 1 of his 3 interruption points portion 0-for-2.

Auger-Aliassime had much aces (2-0) than Navone but besides much double-faults (5-3). And helium was capable to person connected 5-of-19 break-point attempts portion Navone was 4-of-10 successful that category.