Canadian tennis players Felix Auger-Aliassime and Bianca Andreescu started off Sunday’s matches at the Paris Olympics with straight-set victories after having their matches rescheduled from Saturday due to the rain.
Auger-Aliassime defeated American player Marcos Giron 6-1, 6-4 in the first round of the men’s singles competition.
The 23-year-old from Montreal made his Olympic debut in Tokyo
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Thirteenth seed Felix Auger-Aliassime from Montreal, Que., defeats Marcos Giron of the United States 6-1, 6-4 in the opening round of the men’s singles at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Meanwhile, Canada’s Bianca Andreescu defeated Denmark’s Clara Tauson 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of women’s singles.
The 24-year-old from Mississauga, Ontario is competing in the Olympics for the first time after injuries forced her to pull out of the Tokyo Games.
A slate of tennis matches Saturday were rescheduled to Sunday after rain dampened prospects for open-air playing.
Later Sunday, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., is scheduled to play in women’s singles and doubles with Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski, while veteran Milos Raonic is in men’s singles action.
WATCH l Andreescu victorious in 1st Olympic match:
Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., defeated Clara Tauson of Denmark 6-2, 6-3 in the opening round of the Olympic Games in Paris.
Nadal to compete in singles, says manager
Rafael Nadal’s manager says the 22-time Grand Slam champion will play his first-round match in singles on Sunday.
The 38-year-old Nadal has dealt with a series of injuries the past two seasons. His right thigh was taped during his first-round doubles victory with Carlos Alcaraz for Spain on Saturday night. Nadal said after that match he hadn’t decided whether to compete in singles.
“Tomorrow, I don’t know what’s going to happen,” Nadal said Saturday. “I don’t know if I’m going to play or not.”
He said then that he wanted to consult with his team before figuring out what to do.
Nadal went through a practice session Sunday morning to test his fitness, then opted to face Marton Fucsovics of Hungary in Court Philippe Chatrier in the afternoon, according to his manager, Benito Perez-Barbadillo.