Auger-Aliassime losses in the 1st round of the French Open

Fabio Fognini, world number 130, trashed world number 10, Felix Auger-Aliassime, 3-0 sets (6-4, 6-4, 6-3) for less than 2 hours and 20 minutes in the 1^st round of the Roland-Garros.

🇨🇦 Felix Auger-Aliassime falls in straight sets to 🇮🇹 Fabio Fognini and will not advance at #RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/x80fMztV3d

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) May 29, 2023

The Canadian was the favorite, but he didn’t even win a single set. Auger-Aliassime broke his opponent’s serve once in the 1^st set, twice in the 2^nd, and once again in the 3^rd set, but he lost all of them from the Italian without even reaching a tiebreak.

#10 Felix Auger-Aliassime is the first top 10 player to lose in the #RolandGarros men’s singles draw.

6-4, 6-4, 6-3 for Fabio Fognini, who can be and was very good.

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Felix, though, clearly struggled to move. It’s been a nightmare season…

— José Morgado (@josemorgado) May 29, 2023

Felix and Fabio had only 1 match before the French Open, again on clay in Rio de Janeiro, where the Canadian won 2-0 sets in the 1^st round. However, today 36-year-old Fognini dominated his younger opponent and definitely taught him a lesson.

25 – In the Open Era, Fabio Fognini is now the second Italian player to win 25 or more main draw matches in the men’s singles at Roland-Garros after Adriano Panatta. Flag.#RolandGarros | @rolandgarros @atptour @ATPMediaInfo pic.twitter.com/EnUibrKsQq

— OptaAce (@OptaAce) May 29, 2023