Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov to meet in first round at US Open again. MORE:
NEW YORK — Felix Auger-Aliassime will take on fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov in the first round of the U.S. Open for the second year in a row.Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., defeated Auger-Aliassime last year when the Montreal teen retired because of heat exhaustion.
Auger-Aliassime has since risen to become the top-ranked male in Canadian tennis and enters the tournament as the 18th seed. On the women's side, 15th seed Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga Ont., was drawn to face American 17-year-old wild-card Katie Volynets.In other men's first-round matches featuring Canadians, 21st-seed Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont., will face Chile's Nicolas Jarry, Brayden Schnur of Pickering, Ont., will meet France's Benoit Paire, the No. 29 seed, and Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil will take on ninth-seed Karen Khachanov of Russia.
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