Quebec's Félix Auger-Aliassime didn't last long at the tennis tournament in Acapulco, Mexico, suffering a first-round defeat late Monday night.
Auger-Aliassime lost in qualifying with 2:6, 6:3 and 6:2 against the Italian Flavio Cobolli.
The meeting lasted 1 hour 57 minutes.
Ranked 30th in the world, “FAA” had major serving problems, hitting only five aces and committing nine double faults. Additionally, it was broken four times during the duel. The Quebecer scored 13 game-winning goals and made 15 unforced errors.
For his part, Cobolli, 69th in the ATP, made four aces and committed two double faults. He managed to achieve 15 wins and made only 10 unforced errors.
In the next round, the Italian will face the winner of the match between Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas and Russia's Roman Safiullin.