ROME — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime withdrew from the Italian Open tennis tournament on Saturday.
Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, was slated to face Brazilian Thiago Seyboth Wild on Saturday. No reason was given for his withdrawal.
Bolivian Hugo Dellien replaced Auger-Aliassime in the main draw and was to face Seyboth Wild.
Meanwhile, in women's doubles, top-seeded Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand earned a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Poland's Katarzyna Piter and Romanian Monica Niculescu. The top seeds converted on six-of-12 break attempts while their opponents were two-of-six.
And Montreal's Leylah Fernandez and partner Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan defeated China's Xu Yifan and Makoto Ninomiya of Japan 6-3, 6-2. The winners combined for seven aces while their opponents had none in the match.
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