Some 24 hours after Denis Shapovalov reached his first Australian Open men’s singles quarter-final, his friend and countryman Felix Auger-Aliassime joined him in the final eight.
Auger-Aliassime overcame a fast and furious start by 2018 finalist Marin Cilic and held on tight until he could turn things around, in a 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-2, 7-6 (4) victory on a steamy day in Melbourne that challenged even the fittest tennis players in the world.
Fellow Canadian Milos Raonic has reached the quarter-finals or better at the Australian Open five times.
But this is the first time two Canadians have done it in
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