The ATP Montreal Masters lost its top two seeds in the space of a few hours on Wednesday as Germany’s Alexander Zverev and Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime both exited the field. Montreal native Auger-Aliassime had to withdraw before his scheduled night match after injuring his back during training on Monday. “I also didn’t expect to play this bad, to be honest.
Top seed and world number three Zverev, this year’s French Open champion and Wimbledon runner-up, was toppled by Dutchman Tallon Griekspoor, who rallied for a 6-7 (3/7), 6-2, 6-4 second-round upset.
“I didn’t expect to play well,” Zverev said.
Background
“It was quite sudden. “Just the timing is tough. “He’s definitely the player everybody was talking about and people wanted to know when he was going to play. “This one was up there as the worst. “I’ve had a tough season. I was close to throwing in the towel a few times. But I’ve been working harder in practice and reaching a good level. “Defending is tough.
I was training here for two weeks and I had zero problems,” Auger-Aliassime said. “I’m not going to lie, we were hoping that Felix was going to win at least a few matches,” tournament director Valerie Tetreault said. “This was probably the worst match of the season,” Zverev said. “This is one of the most special wins I’ve ever had,” he said. I had to get over pre-tournament nerves but I got my first straight-set win of the summer season,” Shelton said.
