Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Ottawa’s Gabriela Dabrowski delivered Canada’s second-ever Olympic medal in tennis on Friday with a straight-sets win in the mixed doubles bronze-medal match.
The Canadian duo defeated Wesley Koolhof and Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands 6-3, 7-6(2) at Roland-Garros Stadium in Paris.
Auger-Aliassime will compete for another Olympic bronze medal on Saturday following his 6-1, 6-1 semifinal loss to Spain’s Carlos Alcaraz in men’s singles earlier on Friday.
Sebastien Lareau and Daniel Nestor won Canada’s first Olympic tennis medal when they captured gold in men’s doubles at the 2000 Sydney Games.
The 23-year-old Auger-Aliassime committed 23 unforced errors compared to Alcaraz’s 13 and was outscored 58-35 in total points across one hour 15 minutes on Court Philippe-Chatrier. Alcaraz didn’t face break point and converted five of his nine break chances while cruising to victory.
Auger-Aliassime, the 13th seed, reached the final four after upsets over fourth-seeded Daniil Medvedev in the third round and sixth-seeded Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals. His impressive campaign is the best-ever singles result by a Canadian at an Olympic Games.
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Number two seed Carlos Alcaraz of Spain defeated Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-1, 6-1 in the Olympic semifinals.
He will face either top seed Novak Djokovic or No. 11 Lorenzo Musetti in Saturday’s bronze-medal match. Their semifinal was scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.
Alcaraz, 21, is the reigning Wimbledon and French Open champion. He reached the Olympic gold-medal match without losing a set, continuing his dominant form on the clay courts in Paris.