Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated in the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 loss to Italy's Lorenzo Sonego on Wednesday.
Sonego hit three winners in a tiebreaker to win an even first set that saw both players hold serve throughout. The Italian scored the only break of the game to go up 4-3 in the second set.
Auger-Aliassime had game point twice but failed to hold. Sonego had two aces and served to love in the next game to take a 5-3 lead.
It was Auger-Aliassime's earliest exit at a tournament since the 22-year-old from Montreal, who entered the tournament ranked No.
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