Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov, Fernandez shrug off rain, advance to French Open 3rd round

Canadians Felix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov and Leylah Fernandez have advanced to the third round of the French Open.

Montreal's Auger-Aliassime, the men's No. 21 seed, defeated German qualifier Henri Squire 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in second-round action at the clay-court tennis Grand Slam in Paris.

Auger-Aliassime fired 12 aces in the match, including one to set up match point.

He took a commanding 4-1 lead in the fourth set with a break. After Squire broke in the following game, Auger-Aliassime restored his lead with his seventh break of the match then served out for the victory.

Auger-Aliassime will next face the winner of a match between Japan's Kei Nishikori and 15th seed Ben Shelton of the United States.

WATCH | Auger-Aliassime outlasts German qualifier in 4 sets at French Open:

Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., rallied past No. 25 seed Frances Tiafoe of the United States 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-2, 6-4.

Shapovalov used an overpowering serve — he had 21 aces to Tiafoe's one — and picked up a key break to go up 5-4 in the fourth set.

The Canadian will next face eighth seed Hubert Hurkacz of Poland. Hurkacz is 4-1 in his career against Shapovalov, with all five matches contested on hard court.

Both Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov hard to wait out delays as rain in Paris continued to affect play on the outdoor courts at Roland-Garros.

WATCH | Shapovalov needs 4 sets to dispose of Tiafoe:

Fernandez, seeded 31st in the women's draw, downed China's Xiyu Wang 6-3, 6-4.

The match was completed after being suspended Wednesday due to rain with Fernandez up 5-3.

Fernandez defended five of the six break points she faced while breaking Wang three times on five chances. The Canadian scored the only break of the second set to