Auger-Aliassime sweeps Nishioka in 3 sets to begin play at French Open

Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime was a 6-2, 6-4, 6-4 winner over Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in the opening round of the French Open on Monday in Paris.

Auger-Aliassime fired seven aces and won 84 per cent of his first serves in a match marred by two rain delays.

The Canadian did not face a single break point in the match.

Auger-Aliassime, seeded 21st in Paris, will next face the winner of Monday's match between Australia's Max Purcell and German qualifier Henn Squire.

Three other Canadians were scheduled to play their opening matches in Paris on Monday, including Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont. She returns to the court to face Spain's Sara Sorribes Tormo in her first match in nearly 10 months after injuring her back at the National Bank Open in Montreal last August.

Also Monday, Leylah Fernandez, of Laval, Que., opens her tournament against Jessika Ponchet of France, while Denis Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill, Ont., faces Luca Van Assche of France.

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Iga Swiatek began her bid for a third consecutive French Open title with a straightforward 6-1, 6-2 victory over Leolia Jeanjean, stretching her winning streak to 13 matches.

Swiatek, who has been ranked No. 1 for nearly every week since April 2022, put together an overwhelming 26-2 edge in winners and had just one, brief blip at Court Philippe Chatrier in the 61-minute match: She got broken to trail 1-0 in the second set.

But after nine unforced errors in the initial two games of that set, Swiatek made only two the rest of the way en route to a 15th consecutive win at Roland Garros. Three of her four Grand Slam trophies came in Paris — in 2020, 2022 and 2023. The last woman to win the