Auger-Aliassime moves on to third round at the Italian Open

Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime is heading to the third round of the Italian Open after notching an upset victory on Tuesday.

Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, downed No. 8 seed Diego Schwartzman of Argentina 6-1, 6-3 at the ATP Masters 1000 clay-court event.

The Canadian, ranked 21st in the world, converted on five of six break-point opportunities against Schwartzman, a semifinalist on clay at the French Open last year.

“I think he was struggling to find openings on the court. I took advantage of that,” AugerAliassime said.

Auger-Aliassime won 76 per cent of points when he got his first serve in, 28 percentage points better than Schwartzman.

“I can be happy also with the way I served,” Auger-Aliassime said.

“Outside of one game, it was very complete.”

Auger-Aliassime will face the winner of a match between No. 12 seed David Goffin of Belgium and Argentine qualifier Federico Delbonis in the round of 16.