Shapovalov the lone Canadian standing
PARIS • The Canadian contingent in the men’s singles draw at the French Open is down to one.
Peter Polansky of Thornhill, Ont., dropped a 6-3, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 decision to Pierre-Hughes Herbert of France in a first-round match that concluded Wednesday. Rain suspended the match after two sets on Tuesday.
The loss leaves No. 24 seed Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., as the lone remaining Canadian in singles. Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil lost his first-round match Tuesday.
Shapovalov, 19, will play Germany’s Maximilian Marterer in the second round. The match will likely be played Thursday.
Meanwhile, Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa is off to a winning start in doubles. The fifth-seeded team of Dabrowski and Yifan Xu of China downed Tessah Andrianjafitrimo and Fiona Ferro of France 6-3, 6-1 in a first-round match Wednesday.
Dabrowski and partner Mate Pavic of Croatia are the top-seeded duo in the mixed doubles draw. Dabrowski won the mixed doubles title last year at Roland Garros with Rohan Bopanna of India.
Of note, Serena and Venus Williams won their first Grand Slam doubles match in nearly two years.
The sisters scored a 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over the 14thseeded Japanese pairing of Shuko Aoyama and Miyu Kato.
Meanwhile, Caroline Wozniacki dropped just 25 points in her lopsided 6-1, 6-0 win over qualifier Georgina Garcia Perez of Spain, as the second-ranked Dane easily advanced to the third round.
Top-ranked Simona Halep put aside a terrible start and came back to claim 12 of the last 14 games, beating 83rdranked American Alison Riske. Also advancing was Petra Kvitova.
On the men’s side, No. 12 seed Sam Querrey bowed out early again, losing 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4, 6-1 to Gilles Simon of France.
Advancing were secondseeded Alexander Zverev, Grigor Dimitrov, Kei Nishikori and Novak Djokovic.