This Week in Tennis: The Australian Open Begins

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Auger-Aliassime wins Adelaide International

Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime will take plenty of momentum into the Australian Open after winning the Adelaide International on Saturday morning. The Montreal-native defeated American Sebastian Korda 6-3, 3-6, 6-1 in the final tune-up before the season’s first Grand Slam.

The 24-year-old put together a strong tournament in Adelaide, beating Arthur Cazaux, Marcos Giron, and the tournament’s top seed, American Tommy Paul before beating the second-seeded Korda in the final.

Adelaide marks the sixth ATP singles title of Auger-Aliassime’s career and the first on outdoor hard courts.

Canadians kick off Australian Open

Leylah Annie Fernandez got the Canadian contingent off to a good start at the Australian Open, winning her first-round match against Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva 7-5, 6-4. The 30th-seeded Fernandez will face off against Spain's Cristina Bucsa in second-round action on Tuesday.

Auger-Aliassime kept his momentum going in the first round at Melbourne Park, beating Jan Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 early Monday morning. He will take on Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the second round.

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Monfils becomes oldest player to win ATP singles title

French veteran Gael Monfils became the oldest player to win an ATP Tour singles title when he defeated Zizou Bergs 6-3, 6-4 to win the ASB Classic on Saturday.

Monfils captured the 13th title of his career at 38 years and 132 days, surpassing the previous record holder, Roger Federer, who won the final tour title of his career at 38 years and 74 days in 2019.

“I love tennis. I love what I’m doing so of course all the sacrifices you do, they are a little bit easier. When you love something, it’s easier to keep pushing," Monfils said following the victory. “I’ve been enjoying myself since the first day I played tennis and (at) 60 years old I will still have this joy. Practice, it’s easy. It’s in the DNA. Stay in shape, it’s easy. It’s more the travel.”

All winners from last week:

WTA 500 Adelaide

Singles Champion: Madison Keys (1/9)
Doubles Champions: Hanyu Guo/Alexandra Panova

ATP 250 Adelaide

Singles Champion: Félix Auger-Aliassime (1/6)
Doubles Champions: Simone Bolelli/Andrea Vavassori

ATP 250 Auckland

Singles Champion: Gael Monfils (1/13)
Doubles Champions: Nikola Metkic/Michael Venus

WTA 250 Hobart:

Singles Champion: McCartney Kessler (1/2)
Doubles Champions: Xinyu Jiang/Fang Hsien Wu

*(Titles in 2025/Career Titles)

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Feature Photo : Martin Sidorjak