Auger-Aliassime suffers 1st-round loss to wild card Nishioka at Japan Open

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Japan Open in the first round, falling 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5) to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in a three-hour 12-minute match at Ariake Tennis Park on Thursday.

Auger-Aliassime suffers 1st-round loss to wild card Nishioka at Japan Open
Canadian men's tennis player Felix Auger-Aliassime hits a return to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka during their men's singles match at the Japan Open tennis tournament in Tokyo on Sept. 26, 2024.

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Japan Open in the first round, falling 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5) to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in a three-hour 12-minute match at Ariake Tennis Park on Thursday.