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Canada’s Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime suffered semifinal losses Saturday at warmup events ahead of Wimbledon.
Shapovalov, the No. 2 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., dropped a 7-5, 6-3 decision to Britain’s Cameron Norrie at the Fever-Tree Championships in London.
Norrie will meet Matteo Berrettini in Sunday’s final after the top-seeded Italian defeated Australia’s Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4.
Meanwhile, Auger-Aliassime dropped a 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) decision to Ugo Humbert of France in a battle of unseeded players at the Noventi Open in Halle, Germany.
Russia’s Andrey Rublev, the No. 4 seed, defeated Georgia’s Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 in the other semifinal. Rublev and Humbert will meet in the final on Sunday.
Auger-Aliassime, from Montreal, defeated Swiss star Roger Federer earlier in the week.
Main draw play at Wimbledon begins June 28.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 19, 2021.
The Canadian Press