Tennis

Canada's Auger-Aliassime beats Prizmic to advance to third round at Wimbledon

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Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada celebrates his victory against Dino Prizmic of Croatia in their second round men's singles match at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung) (Kin Cheung/AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

WIMBLEDON — Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime is on to the third round at Wimbledon.

The Montreal native defeated Croatia’s Dino Prizmic 7-6 (2), 6-3, 7-5 in men’s singles action at the Grand Slam tennis tournament on Wednesday.

Auger-Aliassime was down 5-4 in the final set before taking the final three games to pull out the win.

The 25-year-old converted on two of his four break-point chances and had 15 aces, although he also committed seven double faults.

He saved both of Prizmic’s break-point chances in the match.

The third-seeded Auger-Aliassime will next face qualifier Michael Zheng of the United States.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 1, 2026.

The Canadian Press