# Tennis: Second-seeded Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime’s China Open came to an abrupt end when he was eliminated in the first round in Beijing. He lost in straight sets to unseeded Russian Karen Khachanov within an hour and 11 minutes. Khachanov also beat Auger-Aliassime in the second round of the US Open earlier this month. Top-seeded German Alexander Zverev plays his first match of the tournament against Britain’s Cameron Norrie. The top-two women, Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus, join the action on Friday.
Tennis: Second-seeded man crashes out of China Open in opening round