Tennis
Vasek Pospisil loses in qualifying
(Indian Wells) Canada’s Vasek Pospisil lost in qualifying in Indian Wells on Wednesday, as Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis won 7-6 (5), 7-5.
Pospisil is ranked 129and at ATP, Kokkinakis 97and.
The Australian has signed 12 aces, six more than the British Columbian.
Pospisil committed five of eight double faults in the game.
Kokkinakis took the break 3-2.
In doubles action, Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Giuliana Olmos of Mexico face Kveta Peschke and Tereza Mihalikova of the Czech Republic and Slovakia on Wednesday night, respectively.
In singles, Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov have a bye to the second round.
Auger-Aliassime is the ninth seed, Shapovalov the 13thand.
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Sophia Jhon is a sports journalist and author. He has worked as a news editor for Sportish and is now a sport columnist for the same publication. Alberta’s professional interests lie largely in sports news, with an emphasis on English football. He has also written articles on other sporting topics.