{allcanada} Canada’s Auger-Aliassime advances to quarterfinals at the ABN AMRO Open

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ROTTERDAM — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarterfinals at the ABN AMRO Open men's tennis tournament Thursday.

The second-seeded Auger-Aliassime registered a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Serbian Hamad Medjedovic, extending his win streak to six matches. The Montreal native registered nine aces, compared to four by Medjedovic.

Auger-Aliassime will face Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands in a quarterfinal match Friday. The two are tied 1-1 in head-to-head matches but this will mark their first meeting indoors.

On Sunday, Auger-Aliassime defeated Adrian Mannarino 6-3, 7-6 (4) to repeat as Open Occitanie champion in Montpellier. It was the ninth-career ATP title for the 25-year-old and first of 2026.

With that win, Auger-Aliassime passed Milos Raonic (eight) for the most tour-level titles by a Canadian in the Open Era.

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{allcanada} Stutzle scores twice, Germany handles Denmark in Olympic opener

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Tim Stutzle scored two goals for Team Germany in a 3-1 win against Team Denmark in a Group C game at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 at RHO Arena in Milan on Thursday.

Leon Draisaitl had a goal and an assist, and Philipp Grubauer made 37 saves for Germany (1-0-0-0).

"It was a pretty late game, 9 p.m. (local start). It's tough to find a rhythm and find your superstitions, but it was a really fun game and I'm glad we got the win," Stutzle said. "It's a good feeling. I think [my first goal] was a big goal, going up 2-1 after they scored, and it kind of gave the momentum back to us. I think our first power play was pretty solid as well, kind of moving the puck around and got a little bit lucky."

Oscar Fisker Molgaard scored, and Frederik Andersen made 23 saves for Denmark (0-0-1-0).

"The Danes skate well and they are big guys, too," Germany coach Harold Kreis said. "I think they were trying to take away time and space from Leon. They played him physical a couple of times, but it doesn't bother him. It doesn't take him off his game. He comes off, he rests and goes back on and does his job.

"I think that was a great example for everybody else, but all 21 players on the bench, beginning with [Grubauer] through the 'D' and the forwards, everyone battled hard today and paid the price to win that game today."

Draisaitl scored just 23 seconds into the first period to give Germany a 1-0 lead. Frederik Tiffels sent a pass down low to the bottom of the right circle, where Draisaitl redirected it short side on Andersen.

Draisaitl and Tiffels are childhood friends, having grown up playing minor hockey in Germany together.

Tiffels was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the sixth round (No. 167) of the 2015 NHL Draft and now plays with Eisbaren Berlin in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga. Draisaitl was selected by the Edmonton Oilers with the No. 3 pick in the 2014 NHL Draft and has 1,036 career points (428 goals, 608 assists), the most among German-born players in NHL history.

"It was cool that Freddy and I could do that together," Draisaitl said. "That's special. We played these games together as kids in the streets of Cologne. That was emotional, no question, but it was just as important to get the win."

Fisker Moelgaard tied it 1-1 at 13:09. He couldn't control a hard centering pass from Nikolaj Ehlers, but the puck still slid under the left pad of Grubauer, who was moving the other way.

Stutzle put the Germans back in front 2-1 at 4:20 of the second period. He buried a one-timer glove side from the right hash marks off a backhand pass from JJ Peterka.

Stutzle then extended the lead to 3-1 while on a power play at 10:02. His centering pass for a cutting Draisaitl deflected in off the shin of Denmark defenseman Oliver Lauridsen.

"Leon had a lot of ice time today (21:46), he carried a lot of responsibility," Kreis said. "We looked to match him up against the Ehlers, (Alexander) True line (with Oliver Bjorkstrand). That the game started that way for him and for us was great, but let's be honest, we still had another 59 minutes of hockey left. It didn't seem to bother the Danes too much. They played a tight-checking game today, and it was a lot of work for everybody."

Germany will next play Team Latvia (0-0-1-0) at RHO Arena on Saturday (6:00 a.m. ET; Peacock, CNBC, ICI Tele, CBC Gem, TSN), when Denmark will play Team USA (1-0-0-0) at Santagiulia Arena (3:00 p.m. ET; Peacock, USA, ICI Tele, CBC Gem, TSN).

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{allcanada} Canada’s Morrissey leaves win vs. Czechia in second period with injury

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Canadian defenceman Josh Morrissey left for the dressing early in the second period against Czechia and did not return.

It's not clear what forced the Calgary native to leave the game. He played 13 shifts for 7:10 before exiting.

He began the game on a pairing with Colton Parayko. Canada finished the game with six defencemen: Cale Makar, Devon Toews, Shea Theodore, Colton Parayko, Thomas Harley, and Drew Doughty.

Morrissey, 30, has 10 goals and 32 assists over 56 games for the Winnipeg Jets this season.

He played in three games for Canada's during last year's 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, but wasn't able to record a point. He missed the championship game due to an illness.

"Representing Canada at the highest level is a dream come true. To go to the Olympic Games ... it's so much bigger than just hockey," Morrissey said in an interview with TSN's Danielle Bain in January.

"There's a hunger level for me to obviously have a great tournament and push to win a gold medal, and hope to be a part of that celebration that I wasn't able to be a part of last year," he said of missing the end of the 4 Nations.

Philadelphia Flyers' Travis Sanheim was a healthy scratch for today's game.

Canada entered the third period up 3-0 on Czechia with goals from Macklin Celebrini, Mark Stone, and Bo Horvat. Nathan MacKinnon and Nick Suzuki scored in the final period as Canada won 5-0.

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{allcanada} Canada's Victoria Mboko upsets Elena Rybakina at Qatar Open

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It's off to the semifinals at the Qatar Open tennis tournament for Canadian tennis star Victoria Mboko following yet another upset victory.

The 19-year-old from Toronto earned a 7-5, 4-6, 6-4 quarterfinal win Thursday over second-seeded Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, the 2026 Australian Open champion. The 10th-seeded Mboko had reached the quarterfinals by upsetting fifth seed Mirra Andreeva 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (5) on Wednesday.

The Canadian won Thursday in dramatic fashion, sealing the match with her sixth service break. After Mboko jumped out to a 40-0 lead in the 10th game, Rybakina fought back to deuce, but Mboko took the next two points to complete the stunning upset.

Mboko finished 6-of-12 in break attempts while Rybakina was 5-of-9. Rybakina fired 11 aces in the match, compared to six for the Canadian.

Three service breaks powered Mboko's opening-set win. Rybakina moved ahead 5-3 with a break and a hold, but Mboko held serve and then broke again to level the set at 5-5.

The Canadian clinched the set with her third break despite having fewer aces (two, compared to four for Rybakina) and a double-fault (Rybakina had none). Rybakina also registered two first-set service breaks of her own.

Rybakina broke for the third time in the opening game of the second set and held for a 3-1 lead. Mboko answered with her fourth break to pull even at 3-3, but Rybakina broke again for 4-3 and served out the set 6-4 to force a deciding set.

Mboko improved her record to 12-3 this season. She's coming off a breakout 2025 campaign in which she won two titles, including a WTA 1000-level crown at the National Bank Open in Montreal.

She entered the Qatar Open with a career-high ranking of 13th and is projected to move into the top 10 following Thursday's victory.

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