Felix Auger-Aliassime

Felix Auger-Aliassime isn’t complaining about an unusual return to clay courts this summer.

The Canadian advanced to the second round of the men’s Olympic tournament with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over American Marcos Giron on Sunday in Paris.

The 13th-seeded Auger-Aliassime has had an uneven year this season, but did advance to the round of 16 on the same Roland Garros courts at the French Open.

Auger out-aced Giron 10-0 and had 26 winners to the American’s six.

The Montreal native next faces the winner of a match between Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic and Germany’s Maximilian Marterer.

Canada’s Bianca Andreescu also won her opener on Sunday, downing Denmark’s Clara Tauson 6-2, 6-3.

Andreescu awaits the winner of a match between No. 13 seed Donna Vekic of Croatia and Lucia Bronzetti of Italy.

Canadians Leylah Fernandez and Milos Raonic also have singles openers scheduled for Sunday after rain washed out a majority of the tennis action on Saturday. Fernandez and Gabriela Dabrowski also will play their first-round match in doubles.

With the Olympic tournament on clay, it marks a departure for most players’ routine of transitioning to hard courts following Wimbledon.