April 18, 2024

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

The Wimbledon qualifying takes place at Roehampton this week. And the draw gods have spoken – with the only two Canadians (Alejandro Tabilo, a Canadian, now represents Chile) drawn to face each other.

There are also a lot of Canadians at the ATP/WTA level, mostly in doubles, as they prepare for the big event next week.

Wimbledon
London, England (Grand Slam)

Men’s qualifying singles

Brayden Schnur
1st rd: def Steven Diez (CAN) 63 26 63
2nd rd: lost to [27] Tomas Machac (CZE) 76 (4) 60

Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: def Alexandre Muller (FRA) 62 64
2nd rd: lost to Zhizhen Zhang (CHN) 76 (5) 76 (5)

Steven Diez
1st rd: lost to Brayden Schnur (CAN) 63 26 63

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Viking International Eastbourne
Eastbourne, England (Joint event with WTA and ATP)

Women’s singles

[3] Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: def Madison Keys (USA) [Q] Christina McHale (USA) 64 26 62
2nd rd: lost to Anett Kontaveit (EST) 63 63

Men’s singles

Vasek Pospisil
1st rd: def [WC] James Ward (GBR) 64 64
2nd rd: def. [6] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 76 (1) retd
QF: lost to [2] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 64 64

Women’s doubles

Sharon Fichman / Giuliana Olmos (MEX)
1st rd: def. [PR] Elena Vesnina / Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 76 (10) 64
QF: lost to [2] Shuko Aoyama / Ena Shibahara (JPN) 63 63

Bianca Andreescu / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)
1st rd: lost to [1] Nicole Melichar (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) 46 75 [10-5]

Gabriela Dabrowski / Vera Zvonareva (RUS)

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Bad Homburg Open
Bad Homburg, Germany (WTA Tour 500)

Doubles

Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Kimberley Zimmermann (BEL)
1st rd: def Anna Zaja / Tamara Korpatsch (GER) 76 (3) 63
QF: lost to [3] Anna Blinkova (RUS) / Arantxa Rus (NED) 36 76 (6) [11-9]

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M15 Champaign
Champaign, IL (ITF $15K men’s event)

Singles 

Benjamin Sigouin
1st rd: lost to [Q] Gabriel Diallo (CAN) 63 62

[Q] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def. Benjamin Sigouin (CAN) 63 62
2nd rd: def [5] Genaro Alberto Olivieri (ARG) 63 76 (7)
QF: def. Khololwam Montsi (RSA) 75 63
SF: def [Q] Kyle Seelig (USA) 64 63
F: lost to [1] Jason Kubler (AUS) 62 61

Doubles

[1] Juan Carlos Aguilar / Boris Arias (BOL)
1st rd: def Nicholas Bybel / Chad Kissell (USA) 61 61
QF: lost to Finn Bass / Tom Hands (GBR) 62 26 [12-10]

[3] Benjamin Sigouin / Michail Pervolarakis (GRE)
1st rd: def. Alexander Brown / Ezekiel Clark (USA) 64 61
QF: lost to Joshua Peck (CAN) / Kyle Seelig (USA) 63 63

Joshua Peck / Kyle Seelig (USA)
1st rd: def. Peter Bertran (DOM) / Tennyson Whiting (USA) 75 62
QF: def. [3] Benjamin Sigouin (CAN) / Michail Pervolarakis (GRE) 63 63
SF: lost to Finn Bass / Tom Hands (GBR) 62 67 (6) [11-9]

Gabriel Diallo / Nicaise Muamba
1st rd: def Genaro Alberto Olivieri / Gabriel Alejandro Villanueva (ARG) 64 62
QF: lost to [4] Vasil Kirkov / Nathan Ponwith (USA) 64 62

Singles qualifying

Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def. [13] Nicaise Muamba (CAN) 75 63
Final rd: def [4] Peter Bertran (DOM) 61 60

[7] Juan Carlos Aguilar 
1st rd: def Nicolas Meister (USA) 75 63
Final rd: lost [12] Tyler Zink (USA) 63 62

[13] Nicaise Muamba
1st rd: lost to Gabriel Diallo (CAN) 75 63

Christian Lakoseljac
1st rd: lost to [5] Joshua Ortlip (USA) 63 64

Joshua Peck
1st rd: lost to [WC] Michael Zheng (USA) 63 64

Cleeve Harper
1st rd: vs. lost to [6] Kyle Seelig (USA) 62 61

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ITF Open Klosters
Klosters, Switzerland (ITF $25K women’s event)

Singles

[6] Carol Zhao
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to [WC] Sebastianna Scilipoti (SUI) WALKOVER

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15K Monastir
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K joint event)

Men’s singles

Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd lost to [Q] Oscar Weightman (GBR) 16 75 75

Women’s singles

[7] Raphaelle Lacasse
1st rd def [LL] Marne Dercksen (RSA) 63 62
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Mao Mushika (JPN) 76 (4) 63

Men’s doubles

[2] Kelsey Stevenson / Timur Kiyamov (RUS)
1st rd: vs lost to Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen / Juan Bautista Torres (ARG) 46 63 [10-7]

Women’s doubles

[3] Raphaelle Lacasse / Emilie Lindh (GBR)
1st rd: def Noa Liauw A Fong (NED) / Andre Lukosiute (LTU) 64 64
QF: def Julia Klimovicz / Luana Plaza Araujo (BRA) 62 61
SF: lost to Saki Imamura (JPN)./ Jiho Shin (KOR  57 62 [10-1]

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Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkey (ITF $15K event)

Singles qualifying

Mia Kupres
1st rd def [WC] Doga Turkmen (TUR) 61 31 retd
2nd rd: def. [15] Nino Natsvlishvili (GEO) 62 63
Final rd: lost to [8] Ozlem Uslu 67 (5) 63 [11-9]

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