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The second major of the season begins Sunday, with a reduced crop of Canadians after the withdrawals of Vasek Pospisil and Denis Shapovalov.
Milos Raonic is an unknown, because he hasn’t played since Miami.
Bianca Andreescu withdrew from her tournament last week in Strasbourg, and so only had two clay-court matches against low-ranked qualifiers as prep for the big event.
By the end of the first round of singles, only Leylah Fernandez remained.
By the end of Wednesday, all were gone.
Roland Garros
Paris France (Grand Slam)
Men’s singles
[17] Milos Raonic
[20] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: lost to Andreas Seppi (ITA)
Women’s singles
[6] Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: lost to Tamara Zidanwek (SLO) 67 (1) 76 (2) 9-7
Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: vs Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 62 61
2nd rd: lost to [23] Madison Keys (USA) 61 75
Women’s doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski / Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: def. Georgiana Garcia Perez (ESP) / Julia Wachaczyk (GER) 62 61
2nd rd: def. [13] Zheng Saisai (CHN) / Ellen Perez (AUS) WALKOVER
3rd rd: vs. [2] Krejcikova/Siniakova or Heisen/Peschke
[9] Sharon Fichman / Giuliana Olmos (MEX)
1st rd: def Anna Blinkova (RUS) / Heather Watson (GBR) 63 62
2nd rd: def Lara Arruabarrena (ESP) / Caroline Dolehide (USA) 64 61
3rd rd: vs. Petra Martic (CRO) / Shelby Rogers (USA)
Mixed doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski / Luke Saville (AUS)
1st rd: lost to [PR] Elena Vesnina / Aslan Karatsev (RUS) 64 62
sXXXssss
Little Rock
Little Rock, AK (ATP Challenger)
Singles
[9] Peter Polansky
1st rd: lost to [WC] Oliver Crawford (USA) 75 62
[Q] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def JC Aragone (USA) 63 63
2nd rd: lost to [3] Emilio Gomez (ECU) 64 64
Doubles
Peter Polansky / Christian Harrison
1st rd: vs. JC Aragone (USA) / Emilio Gomez (ECU)
Singles qualifying
Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def. [2] Adrian Andreev (BUL) 61 41 retd
Final rd: def. [7] Sebastian Fanselow (GER) 36 63 64
sXXXssss
Biella 7
Biella, Italy (ATP Challenger)
Singles
Steven Diez
1st rd: lost to Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR) 63 75
Doubles
Steven Diez / Marco Trungelliti
1st rd: def Filippo Baldi / Roberto Marcora (ITA) 60 75
QF: lost to Tomas Martin Etcheverry / Renzo Olivo (ARG) 62 64
sXXXssss
W25 Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, DR (ITF $25K women’s event)
Singles qualifying
Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Victoria Hu (USA) 62 75
sXXXssss
Banja Luka Ladies Open 2021
Banka Luka, Bosnia-Herzogovina (ITF $15K women’s event)
Singles
[6] Raphaelle Lacasse
1st rd: lost to Anika Jaskova (SVK) 62 61
[JR] Marina Stakusic
1st rd: def Jana Bozovic (SRB) 64 63
2nd rd: lost to [4] Dorka Drahota Szabo (HUN) 75 46 63
Doubles
Marina Stakusic / Andjela Jokovic (SRB)
1st rd: def. Eszter Meri (SVK) / Nikol Palecek (SRB) 63 75
QF: def [1] Tereza Mihailikova / Chantal Skamlova (SVK) WALKOVER
SF: lost to [4] Katarina Kuzmova (SVK) / Elena Milovanovic (SRB) 62 46 [10-7]
sXXXssss
M15 Heraklion
Heraklion, Greece (ITF $15K joint event)
Singles
Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd: vs lost to [6] Alexander Donski (BUL) 63 62
Singles qualifying
Michel-Alexandre Fortin
1st rd: lost to Asaf Friedler (ISR) 61 60
Doubles
[4] Kelsey Stevenson / Vasilios Caripi (RSA)
1st rd: lost to Julian Cash (GBR) / Reese Stalder (USA) 61 61
sXXXssss
15K Monastir
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K joint event)
Women’s doubles
Bianca Jolie Fernandez / Hwiwon Wi (KOR)
1st rd: def. Janet Imbo Nloga/ Samantha Imbo Nloga (USA) 62 61
QF: lost to [1] Miharu Imanishi / Haine Ogata (JPN) 64 64
Men’s doubles
[WC] Luka Vukovic / Dimitrije Vukovic
1st rd: lost to Arthur Bouquier / Cyril Vandermeersch (FRA) 61 64
Women’s singles qualifying
[5] Bianca Jolie Fernandez
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Nahia Berecoechea (FRA) 46 63 [10-6]
Men’s singles qualifying
Luka Vukovic
1st rd: def Anas Chakrouni (MAR) 64 21 retd
2nd rd: lost to [7] Cyril Vandermeersch (FRA) 75 57 [11-9]
Dimitrije Vukovic
1st rd: lost to Seongbin Sim (KOR) 60 61
sXXXssss

Is Vasek injured these days? I was sorry to not see him on the list, but I thought he’d attempt the first round.
He’s generally not a fan of the clay. So not much point in showing up in Paris unless you really need the first-round prize money.
Focusing in the grass.