March 29, 2024

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

Félix Auger-Aliassime makes the Stuttgart final, but is beaten by Marin Cilic.

On the plus side, Peter Polansky teams up with good friend Christian Harrison to win the doubles at the Orlando 2 Challenger. And Ben Sigouin reaches the doubles final at the ITF in Wichita, KS.

Roland Garros
Paris France (Grand Slam)
2nd week

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: lost to [2] Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 63 36 63

[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: lost to Petra Martic (CRO) / Shelby Rogers (USA) 36 61 63

Junior girls’ singles

Annabelle Xu
1st rd: def. Lisa Pigato (ITA) 60 62
2nd rd: lost to [13] Madison Sieg (USA) 63 46 63

Junior girls’ doubles

Annabelle Xu / Barbora Palicova (CZE)
1st rd: def [WC] Qavia Lopez (USA) / Mathilde Ngijol-Carré (FRA) 26 62 [10-8]
2nd rd: lost to [5] Petra Marcinko (CRO) / Natalia Szabanin (HUN) 63 76 (5)

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Mercedes Cup
Stuttgart, Germany (ATP Tour 250)

Singles

[1] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 62 67 (2) 63
QF: lost to. Marin Cilic (CRO) 75 76 (3)

[3] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. Lloyd Harris (RSA) 63 76 (4)
QF: def [6] Ugo Humbert (FRA) 76 (5) 76 (8)
SF: def Sam Querrey (USA) 64 75
F: lost to Marin Cilic (CRO) 76 (2) 63

Doubles

Félix Auger-Aliassime / Nicolas Monroe (USA)
1st rd: vs Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (ARG) 67 (5) 63 [10-8]

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Orlando 2
Orlando, Fla. (ATP Challenger)

Singles  

Peter Polansky
1st rd: def [WC] Donald Young (USA) 62 62
2nd rd: lost to Nicolas Jarry (CHI) 63 63

Doubles

[4] Peter Polansky / Christian Harrison (USA)
1st rd: def Hunter Johnson (USA) / Ruan Roelofse (RSA) 61 63
QF: def Sekou Bangoura / Donald Young (USA) 26 62 [10-6]
SF: def. [1] Robert Galloway / Alex Lawson (USA) 76 (5) 57 [10-4]
F: def JC Aragone (USA) / Nicolas Barrientos (COL) 62 63

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Beeline Open
Almaty Kazakhstan (ATP Challenger)

Singles  

Brayden Schnur
1st rd: def Tung-Lin Wu (TPE) 64 64
2nd rd: lost to [1] Andrej Martin (SVK) 62 62

Doubles

[2] Brayden Schnur / Tsung-Hua Yang (TPE)
1st rd: lost to Dmitry Popko (KAZ) / Mohamed Safwat (EGY) 76 (4) 63

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Kooperative Bratislava Open
Bratislava, Slovak Republic (ATP Challenger)

Singles  

Steven Diez
1st rd: def [LL] Lucas Miedler (AUT) 62 64
2nd rd: lost to [5] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 64 36 64

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Open Sopra Steria
Lyon, France (ATP Challenger)

Singles  

Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)

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Wichita Tennis Open
Wichita, KS (ITF $25K men’s event)

Singles 

Benjamin Sigouin
1st rd: lost to [7] Gage Brymer (USA) 75 46 61

[Q] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: lost to Patrick Kypson (USA) 64 64

Doubles

Benjamin Sigouin / John McNally (USA)
1st rd: def. [ALT] Parth Aggarwal (IND) / Joshua Howard-Tripp (RSA) 63 63
QF: def. [WC] Samuel Beren / Danny Bryan (USA) 64 62
SF: def Alexander Brown / Ezekiel Clark (USA) 62 64
F: lost to Murkel Dellien Velasco (BOL) / Nicoas Acevedo Olmos (CHI) 64 26 [12-10]

Singles qualifying

[6] Joshua Peck
1st rd: vs Joshua Bortnick (USA) 63 60
Final rd: lost to Matt Kuhar (USA) 75 62

[9] Nicaise Muamba
1st rd: lost to Nicolas Acevedo Olmos (CHI) WALKOVER

Christian Lakoseljac
1st rd: lost to [11] Nicholas Bybel (USA) 75 75

Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def. [12] Eric Hadigian (USA) 62 76 (4)
Final rd: def Mark Mandlik (USA) 62 67 (5) [11-9]

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W25 Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, DR (ITF $25K women’s event)

Singles 

[Q] Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: lost to Maria Mateas (USA) 64 64

Doubles

Ariana Arseneault / Adriana Reami (USA)
1st rd: lost to Hanna Chang (USA) / Kyoka Okamura (JPN) 61 63

Singles qualifying

[13] Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Zoe Hitt (USA) 61 61
Final rd: def. Eleana Yu (USA) 64 75

sXXXssss

M15 Heraklion
Heraklion, Greece (ITF $15K joint event)

Singles

Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd: lost to [WC] Aristotenis Thanos (GRE) 62 75

Singles qualifying

Michel-Alexandre Fortin
1st rd: lost to Christos Keisidis (GRE) 60 60

Doubles

Kelsey Stevenson / Vasilios Caripi (RSA)
1st rd: lost to Makoto Ochi (JPN) / Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi (UKR) 60 46 [12-10]

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

Women’s singles 

[Q] Bianca Jolie Fernandez
1st rd: def [Q] Astrid Cirotte (FRA) 61 61
2nd rd: lost to [3] Zeynep Sonmez (TUN) 61 36 61

Men’s singles

Filip Peliwo
1st rd lost to Guy Orly Iradukunda (BDI) 46 63 75

Men’s doubles

[1] Filip Peliwo / Matias Franco Descotte (ARG)
1st rd: def Lucas Cotler / Francisco Faigenbaum (ARG) 60 60
QF: def Taisei Ichikawa / Seita Watanabe (JPN) 26 62 [10-8]
SF: lost to Siddhant Banthia (IND) / Uisung Park (KOR) 26 64 [10-7]

Women’s doubles

[Q] Bianca Jolie Fernandez / Hwiwon Hi (KOR)
1st rd: def [3] Alice Robbe (FRA) / Zeynep Sonmez (TUN) 46 76 (3) [10-2]
QF: lost to Sophia Biolay (FRA) / Anastasia Kovaleva (RUS) 62 61

Women’s singles qualifying

[5] Bianca Jolie Fernandez
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. Tara Malik (USA) 61 63
Final rd: def Margaux Komamo (FRA) 63 76 (5)

Men’s singles qualifying

Luka Vukovic
1st rd: lost to [7] Oscar Weightman (GBR) 64 63

Dimitrije Vukovic
1st rd: lost to Victoria Marquiselli (ARG) 63 61

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