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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)
sXXXssss
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]
sXXXssss
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
sXXXssss
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
sXXXssss
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]
sXXXssss
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]
sXXXssss

Didn’t I see that Rebecca Marino was in Wimbledon qualifying when this list first came out? Did she pick up an injury, or just decided not to play? Tks.
Are those my only two options? LOL
The only two I could think of. Please feel free to enlighten me on another.
And, Happy Birthday! Have a great day. Are you at home for it again this year?