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The tennis world is gathering in tennis paradise over the next two weeks – but not in its usual March time slot.

The BNP Paribas Open, the first tournament to be cancelled back in March 2020, and not held a year later, has pivoted to fill in the gap caused by the cancellation of the Asian swing for the second straight season.

Milos Raonic is still out. But Denis Shapovalov and Félix Auger-Aliassime on the men’s side, and Bianca Andreescu (the 2019 defending champion) and Leylah Fernandez on the women’s side, are all seeded and will have first-round byes.

But beyond that, we’ve counted … 37 players in action around the world this week. Most of them at the very entry levels. But still.

And Françoise Abanda is back, ahead of her nomination to the Canadian squad that will play in the BJK Cup finals in Prague next month.

BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, Calif. (ATP 1000/WTA 1000)

Men’s singles

[9] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Vasek Pospisil (CAN) 30 retd
3rd rd: vs. [19] Aslan Karatsev (RUS)

Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: vs Albert Ramos-Viñolas (ESP)

Vasek Pospisil
1st rd: def [WC] J.J. Wolf (USA) 64 46 64
2nd rd: lost to [9] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 0-3 retired

[Q] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: def Denis Kudla (USA) 61 76 (0)
2nd rd: vs. [5] Matteo Berrettini (ITA)

Women’s singles

[16] Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Alison Riske (USA) 76 (2) 57 62
3rd rd: vs. [18] Anett Kontaveit (EST)

[23] Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Alizé Cornet (FRA) 62 63
3rd rd: vs. [9] Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (RUS)

Women’s doubles

[6] Gabriela Dabrowski / Hayley Carter (USA)
1st rd: def. Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Kaitlyn Christian (USA) 64 64
2nd rd: vs. Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)

[8] Sharon Fichman / Giuliana Olmos (MEX)
1st rd: def Daria Kasatkina (RUS) / Anett Kontaveit (EST) 63 64
2nd rd: vs. Makoto Ninimoya (JPN) / Sabrina Santamaria (USA)

Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Kaitlyn Christian (USA)
1st rd: lost to Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Hayley Carter (USA) 64 64

Leylah Fernandez / Coco Gauff (USA)
1st rd: def Irina-Camelia Begu (ROU) / Renata Voracova (CZE) 61 61
2nd rd: vs. [5] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED)

Men’s doubles

Denis Shapovalov / Rohan Bopanna (IND)
1st rd: def. Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) / Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 61 26 [10-4]
2nd rd: vs. Jan-Lennard Struff / Alexander Zverev (GER)

Félix Auger-Aliassime / Hubert Hurkacz (POL)
1st rd: lost to Denis Shapovalov (CAN) / Rohan Bopanna (IND) 61 26 [10-4]

Women’s singles qualifying

[21] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: def Francesca Di Lorenzo (USA) 61 62
Final rd: lost to [5] Magdalena Frech (POL) 63 46 63

Men’s singles qualifying

[17] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: def Michael Mmoh (USA) 63 64
Final rd: def. Evgeny Donskoy (RUS) 62 61

Brayden Schnur
1st rd: lost to [23] Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 46 76 (5) 76 (7)

Peter Polansky
1st rd: lost to [1] Botic Van den Zandschulp (NED) 63 63

Steven Diez
1st rd: vs [5] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ) 52 retd

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Team Ascension’s Pro Women’s Open
Redding, Calif. (ITF Women’s $25K)

Singles

[8] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: lost to [Q] Maria Kozyreva (RUS) 76 (3) 64

Doubles

Katherine Sebov / Pranjala Yadlapalli (IND)
1st rd: lost to Laetitia Pulchartova (CZE) / Risa Uchijima (JPN) 63 75

Bianca Jolie Fernandez / Martine Partaud (FRA)
1st rd: lost to Elysia Bolton / Jada Myli Hart (USA) 61 63

Singles qualifying

[5] Bianca Jolie Fernandez 
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: lost to [13] Hing Abdelouahid (USA) 61 67 (2) [10-2]

[12] Alexandra Vagramov
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: lost to [6] Vanessa Ong (USA) 76 (3) 63

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DVDM Shipyard Cup
Hilton Head Island, SC (Womens $15K ITF)

Singles 

[1] Françoise Abanda
1st rd: def [Q] Chloe Cirotte (FRA) 62 60
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Madison Hill (USA) WALKOVER

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Henderson Tennis Open
Las Vegas, NV (Womens $60K ITF)

Doubles

Ayan Broomfield / Holly Verner (USA)
1st rd: lost to Angela Kulikov / Rianna Valdes (USA) 61 60

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Soho Square
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt (ITF Men’s and Women’s 15K)

Men’s Singles

[2] Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd: vs. Erik Arutiunian (BLR) 76 (5) 16 61

Women’s Singles 

[7] Carson Branstine
1st rd: def Jasmine Conway (GBR) 76 (3) 64
2nd rd: def. Emily Welker (GER) 64 61
QF: def. Ivana Sebestova (CZE) 75 63
SF: lost to [1] Arina Gabriela Vasilescu (ROU) 76 (4) 31 retd.

[Q] Maria Patrascu
1st rd: lost to Emily Welker (GER) 76 (0) 62

Men’s doubles

[1] Kelsey Stevenson / Neil Oberleitner (AUS)
1st rd: def Palaphoom Kovapitukted (THA) / Nathan Seateun (FRA) 75 75
QF: lost to Gabriel Decamps (BRA) / Petr Hajek (CZE) 61 62

Women’s doubles

Maria Patrascu / Diana Maria Mihail (ROU)
1st rd: vs [WC] Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS) / Shreya Tatavarthy (IND) 63 75

Women’s singles qualifying

[7] Maria Patrascu
1st rd: def Ksenia Meshcheryakova (RUS) 60 60
Final rd: def. [5] Alexandra Melnikova (CZE) 61 63

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World Tennis Tour Cancun 2021
Cancun, Mexico (ITF 15K)

Women’s singles 

[8] Stacey Fung
1st rd: def [LL] Brittany Collens (USA) 61 60
2nd rd: def Chelsea Fontenel (SUI) 75 63
QF: def. Christina Rosca (USA) 62 62
SF: lost to [1] Daria Semenistaja (LAT) 62 61

Louise Kwong
1st rd: def [7] Hina Inoue (USA) 26 64 64
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Paris Corley (USA) 46 75 60

[LL] Noelly Longi Nsimba
1st rd: lost to [LL] Koral Koldobski (ISR) 63 64

Men’s singles 

[WC] Stefano Liokossis
1st rd: vs [5] Christian Langmo (USA) 61 61

Women’s doubles

[2] Louise Kwong / Anna Ulyaschenko (USA)
1st rd: def Maja Radenkovic (SWE) / Kristin Younes (ISR) 64 62
QF: def. Hina Inoue (USA) / Yuliana Monroy (COL) 75 26 [10-4]
SF: def Paris Corley / Kariann Pierre-Louis (USA) 64 75
F: lost to Anna Sinclair Rogers / Christina Rosca (USA) 63 61

Noelly Longi Nsimba / Adesuwa Osabuohien (USA)
1st rd: lost to Anna Sinclair Rogers / Christina Rosca (USA) 64 60

Women’s singles qualifying

[2] Noelly Longi Nsimba
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Imperia Martinez Mora (MEX) 61 60
FInal rd: lost to Kariann Pierre-Louis (USA) 60 60

Melissa Holmberg
1st rd: lost to Marika Jones (USA) 60 60

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Reis Family Futures
Ithaca, NY (Womens $15K ITF)

Singles

Joshua Peck
1st rd: lost to Drew Baird (USA) 75 64

Taha Baadi
1st rd: def. [4] Colin Sinclair (NMI) 76 (5) 75
2nd rd: lost to Henry Patten (GBR) 46 63 76 (2)

[Q] Jonathan Sorbo
1st rd: lost to A.J. Catanzariti (USA) 63 61

[Q] Peter Kuszynski
1st rd: lost to [2] Toby Kodat (USA) 61 61

Doubles

Joshua Peck  / A.J. Catanzariti (USA)
1st rd: def. Franco Ribeiro (ARG) / Joshua Sheehy (USA) 62 75
QF: def. Bradley Paliska (FRA) / Radu Mihai Papoe (ROU) 63 61
SF: lost to [4] Eduardo Nava / Nathan Ponwith (USA) 75 62

Taha Baadi / Jakob Schnaitter (GER)
1st rd: def. Muhammad Dossani / Pietro Rimondini (USA) 62 61
QF: lost to [4] Eduardo Nava / Nathan Ponwith (USA) 76 (3) 61

Peter Kuszynski / Nico Mostardi (USA)
1st rd: def Drew Baird / Keegan Smith (USA) WALKOVER
QF: lost to [3] Charles Broom / Henry Patten (GBR) 36 63 [10-7]

Singles qualifying

[10] Jonathan Sorbo
1st rd: def Muhammad Dossani (USA) 76 (2) 67 (3) [10-5]
FInal rd: def. [5] Vladislav Melnic (ROU) 76 36 [10-1]

Peter Kuszynski
1st rd: def [13] Amit Beniwal (IND) 62 61
FInal rd: def. [2] Bradley Paliska (FRA) 64 75

Samuel Paquette
1st rd: lost to Kaj Quirijns (SUI) 36 61 [10-3]

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SC BMW $15,000 Men’s World Tennis Tour
Naples, Fla. (Mens $15K ITF)

Singles

[8] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def. Bruno Kuzuhara (USA) 63 64
2nd rd: def. Duarte Vale (POR) 61 67 (2) 63
QF: def. [1] Michael Redlicki (USA) 75 63
SF: lost to Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FRA) 62 61

[Q] Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FRA) 60 76 (3)

Doubles

[2] Liam Draxl  / Jesse Witten (USA)
1st rd: def. Blu Baker (GBR) / Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) 36 62 [10-7]
QF: lost to John Bernard (USA) / Antoine Cornut-Chauvinc (FRA) 57 76 (5) [10-6]

Singles qualifying

[8] Dan Martin
1st rd: def Kyle Overmyer (USA) 60 60
Final rd: def. Alessandro Giuliato (ITA) 76 63

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Magic Hotel Tours
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF 15K)

Women’s singles qualifying

Nikemi Akinbiyi
1st rd: def Shuman Wu (CHN) 62 64
2nd rd: def [11] Emma Van Poppel (NED) 76 (6) 67 (5) [10-6]
Final rd: lost to [4] Ambre Feder (FRA) 63 64

Men’s singles qualifying

Stefan Frljanic
1st rd: def Bastian Alonso Utreras Santander (CHI) 75 62
2nd rd: lost to [3] Giovanni Oradini (ITA) 63 60

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Groupo Re/Max Lounge Setúbal Open 2021
Setúbal, Portutal (ITF 25K)

Singles qualifying

Diego Lopato-Miguel
1st rd; lost to Alberto Morolli (ITA) 60 62

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M25 Lima
Lima, Peru (ITF 25K)

Singles qualifying

Masood Eisa-Beygi
1st rd; lost to Jorge Jorge (PER) 36 63 [10-4]

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Canucks This Week – Week ending Oct. 3, 2021 (final results)

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