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A pretty good week overall in Canadian tennis.

– Félix Auger-Aliassime backed up his Rotterdam title with a final in Marseille

– Denis Shapovalov turned an early loss in the Doha singles into a trip to the doubles final with Rohan Bopanna.

– And Rebecca Marino, after beating countrywoman Carol Zhao in the semis, reaches the final at the $25K ITF in Cancun, Mexico.

Canucks This Week – Week ending Feb. 14, 2022 (final results)

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Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Doha, Qatar (ATP 250)

Singles

[1] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. Alex Molcan (SVK) 64 60
QF: lost to Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 64 64

Doubles

Denis Shapovalov / Rohan Bopanna (IND)
1st rd: def Alex Molcan (SVK) / Jiri Vesely (CZE) 75 46 [10-6]
QF: def. [4] Sander Gille / Joran Vliegen (BEL) 76 (7) 64
SF: vs. Mackenzie McDonald (USA) / Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED) 64 76 (2)
F: lost to [3] Wesley Koolhof (NED) / Neal Skupski (GBR) 76 (4) 61

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Open 13 de France
Marseille, France (ATP 250)

Singles

[3] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. [WC] Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA) 76 (3) 62
QF: def. [5] Ilya Ivashka (BLR) 63 64
SF: def. [Q] Roman Safiullin (RUS) 76 (4) 75
F: lost to [2] Andrey Rublev (RUS) 75 76 (4)

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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Dubai, UAE (WTA 500)

Doubles

[4] Gabriela Dabrowski / Giuliana Olmos (MEX)
1st rd: lost to Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) / Shuko Aoyama (JPN) 76 (5) 26 [10-5]

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Bengaluru Challenger 2
Bengaluru, India (ATP Challenger)

Singles

Steven Diez
1st rd: def Kimmer Coppejans (BEL) 62 61
2nd rd: lost to Matthias Bourgue (FRA) 63 64

Doubles

Steven Diez / Rio Noguchi (JPN)
1st rd: lost to [WC] S D Prajwal Dev / Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) 62 64

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Citta’ di Forli’ 4
Forli, Italy (ATP Challenger)

Singles

Brayden Schnur
1st rd: def [WC] Matteo Gigante (ITA) 64 36 61
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Tim Van Rijthoven (NED) 76 (5) 75

Doubles

[ALT] Brayden Schnur / Alexander Ritschard (USA)
1st rd: lost to [1] Robin Haase / Tim Van Rijthoven (NED) 61 36 [10-7]

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Glasgow 25K Pro Series
Glasgow, Scotland (ITF $25K)

Singles

Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Jack Pinnington-Jones (GBR) 76 (4) 63
2nd rd: lost to Stuart Parker (GBR) 61 75

Doubles

Alexis Galarneau / David Poljak (CZE)
1st rd: lost to Charles Broom (GBR) / Constantin Frantzen (GER) 63 62

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World Tennis Tour Cancun 2022
Cancun, Mexico (ITF $25K)

Women’s Singles

[2] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: def Lulu Sun (SUI) 75 61
2nd rd: def. Sada Nahimana (BDI) 76 (3) 62
QF: def. [7] Hanna Chang (USA) 75 57 62
SF: def. Carol Zhao (CAN) 63 64
F: lost to Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 63 64

Carol Zhao
1st rd: def [3] Leonie Kung (SUI) 63 61
2nd rd: vs. [Q] Marina Bondarenko (RUS) 75 26 63
QF: def. [8] Sachia Vickery (USA) 46 62 61
SF: lost to [2] Rebecca Marino (CAN) 63 64

Katherine Sebov
1st rd: vs [Q] Pamela Montez (USA) 63 61
2nd rd: lost to [8] Sachia Vickery (USA) 67 (2) 61 76 (6)

Men’s Singles

~~[3] Peter Polansky~~

[8] Filip Peliwo
1st rd: lost to [Q] Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine (FRA) 62 61

Men’s Doubles

[1] Peter Polansky / JC Aragone (USA)
1st rd: lost to Colin Markes / John McNally (USA) 63 64

Filip Peliwo / Daniel Cukierman (ISR)
1st rd: def Lucas Gerch / Maik Steiner (GER) WALKOVER
QF: lost to [4] Geoffrey Blancaneaux (FRA) / Michail Pervolarakis (GRE) 61 57 [10-8]

Diego Lopato Miguel / Omer Yeshaya (ISR)
1st rd: lost to [3] Boris Arias / Federico Zeballos (BOL) 63 75

Women’s Singles Qualifying

[1] Françoise Abanda
1st rd: lost to Paris Corley (USA) 26 63 [10-8]

Men’s Singles Qualifying

Diego Lopato Miguel
1st rd: lost to [5] Alejandro Hojos Franco (COL) 61 61

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Egypt Men’s Futures
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (ITF $15K)

Singles

Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd: lost to Robert Strombachs (GER) 62 60

Doubles

Kelsey Stevenson / Duckhee Lee (KOR)
1st rd: vs [PR] Francesco Ferrari / Francesco Vilardo (ITA) 46 64 [10-7]
QF: lost to [4] Nicolas David Ionel (ROU) / Samuel Vincent Ruggeri (ITA) 76 (3) 64

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M15 Punta Cana
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (ITF $15K)

Men’s Singles Qualifying

[13] Stefan Simeunovic
1st rd: def. Jake Bhangdia (USA) 60 76
2nd rd: def. Bryan Agular Kuntz (BRA) 61 20 retd
Final rd: lost to [3] Paul Valsecchi (FRA) 63 63

[12] Razvan Baiant
1st rd: def Lucas Fuly (BRA) 60 60
2nd rd: lost to Leyton Rivera (NOR) 62 16 [10-5]

Aurel Ciocanu
1st rd: def Alejandro Americo Rodriguez (PUR) 60 62
2nd rd: lost to [8] Johan Alexander Rodriguez Rodriguez (COL) 61 61

Alexandr Achour
1st rd: lost to Nicolas Ancedy (GUD) 64 76