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A bit of a hybrid week as the main draws at the BNP Paribas Open don’t really get going until the weekend, with the top 32 getting seeded byes.

The pickings are slim in the IW qualies, as Vasek Pospisil looks to be the only one who made the cut.

Rebecca Marino, competing not *too* far away in Arcadia, Calif. at a $60K ITF, was about 8-9 spots out of the qualies as of Saturday. She opted for another $60K in Mexico next week.

Better a sure thing than a crapshoot.

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

Men’s singles

[9] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED) 76 (4) 67 (4) 63

[13] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 46 64 62
3rd rd: vs. [17] Reilly Opelka (USA)

Women’s singles

[18] Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Amanda Anisimova (USA) 26 76 (0) retd
3rd rd: vs. Shelby Rogers (USA)

Men’s doubles

Denis Shapovalov / Rohan Bopanna
1st rd: def [8] Jamie Murray (GBR) / Bruno Soares (BRA) 76 (4) 64
2nd rd: vs. [PR] Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA)

Women’s doubles

[5] Gabriela Dabrowski / Giuliana Olmos (MEX)
1st rd: def. Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Kveta Peschke (CZE) 63 62
2nd rd: def. Sania Mirza (IND) / Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 64 46 [10-3]
QF: vs. Irina-Camelia Begu / Monica Niculescu (ROU)

Leylah Fernandez / Alizé Cornet (FRA)
1st rd: def. [2] Samantha Stosur (AUS) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) 16 76 (7) [10-8]
2nd rd: def Laura Siegemund (GER) / Vera Zvonareva 62 36 [10-2]
QF: vs. Marie Bouzkova / Lucie Hradecka (CZE)

Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR)
1st rd: lost to Marie Bouzkova / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 46 60 ]10-7]

Men’s singles qualifying

[20] Vasek Pospisil
1st rd: def. Egor Gerasimov (BLR) 46 64 64
2nd rd: lost to [7] Thanasi Kokkinakis (GRE) 76 (5) 75

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Roseto Degli Abruzzi 1
Roseto Degli Abruzzi, Italy (ATP Challenger)

Singles

Brayden Schnur

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Challenger Santiago USS Cup
Santiago, Chile (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[2] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: def [WC] Daniel Antonio Nuñez (CHI) 75 60
2nd rd: def. Gonzalo Lama (CHI) 61 62
QF: def. Vit Kopriva (CZE) 62 46 63
SF: def. [4] Juan Pablo Varillas (PER) 76 (6) 61
F: lost to [3] Hugo Dellien (BOL) 63 46 64

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Guanajuato Open
Irapuato, Mexico (ITF $60K+H)

Singles

[2] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: def [SE] Adriana Reami (USA) 63 63
2nd rd: def Whitney Osuigwe (USA) 61 62
QF: def Seone Mendez (AUS) 75 61
SF: def. Carolina Meligeni Rodriguez Alves (BRA) 75 61
F: lost to [1] Zhu Lin (CHN) 64 61

Doubles

Rebecca Marino / Lina Glushko (ISR)
1st rd: lost to Francesca Di Lorenzo / Jamie Loeb (USA) [ALT] Arielle Hartono (NED) / Fernanda Contreras Gomez (MEX) 62 62

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Copo Telconet
Salinas, Ecuador (ITF $25K)

Singles

[Q] Cadence Brace
1st rd: def Laetitia Pulchartova (CZE) 62 64
2nd rd: def. [LL] Jessica Plazas (COL) 42 retd
3rd rd: lost to [13] Barbara Gatica (CHI) 61 61

Singles Qualifying

[15] Cadence Brace
1st rd: def Shelby Prince (USA) 60 61
Final rd: def [5] Julieta Lara Estable (ARG) 67 (6) 61 [10-4]

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Naples Women’s $15,000
Naples, Fla. (ITF $15K)

Singles

[8] Bianca Jolie Fernandez
1st rd: lost to [Q] Akasha Urhobo (USA) 63 16 63

Marina Stakusic
1st rd: lost to [5] Hina Inoue (USA) 63 62

Singles qualifying

Rachael Phelan
1st rd: lost to [1] Jamilah Snells (USA) 60 61

[WC] Cookie Jarvis-Tredgett
1st rd: lost to [2] Liga Dekmeijere (LAT) 61 61

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Portimao Futures $25,000
Portimao, Portugal (ITF $25K)

Singles Qualifying

Sid Donarski
1st rd: vs [WC] Dhruva Mulye (USA) 61 63
2nd rd: lost to [11] Deney Wassermann (NED) 76 (5) 63

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Egypt Men’s Futures
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (ITF $25K)

Singles

Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd: lost to [Q] Leonardo Malgaroli (ITA) 60 61

Doubles

Kelsey Stevenson / Francis Casey Alcantara (PHI)
1st rd: lost to Maximus Jones (THA) / Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi (UKR) 62 63

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Magic Tours
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)

Women’s Singles qualifying

Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: lost to Sonia Cassani (ITA) 61 62

Men’s Singles qualifying

Austin Hoole
1st rd: lost to [11] Liu Hanyi (CHN) 61 63

Stefan Frljanic
1st rd: lost to Ammar Elamin (IRL) 62 62

Canucks This Week – Week ending March 6, 2022 (final results)

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