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A banner week in San Diego as all five of the Canadian BJK Cup finals squad were on hand for the WTA 500 tournament.

As well, Félix Auger-Aliassime was the No. 1 seed at the pop-event in Florence, Italy. And he won the tournament, his second career ATP Tour title.

Gabriela Dabrowski has officially qualified for the WTA Finals in Texas. So that was already good news for the week. She reached the final in San Diego.

And there was a $25K ITF in Fredericton, NB that involved a whole lot of Canadians on the women’s side. Stacey Fung, a little known player who spends a lot of time playing $15Ks in Cancun, won the singles title over No. 1 seed Arianne Hartono in the final.

(Last week’s final results at the bottom of the post).

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San Diego Open
San Diego, Calif. (WTA 500)

Singles

[PR] Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: def Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 76 (1) 46 62
2nd rd: lost to [6] Coco Gauff (USA) 64 46 63

[WC] Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: lost to [8] Daria Kasatkina (RUS) 62 62

Doubles

[2] Gabriela Dabrowski / Giuliana Olmos (MEX)
1st rd: def Kaitlyn Christian / Sabrina Santamaria (USA) 75 61
QF: def Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Lucie Hradecka (CZE) 75 46 [10-7]
SF: def. [1] Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Ellen Perez (AUS) 60 63
F: lost to [1] Coco Gauff / Jessica Pegula (USA) OR [4] Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Demi Schuurs (NED) 16 75 [10-4]

Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Alicja Rosolska
1st rd: lost to Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Andreja Klepac (SLO) 16 64 [10-7]

Rebecca Marino / Carol Zhao
1st rd: lost to Sofia Kenin (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 62 64

Singles qualifying

Rebecca Marino
1st rd: lost to [3] Zheng Qinwen (CHN) 61 61

Carol Zhao
1st rd: lost to [6] Jil Teichmann (SUI) 61 76 (2)

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UniCredit Firenze Open
Florence, Italy (ATP 250)

Singles

[1] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Oscar Otte (GER) 64 67 (2) 62
QF: def. [8] Brandon Nakashima (USA) 63 64
SF: def. [3] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA) 62 63
F: def J.J. Wolf (USA) 64 64

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Transylvanian Open by Verdino
Cluj-Napoca, Romania (WTA 250)

Singles

[WC] Eugenie Bouchard
1st rd: lost to [2] Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) 63 retd

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Wolfkrann Open by Tannenhof
Ismaning, Germany (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[3] Vasek Pospisil
1st rd: def [WC] Philip Florig (GER) 63 62
2nd rd: def Jonas Forejtek (CZE) 76 (5) 64
QF: def. [ALT] Vitaliy Sachko (UKR) 63 10 retd
SF: lost to [WC] Max Hans Rehberg (GER) 64 76 (2)

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Saint-Tropez Open
Saint-Tropez, France  (ATP Challenger)

Singles qualifying

[11] Steven Diez
1st rd: vs [WC] Mikail Alimli (FRA) 60 61
Final rd: lost to Salvatore Caruso (ITA) 63 62

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Taube-Haase Fairfield Pro Tennis Championship
Fairfield, Calif. (ATP Challenger)

Singles

Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def. Leandro Riedi (SUI) 26 64 62
2nd rd: def [4] Ben Shelton (USA) 57 76 (5) 63
QF: def. [5] Enzo Couacaud (FRA) 76 (6) 75
SF: def. [Q] Alafia Ayeni (USA) 63 61
F: lost to [3] Michael Mmoh (USA) 63 62

[8] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: vs [8] Mitchell Krueger (USA) 76 (5) 67 (4) 76 (1)
2nd rd: def Evan Zhu (USA) 61 64
QF: lost to [Q] Sam Riffice (USA) 64 76 (3)

Doubles

Gabriel Diallo / Alafia Ayeni (USA)
1st rd: lost to Martin Damm / Christian Langmo (USA) 76 (5) 63

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25K Pro Series Sunderland
Sunderland, UK (ITF $25K)

Singles

[2] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: lost to Johannus Monday (GBR) 63 63

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Graystone ITF Challenger Driven by Volvo
Fredericton, NB (ITF $25K)

Singles

Cadence Brace
1st rd: lost to [1] Arianne Hartono (NED) 46 62 62

[WC] Mia Kupres
1st rd: def. [Q] Jada Bui (CAN) 06 64 60
2nd rd: vs. Kennedy Shaffer (USA)

Marina Stakusic
1st rd: def. [6] Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS) 60 62
2nd rd: def [Q] Kyle McPhillips (USA) 60 62
QF: lost to [1] Arianne Hartono (NED) 63 75

Stacey Fung
1st rd: def. [Q] Ana Grubor (CAN) 60 64
2nd rd: def. [2] Catherine Harrison (USA) 64 36 63
QF: def. [5] Michaela Bayerlova (CZE) 63 62
SF: def. [3] Anna Siskova (CZE) 36 64 76 (7)
F: def [1] Arianne Hartono (NED) 75 63

[Q] Mariya Dobreva
1st rd: lost to Weronika Baszak (POL) 75 46 61

[Q] Matea Roki
1st rd: lost to Amy Zhu (USA) 60 62

[Q] Ana Grubor
1st rd: lost to Stacey Fung (CAN) 60 64

[Q] Nifemi Akinbiyi
1st rd: lost to [2] Catherine Harrison (USA) 64 62

[Q] Jada Bui (CAN)
1st rd: lost to [WC] Mia Kupres CAN) 06 64 60

[WC] Ellie Daniels
1st rd: lost to [3] Anna Siskova (CZE) 63 46 60

[WC] Sarah L’Allier
1st rd: lost to [4] Karman Kaur Thandi (IND) 61 63

[WC] Scarlett Nicholson
1st rd: lost to [5] Michaela Bayerlova (CZE) 64 62

Doubles

Louise Kwong / Anna Ulyashchenko (USA)
1st rd: def. Emma Laila / Ty Ana Williams (USA) WALKOVER
QF: lost to [2] Viktoria Morvayova (SVK) / Anna Siskova (CZE) 61 57 [10-1]

Sarah L’Allier / Scarlett Nicholson
1st rd: vs. Mia Kupres / Marina Stakusic (CAN) WALKOVER
QF: lost to [1] Arianne Hartono (NED) / Olivia Tjandramulia (AUS) 61 63

Mia Kupres / Marina Stakusic
1st rd: lost to Sarah L’Allier / Scarlett Nicholson (CAN) WALKOVER

Stacey Fung / Weronika Baszak (POL)
1st rd: lost to [4] Taylor Ng / Kennedy Shaffer (USA) WALKOVER

Matea Roki / Adaugo Okaegbu (USA)
1st rd: lost to Maria Fernanda Navarro (MEX) WALKOVER

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McLeod For Health Florence Open
Florence, SC (ITF $25K)

Singles

[Q] Bianca Jolie Fernandez
1st rd: lost to [Q] Mercedes Aristegui (ESP) 75 63

Doubles

Bianca Jolie Fernandez / Victoria Hu (USA)
1st rd: def. Olivia Lincer (AUT) / Maria Sholokhova (RUS) 62 36 [10-3]
QF: def. [4] Riya Bhatia (IND) / Dia Evtimova (BUL) 64 60
SF: lost to [1] Allura Zamarripa / Maribella Zamarripa (USA) 64 60

Singles qualifying

[7] Bianca Jolie Fernandez
1st rd: def Allura Zamarripa (USA) 60 64
Final rd: def. [13] Ozlem Uslu (TUR) 76 (5) 62

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The Campus Open
Quinta do Lago, Portugal (ITF $25K)

Singles qualifying

Laura Vasilescu
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to [7] Eleni Christophi (GRE) 62 61

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M15 Heraklion
Heraklion, Greece (Men’s & Women’s ITF $15K)

Men’s singles

[Q] Stefan Simeunovic
1st rd: lost to Dylan Dietrich (SUI) 76 (4) 63

Women’s doubles

[WC] Keira Blackbeard / Mara Ploumis (GER)
1st rd: lost to [1] Simona Ogescu (ROU) / Dimitra Pavlou (GRE) 61 63

Men’s singles qualifying

[6] Stefan Simeunovic
1st rd: def. Tasos Taiganides (GRE) 61 60
2nd rd: def. Nicholas Mintas (GRE) 61 62
FInal rd: def. Ido Geva (GRE) 63 60

Adrian Catahan
1st rd: def. [WC] Ioannis Velentakis (GRE) 61 61
2nd rd: lost to [10] Simone Vaccari (ITA) 62 62

Women’s singles qualifying

Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to [2] Alexandra Vasilyeva (RUS) 62 64

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Magic Tours
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Zelmir Rudan
1st rd: def Mohamed El Hafedh Said (MAU) 61 61
2nd rd: lost to [8] Li Majun (CHN) 75 61

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

Singles qualifying

Yehya Ismail
1st rd: lost to Zheng Baoluo (CHN) 60 60

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Canucks This Week – Week ending Oct. 9, 2022 (final results)

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