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MIAMI, Fla. – A new week begins, in this slightly chaotic four week period that’s called the Sunshine Swing.
With Indian Wells ending Sunday, the qualifying for the women in Miami begins.
The difference there on the Canadian side is that neither Leylah Fernandez nor Bianca Andreescu was able to squeeze into the seeding, which means they will not have a first-round bye.
Young Gabriel Diallo, who played a $25K on his “home” courts in Montreal this week, has to fly to Switzerland to play a big Challenger next week.
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Miami Open
Indian Wells, Calif. (ATP M1000/WTA 1000)
(Carried over to next week)
Men’s singles
[5] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Thiago Monteiro (BRA) 76 (5) 76 (8)
3rd rd: vs. [25] Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) (Monday, 1 p.m.)
[24] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def [PR] Guido Pella (ARG) 63 36 63
3rd rd: lost to [9] Taylor Fritz (USA) 64 64
Women’s singles
Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: def Emma Raducanu (GBR) 63 36 62
2nd rd: def [7] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 57 63 64
3rd rd: def. [PR] Sofia Kenin (USA) 64 64
4th rd: vs. [7] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) (Monday, 7 p.m.)
Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: def [Q] Lesia Tsurenko (UKR) 64 63
2nd rd: lost to [9] Belinda Bencic (SUI) 61 61
Rebecca Marino
1st rd: def Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 76 (4) 64
2nd rd: lost to [6] Coco Gauff (USA) 64 63
[Q] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def Linda Fruhvirtova (CZE) 62 46 64
2nd rd: lost to [3] Jessica Pegula (USA) 63 61
Women’s doubles
[9] Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani (BRA)
1st rd: vs Magda Linette (POL) / Bernarda Pera (USA)
Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Alexa Guarachi (CHI)
1st rd: lost to [5] Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) 36 75 [10-5]
Leylah Fernandez / Taylor Townsend (USA)
1st rd: def Timea Babos (HUN) / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 64 76 (3)
2nd rd: vs. [7] Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) / Giuliana Olmos (MEX) OR Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Daria Kasatkina (RUS)
Women’s singles qualifying
[WC] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def [6] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) 64 63
Final rd: def Jodie-Anna Burrage (GBR) 67 (2) 75 63
[ALT] Carol Zhao
1st rd: lost to [14] Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 63 63
Men’s singles qualifying
Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: def [23] Alexander Shevchenko (RUS) 46 61 64
Final rd: lost to [7] Cristian Garin (CHI) 76 (5) 61
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FlowBank Challenger Biel/Bienne
Biel, Switzerland (ATP Challenger €118K)
Singles
[8] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def [WC] Dylan Dietrich (SUI) 46 61 64
2nd rd: def. [Q] Kirill Kitattsev (RUS) 62 63
QF: lost to [4] Liam Broady (GBR) 36 75 63
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Challenger Club Els Gorchs
Las Franquesas del Valles, Spain (ATP Challenger €73K)
Singles
Steven Diez
1st rd: lost to Gastao Elias (POR) 36 62 64
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33e Open du Havre
Le Havre, France (ITF 15K)
Singles
Ana Grubor
1st rd: def. [Q] Maelle Leclercq (FRA) 63 63
2nd rd: [8] Tina Nadine Smith (AUS) 61 61
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Sharm El Sheikh Men’s Future
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (ITF 15K)
Singles qualifying
[12] Razvan Baiant
1st rd: def [WC] Artem Alekseychuk (RUS) 75 64
2nd rd: lost to Aryan Lakshmanan (IND) 63 36 [10-6]
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Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkey (ITF 15K)
Men’s singles qualifying
Aleksandar Mitric
1st rd: def. Lucas Obeid (BRA) 62 61
2nd rd: lost to [9/WC] Arthur Gea (FRA) 62 64
Women’s singles qualifying
Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: def Meryem Alexandra Guener (GER) WALKOVER
2nd rd: lost to [7] Nino Natsvlishvili (GEO) 62 63
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Are you getting any feel for when Ms Bouchard might be back playing, if at all? She seems to still be working out and practising so one would think she plans on returning at some level of competition.
She apparently has a sore knee, or something. I don’t see much practicing happening on her social media. But she has never kept her fans up to date on what she’s up to.
She lost 1st round in the qualifying in Australia, beaten by an 18-year-old American.
Hasn’t played since, I don’t think. Who knows. The longer it goes the tougher it gets.
She has used her protected rankings for Slams (you get two), so she can’t get into the qualifying for Roland or Wimbledon unless she gets into the top 200 or so on her own.