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The Canadian tennis scene switched to Granby, Quebec, where there’s a $130,000 men’s Challenger and a $100,000 women’s ITF tournament on site this week.

And Quebecer Alexis Galarneau wins the men’s title, with Katherine Sebov making the final.

A year ago, the women’s portion was a WTA 250, which obviously led to a higher level of field. But that was a one-off. Still, Rebecca Marino and Katherine Sebov were on the entry list.

On the men’s side, Vasek Pospisil and Galarneau, as well as Brayden Schnur were in the draw.

In Newport, a one-off grass-court event in the U.S., Gabriel Diallo got into the main draw.

And Peter Polansky, who had been Denis Shapovalov’s coach for the first part of the year, returned with a protected ranking of No. 336 in the qualifying, but fell in the first round.

Canucks This Week – Week ending July 16, 2023 (final results)

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Infosys Hall of Fame Open
Newport, RI (ATP 250) 

Singles

Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: lost to [WC] Kevin Anderson (RSA) 63 62

Singles qualifying

[PR] Peter Polansky
1st rd: lost to [4] Skander Mansouri (TUN) 62 75

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Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby
Granby, Québec (ATP Challenger $130K)

Men’s singles

[7] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Omar Jasika (AUS) 63 16 63
2nd rd: def. [R] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA) 62 76 (6)
QF: def. [ALT] Tristan Schoolkate (AUS) 64 63
SF: def Tung-Lin Wu (TPE) 76 (4) 63
F: def. [Q] Philip Sekulic (AUS) 64 36 63

[WC] Justin Boulais
1st rd: def. [Q] Blaise Bicknell (JAM) 60 46 64
2nd rd: def. Mark Lajal (EST) 64 16 76 (5)
QF: lost to [Q] Philip Sekulic (AUS) 63 62

[4] Vasek Pospisil
1st rd: lost to Adam Walton (AUS) 67 (7) 76 (1) 61

[WC] Brayden Schnur

Women’s singles

[5] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def [Q] Savanna Ly-Nguyen (VIE) 64 63
2nd rd: def [WC] Annabelle Xu (CAN) 63 76 (3)
QF def [4] Emina Bektas (USA) 32 retd
SF: def [1] Rebecca Marino (CAN) 46 64 62
F: lost to [3] Kayla Day (USA) 64 26 75

[1] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: def. [Q] Rhea Verma (CAN) 76 (3) 61
2nd rd: def Jessica Failla (USA) 62 60
QF: def Marina Stakusic (CAN) 62 64
SF: lost to [5] Katherine Sebov (CAN) 46 64 62

Marina Stakusic
1st rd: def [Q] Ayana Akli (USA) 64 60
2nd rd: def. [Q] Ava Markham (USA) 62 60
QF: lost to [1] Rebecca Marino (CAN) 62 64

Cadence Brace
1st rd: vs. [8] Marcela Zacarias (MEX)
2nd rd: def. [Q] Ana Paula Neffa De Los Rios (PAR) 61 63
QF: lost to [3] Kayla Day (USA) 62 64

[WC] Bianca Jolie Fernandez
1st rd: def. [Q] Jaeda Daniel (USA) 62 46 64
2nd rd: lost to [3] Kayla Day (USA) 63 63

[WC] Annabelle Xu
1st rd: def [Q] Carmen Corley (USA) 64 75
2nd rd: lost to [5] Katherine Sebov (CAN) 63 76 (3)

Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def Jamie Loeb (USA) 75 61
2nd rd: lost to [2] Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 62 63

[Q] Rhea Verma
1st rd: lost to [1] Rebecca Marino (CAN) 76 (3) 61

Kayla Cross
1st rd: lost to [2] Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 63 64

[WC] Mia Kupres
1st rd: lost to Makenna Jones (USA) 76 (4) 06 63

Stacey Fung
1st rd: lost to [Q] Ana Paula Neffa De Los Rios (PAR) 36 21 retd

[WC] Layne Sleeth
1st rd: lost to [6] Himeno Sakatsume (JPN) 46 61 62

Men’s doubles

[ALT] Justin Boulais / James Trotter
1st rd: def. [WC] Taha Baadi / Nicaise Muamba (CAN) 75 61
QF: def. [3] Purav Raja / Divij Sharan (IND) 46 76 (5) [10-5]
SF: lost to Tristan Schoolkate / Adam Walton (AUS) 60 63

Kelsey Stevenson / Scott Duncan (GBR)
1st rd: def [1] Ruben Gonzales (PHI) / Alex Lawson (USA) 63 64
QF: lost to Tristan Schoolkate / Adam Walton (AUS) 62 62

Benjamin Sigouin / Mac Kiger (USA)
1st rd: lost to [ALT] Nick Chappell / Colin Markes (USA) 16 63 [12-10]

[WC] Taha Baadi / Nicaise Muamba
1st rd: lost to [ALT] Justin Boulais (CAN) / James Trotter (JPN) 75 61

[WC] Brayden Schnur / Marko Stakusic

Women’s doubles

Layne Sleeth / Kariann Pierre-Louis (USA)
1st rd: def Rebecca Marino / Stacey Fung (CAN) WALKOVER
QF: def [4] Jaeda Daniel / Jessica Failla (USA) 61 75
SF: lost to Carmen Corley / Ivana Corley (USA) 63 57 [10-6]

Kayla Cross / Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def Louise Kwong / Anna Ulyashchenko (USA) 62 57 [10-7]
QF: lost to [2] Marcela Zacarias / Renata Zarazua (MEX) 36 60 [10-8]

Nadia Lagaev / Raphaelle Leroux
1st rd: lost to [1] Makenna Jones / Jamie Loeb (USA) 60 63

Scarlett Nicholson / Orly Ogilvy
1st rd: lost to [4] Jaeda Daniel / Jessica Failla (USA) 75 62

Louise Kwong / Anna Ulyashchenko (USA)
1st rd: lost to Kayla Cross / Victoria Mboko (CAN) 62 57 [10-7]

[3] Bianca Jolie Fernandez / Victoria Hu (USA)
1st rd: lost to Gabriella Price / Katrina Scott (USA) 57 60 [10-8]

Rebecca Marino / Stacey Fung
1st rd: lost to Layne Sleeth (CAN) / Kariann Pierre-Louis (USA) WALKOVER

Martyna Ostrzygalo / Rhea Verma
1st rd: lost to [2] Marcela Zacarias / Renata Zarazua (MEX) 62 61

Women’s singles qualifying

Rhea Verma
1st rd: def [8] Martyna Ostrzygalo (CAN) 76 (0) 63
Final rd: def. [16] Zoe Hitt (USA) 63 61

Louise Kwong
1st rd: vs. [5] Sabastiani Leon (USA) 67 (3) 61 75
Final rd: lost to [14] Ana Paula Neffa De Los Rios (PAR) 63 46 64

Dasha Plekhanova
1st rd: vs. [1] Alana Smith (USA) 16 63 41 retd
2nd rd: lost to [9] Ava Markham (USA) 57 64 10 retd

Xie Anlin
1st rd: lost to [3] Jaeda Daniel (USA) 46 75 63

[WC] Raphaelle Leroux
1st rd: lost to [11] Kariann Pierre-Louis (USA) 60 16 64

[WC] Nadia Lagaev
1st rd: lost to [14] Ana Paula Neffa De Los Rios (PAR) 75 76 (3)

Catherine Gagnon
1st rd: lost to [12] Anna Ulyashchenko (USA) 64 63

Mariya Dobreva
1st rd: lost to [16] Zoe Hitt (USA) 75 62

[WC] Scarlett Nicholson
1st rd: lost to [2] Martina Okalova (SVK) 61 61

[WC] Emma Dong
1st rd: lost to [13] Carmen Corley (USA) 62 62

[7] Ana Grubor
1st rd: lost to Meisha Kendall-Woseley (USA) 06 62 61

[8] Martyna Ostrzygalo
1st rd: lost to Rhea Verma (CAN) 76 (0) 63

[WC] Isabelle Boulais
1st rd: lost to [15] Ayana Akli (USA) 62 61

Nifemi Akinbiyi
1st rd: lost to [6] Gabriella Price (USA) 60 62

Orly Ogilvy
1st rd: lost to [10] Savanna Ly-Nguyen (VIE) 63 62

Men’s singles qualifying

[WC] Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to [10] Alexandr Cozbinov (MDA) 16 64 61

[WC] Keegan Rice
1st rd: lost to [4] Nick Chappell (USA) 61 63

[WC] Marko Stakusic
1st rd: lost to [7] Nathan Ponwith (USA) 64 64

[WC] Jaden Weekes
1st rd: lost to [12] Ezekiel Clark (USA) 75 26 75

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BCR Iasi Open
Iasi, Romania (WTA 125)

Singles

Carol Zhao
1st rd: lost to [5] Simona Waltert (SUI) 64 62

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Van Mossel KIA Dutch Open
Amersfoort, NED (ATP Challenger €73K)

Singles

Steven Diez
1st rd: lost to [5] Maximilian Marterer (GER) 63 64

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Citta di Trieste Challenger
Trieste, Italy (ATP Challenger €118K) 

Singles

[5] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)

Doubles

Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Tennyson Whiting (USA)
1st rd: vs. Luciano Darderi / Alessandro Giannessi (ITA) 63 76 (5)

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Open de Tenis Ciudad de Pozoblanco
Pozoblanco, Spain (ATP Challenger €73K) 

Singles

[Q] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: lost to Yanki Erel (TUR) 61 61

Singles qualifying

[2] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def [WC] Miguel Cejudo (ESP) 60 61
Final rd: def. [WC] Dali Blanch (USA) 36 62 61

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Fighting Illini Open
Champaign, Ill (ITF $25K)

Singles

[Q] Chih Chi Huang
1st rd: lost to Shunsuke Mitsui (JPN) 63 retd

Doubles

Chih Chi Huang / Sebastian Gorzny (USA)
1st rd: def Kareem Al Allaf (USA) / Peter Bertran (DOM) 63 76 (4)
QF: lost to Hunter Heck (USA) / Karlis Ozolins (LAT) WALKOVER

Singles qualifying

[7] Chih Chi Huang
1st rd: def Gus Tettamble (USA) 62 63
Final rd: def [10] Max Sheldon (USA) 75 46 [10-6]

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M15 Rochester
Rochester, NY (ITF $15K)

Singles

[4] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: def Jonathan Sorbo (CAN) 64 62
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Nicholas Heng (USA) 63 64

Jonathan Sorbo
1st rd: lost to [4] Juan Carlos Aguilar (CAN) 64 62

[Q] Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: lost to [3] Kosuke Ogura (JPN) 75 41 retd

Doubles

[1] Juan Carlos Aguilar / Ignacio Monzon (ARG)
1st rd: def Darian King (BAR) / Justin Roberts (BAH) 60 62
QF: def [WC] Jordan Benjamin / Connor Bruce (USA) 63 46 [10-4]
SF: def Nick Lagaev (CAN) / Patrick Maloney (USA) 75 62
F: def Miguel Angel Cabrera (CHI) / Tyler Stice (USA) 76 (3) 76 (4)

[3] Peter Kuszynski / Jesse Flores (CRC)
1st rd: def Evan Bynoe (USA) / Leo Vithoontien (JPN) 76 (5) 76 (3)
QF: vs. Alex Bancila / William Grant (USA) 76 (1) 46 [10-4]
SF: lost to Miguel Angel Cabrera (CHI) / Tyler Stice (USA) 36 62 [10-5]

Nick Lagaev / Patrick Maloney (USA)
1st rd: def Henry Barrett (USA) / Kosuke Ogura (JPN) 62 62
QF: def. [4] Andrei Duarte (COL) / Ryan Fishback (USA) 62 62
SF lost to [1] Juan Carlos Aguilar (CAN) / Ignacio Monzon (ARG) 75 62

[ALT] Stefano Liokossis (CAN) / Elijah Poritzky (USA)
1st rd: lost to [2] A.J. Catanzariti (USA) / Jody Maginley (ANT) 76 (4) 61

Singles qualifying

Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: def. [6] Elijah Poritzky (USA) 64 26 [11-9]
Final rd: def[11] Vakili Kian (USA) 20 retd

[15] Stefan Simeunovic
1st rd: def. [WC] Ronan O’Dwyer (USA) 61 62
Final rd: lost to [3] Dragos Constantin Ignat (ROU) 62 64

[8] Nick Lagaev
1st rd: lost to Alex Bancila (USA) 62 26 [10-8]

[10] Stefano Liokossis
1st rd: lost to Luke Phillips (USA) 62 61

Andre Szilvassy
1st rd: lost to [9] Nicholas Heng (USA) 62 46 [10-8]

Sasha Trkulja
1st rd: lost to [16] David Krasner (USA) 62 61

Peter Kuszynski
1st rd: lost to [14] Miguel Angel Cabrera (CHI) 64 61

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