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The summer season is beginning in earnest on the hard courts, although Denis Shapovalov won’t be a part of the start of it, out in both D.C. and at home at the National Bank Open.

In D.C., Félix Auger-Aliassime, Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez are among those trying to kickstart things.

And in Montreal, there’s a pre-qualifying tournament going on, with the winner getting a spot in the qualifying for the Omnium Banque Nationale.

Canucks This Week – Week ending July 30, 2023 (final results)

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Mubadala Citi DC Open
Washington, D.C. (ATP 500 / WTA 500) 

Women’s singles

[WC] Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: lost to Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 26 63 76 (5)

[Q] Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: def. Bernarda Pera (USA) 63 75
2nd rd: lost to [4] Maria Sakkari (GRE) 75 62

Men’s singles

[3] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Yosuke Watanuki (JPN) 76 (10) 76 (3)

Women’s doubles

[2] Gabriela Dabrowski / Shuko Aoyama (JPN)
1st rd: def. Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Ingrid Neel (EST) 63 62
QF: def Jennifer Brady / Madison Keys (USA) 61 36 [10-7]
SF: lost to Alexa Guarachi (CHI) / Monica Niculescu (ROU) 63 61

Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Ingrid Neel (EST)
1st rd: lost to [2] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Shuko Aoyama (JPN)

Women’s qualifying

Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: def [2] Varvara Gracheva (FRA) 64 63
Final rd: def. [6] Katie Boulter (GBR) 64 61

Men’s qualifying

[4] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def. [WC] Juan Sebastian Gomez (COL) 61 60
Final rd: lost to [WC] Bjorn Fratangelo (USA) 64 36 63

[PR] Peter Polansky
1st rd: lost to [12] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski (USA) 62 60

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Mitel Tennis Open
Los Cabos, Mexico (ATP 250) 

Singles

Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: lost to Gijs Brouwer (NED) 62 46 62

Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: lost to Felipe Meligeni Alves (BRA) 62 64

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Lexington, Challenger
Lexington, KY (ATP Challenger $80K/ITF $60K) 

Singles

[Q] Justin Boulais
1st rd: lost to [1] Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 75 46 64

[WC] Joshua Lapadat
1st rd: lost to [5] Tnnys Sandgren (USA) 75 63

Doubles

Kelsey Stevenson / Billy Harris (GBR)
1st rd: def. [1] Hunter Reese (USA) / Artem Sitak (NZL) 64 75
QF: def. Seongchan Hong (KOR) / Nam Hoang Ly (VIE) 67 (4) 61 [10-8]
SF: lost to George Goldhoff / Vasil Kirkov (USA) 64 63

Benjamin Sigouin / Mac Kiger (USA)
1st rd: def. [2] Ruben Gonzalez (PHI) / Alex Lawson (USA) 76 (5) 64
QF: def Calum Puttergill / Dane Sweeny (AUS) 64 57 [10-7]
SF: lost to [WC] Eliot Spizzirri / Tyler Zink (USA) 63 63

[WC] Joshua Lapadat / JJ Mercer (USA)
1st rd: lost to Calum Puttergill / Dane Sweeny (AUS) 64 57 [10-8]

Men’s singles qualifying

[5] Justin Boulais
1st rd: def. Joshua Sheehy (USA) 62 75
Final rd: def. [8] Jaimee Floyd Angele (FRA) 63 64

[ALT] Taha Baadi
1st rd: lost to Jaimee Floyd Angele (FRA) 63 64

Women’s singles qualifying

Isabelle Boulais
1st rd: lost to [5] Hina Inoue (USA) 61 61

Ana Grubor
1st rd: lost to [12] Chieh-Yu Hsu (TPE) 57 60 62

Rhea Verma
1st rd: lost to [15] Hibah Shaikh (USA) 64 62

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Porto Open
Porto, Portugal (ATP Challenger €145K) 

Singles

Steven Diez
1st rd: def [2] Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) 64 64
2nd rd: def [WC] Henrique Rocha (POR) 63 62
QF: lost to [7] Antoine Escoffier (FRA) 63 64

Doubles

Steven Diez / Nicolas Mejia (COL)
1st rd: def. [WC] Pedro Araujo / Fabio Coelho (POR) 61 63
QF: lot to  Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli / Arjun Kadhe (IND) 63 64

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Svijany Open
Liberec, Czech Republic (ATP Challenger €73K) 

Doubles

Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Tennyson Whiting (USA)
1st rd: lost to [2] Neil Oberleitner (AUT) / Tim Sandkaulen (GER) 76 (3) 62

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Omnium Banque Nationale
Montreal, Quebec (Pre-Qualifying tournament)

Singles pre-qualifying

Final

[1] Marina Stakusic vs Mia Kupres  – not played; both get spots in the qualifying

Semifinals

[1] Marina Stakusic def [4] Martyna Ostrzygalo 64 63
Mia Kupres def [2] Bianca Jolie Fernandez 46 76 (1) 61

Second round

[1] Marina Stakusic def. Alessia Cau 62 63
[4] Martyna Ostrzygalo def. Raphaelle Leroux 62 62
Mia Kupres def. Annabelle Xu 76 (4) 63
[2] Bianca Jolie Fernandez def. Nadia Lagaev 63 61

First round

[1] Marina Stakusic def. Catherine Gagnon 60 64
Alessia Cau def Scarlett Nichoilson 61 61
[4] Martyna Ostrzygalo def. Anna Raphaelle Serghi 61 61
Raphaelle Leroux def Orly Ogilvy 46 64 62
Annabelle Xu def. Naomi Xu 62 63
Mia Kupres def. [3] Jessica Alsola 36 63 62
Nadia Lagaev def. Teah Chavez 62 63
[2] Bianca Jolie Fernandez def. Alexia Jacobs 64 36 62

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W60 Feira de Santana
Feira de Santana, Brazil (ITF $60K) 

Singles

Cadence Brace
1st rd: lost to [8] Jana Kolodynska (RUS) 46 64 62

Doubles

Cadence Brace / Gabriella Price (USA)
1st rd: lost to Haley Giavara / Abigail Renchell (USA) 63 26 [10-8]

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President’s Cup
Astana, Kazakhstan (ITF $25K)

Singles

[1] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def [Q] Maxim Zhukov (RUS) 62 64
2nd rd: def. Ilia Simakin (RUS) 75 64
QF: lost to [6] Yusuke Takahashi (JPN) 75 75

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Ursula Beck Pro Tennis Classic
Decatur, Ill (ITF $25K)

Singles qualifying

[5] Aurel Ciocanu
1st rd: lost to Gabriellus Guzauskas (USA) 64 63

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Comesad BCR Open
Pitesti, Romania (ITF $25K)

Singles qualifying

Razvan Baiant
1st rd: lost to [10] Bogdan Pavel (ROU) 60 60

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Magic Tour by FFT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Sarah Barry
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to [7] Rachele Elisa Zingale (ITA) 62 61

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