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Canucks This Week – Week ending Sept. 24, 2023 (final results)

Canucks

The ATP Tour is back on this week, after the Davis Cup week last week.

But the Canadians aren’t part of the action yet, with Félix Auger-Aliassime playing Laver Cup in Vancouver.

On the women’s side, a big Canadian contingent in Guadalajara included qualifier Carol Zhao, wild card Genie Bouchard – and, with the cutoff dropping like a stone in the last few weeks, the WTA-level debut of Stacey Fung. And Leylah Fernandez.

For the second straight week, Bianca Andreescu was MIA.

Katherine Sebov, who certainly could have played Guadalajara, opted for a $60K ITF in California.

And some of the Canadian Davis Cuppers were scheduled to turn it around quickly and play the Challenger in Colombus – Alexis Galarneau, Vasek Pospisil and Kelsey Stevenson.)

Galarneau had the biggest run – he made the final, but finally hit the wall and lost to No. 2 seed Denis Kudla.

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Guadalajara Open AKRON
Guadalajara, Mexico (WTA 1000)

Singles

Bianca Andreescu

Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: def [Q] Asia Muhammad (USA) 61 63
2nd rd: def. [13] Elise Mertens (BEL) 63 64
3rd rd: def. Emma Navarro (USA) 62 63
QF: lost to Sofia Kenin (USA) 64 67 (6) 61

[WC] Eugenie Bouchard
1st rd: def Renata Zarazua (MEX) 61 76 (4)
2nd rd: lost to [7] Veronika Kudermetova (RUS) 62 67 (4) 64

Stacy Fung
1st rd: lost to Marta Kostyuk (UKR) 63 26 60

[Q] Carol Zhao
1st rd: lost to Sofia Kenin (USA) 64 63

Doubles

[2] Leylah Fernandez / Taylor Townsend (USA)
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Ons Jabeur (TUN) / Peyton Stearns (USA) 64 64
QF: lost to Jasmine Paolini (ITA) / Mayar Sherif (EGY) 63 16 [10-7]

[3] Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe (NZL)
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Arantxa Rus (NED) 63 46 [11-9]
QF: def Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Ingrid Neel (EST) 75 06 [10-7]
SF: def Jasmine Paolini (ITA) / Mayar Sherif (EGY) 62 76 (4)
F: lost to [1] Storm Hunter (AUS) / Elise Mertens (BEL) 36 62 [10-4]

[WC] Genie Bouchard / Maria Fernanda Navarro-Oliva (MEX)
1st rd: lost to Tereza Mihalikova (SVK) / Xu Yifan (CHN) 64 76 (6)

Singles qualifying

[7] Carol Zhao
1st rd: def. Ellen Perez (AUS) 64 64
Final rd: def. [11] Raveena Kingsley (USA) 75 63

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Laver Cup
Vancouver, B.C. (Exhibition)

Singles

Félix Auger-Aliassime
def. Gaël Monfils (FRA) 64 63

Doubles

Félix Auger-Aliassime / Ben Shelton (USA)
1st rd: def Gaël Monfils (FRA) / Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 75 64

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Guangzhou Open
Guangzhou, China (
WTA 250)

Singles

Rebecca Marino
1st rd: lost to [Q] Viktorija Golubic (SUI) 64 63

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Zhuhai Championships
Zhuhai, China (
ATP 250)

Singles qualifying

Filip Peliwo
1st rd: lost to [2] Dane Sweeny (AUS) 16 62 62

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Columbus Challenger
Columbus, Ohio (
ATP Challenger $80K)

Singles

[4] Vasek Pospisil
1st rd: def. Nishesh Basavareddy (USA) 75 26 75
2nd rd: def. [WC] James Tracy (USA) 63 64
QF: lost to Ryan Peniston (GBR) 75 36 64

[6] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Juan Pablo Ficovich (ARG) 64 63
2nd rd: def Laurent Lokoli (FRA) 75 76 (5)
QF: def [1] Enzo Couacaud (FRA) 63 64
SF: def. [WC] Cannon Kingsley (USA) 64 76 (2)
F: lost to [2] Denis Kudla (USA) 62 61

[WC] Justin Boulais
1st rd: lost to [WC] James Tracy (USA) 63 75

Doubles

Kelsey Stevenson / Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG)
1st rd: lost to [4] Tristan Schoolkate / Adam Walton (AUS) 75 63

Singles qualifying

[PR] Brayden Schnur
1st rd: lost to [3] Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG) 76 (11) 76 (5)

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BCR Sibiu Open
Sibiu, Romania (ATP Challenger 73K)

Singles

Steven Diez
1st rd: lost to Riccardo Bonadio (ITA) 62 75

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Challenger Dove Men+Care
Antofagasta, Chile (ATP Challenger $130K)

Singles

[3] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: lost to [ALT] Tristan Boyer (USA) 63 16 76 (9)

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Berkeley Tennis Club W60K
Berkeley, Calif. (ITF $60K)

Singles

[SR] Marina Stakusic
1st rd: def. Liv Hovde (USA) 75 63
2nd rd: def. Victoria Mboko (CAN) 64 63
QF: def. [1] Madison Brengle (USA) 64 20 retd
SF: def. [Q] Ellie Douglas (USA) 63 62
F:  def. [Q] Alexandra Kiick (USA) 63 64

[3] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def [Q] Maria Kozyreva (RUS) 63 63
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Ellie Douglas (USA) 62 76 (3)

Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def. [7] Marcela Zacarias (MEX) 62 62
2nd rd: lost to [SR] Marina Stakusic (CAN) 64 63

[Q] Jessica Luisa Alsola
1st rd: def [Q] Kylie Mckenzie (USA) 62 62
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Allie Kiick (USA) 64 62

Doubles

Katherine Sebov / Sophie Chang (USA)
1st rd: lost to Allura Zamarripa / Maribella Zamarripa (USA) 60 64

Victoria Mboko / Whitney Osuigwe (USA)
1st rd: lost to Liv Hovde / Clervie Ngounoue (USA) 76 (5) 63

Jessica Luisa Alsola / Mao Mushika (JPN)
1st rd: lost to Rasheda McAdoo / Marine Partaud (FRA) 46 64 [11-9]

Singles qualifying

[WC] Jessica Luisa Alsola
1st rd: def. [6] Rasheeda McAdoo (USA) 16 62 63
Final rd: def. [WC] Makenna Thiel (USA) 60 75

Ana Grubor
1st rd: lost to [16] Sabastiani Leon (USA) 61 61

 

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VII Internacional Femenino Ciudad de Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain
(ITF $25K)

Singles

Cadence Brace
1st rd: lost to [4] Katarina Kazarov (SRB) 46 63 63

Doubles

Cadence Brace / Danielle Willson (USA)
1st rd: lost to Anastasiia Grechkina / Polina Leykina (RUS) 62 75

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

Doubles

Aurel Ciocanu / Jean-Christian Morandais (FRA)
1st rd: def [WC] Shivank Bhatnagar / Sarthak Suden (IND) 62 60
QF: lost to [2] Isaac Nortey (GHA) / Karan Singh (IND) 63 61

Singles qualifying

[11] Aurel Ciocanu
1st rd: def Emmanuel Munoz (DOM) 60 62
2nd rd: def. Aaron Gil Garcia (ESP) 64 57 [10-5]
Final rd: lost to [5] Devin Badenhorst (RSA) 63 62

 

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