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Félix Auger-Aliassime was out of Beijing in his opening round, albeit a tough one against No. 3 seed Holger Rune. And then he was out in the first round of Shanghai, in a marathon to Marton Fucsovics.
And Leylah Fernandez and alternate Rebecca Marino also were ousted in their opening matches in the Beijing qualifying.
So that left just Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe in the doubles, as the Cana-Kiwi team looked to try to make a big move in the race to Cancun. They, too, were ousted in their opener.
There are solid Canadian contingents at a Challenger in California, and a $15K in Ithaca, NY, on the campus of Cornell University.
Liam Draxl continued his good form with a final in the Ithaca tournament.
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Beijing Open
Beijing, China (ATP 500)
Women’s doubles
[4] Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe (NZL)
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Magda Linette (POL) / Peyton Stearns (USA) 62 76 (3)
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Rolex Shanghai Masters
Shanghai, China (ATP 1000)
Singles
[14] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 76 (3) 46 63
Doubles
Félix Auger-Aliassime / Jiri Lehecka (CZE)
1st rd: lost to [8] Marcelo Arevalo (ESA) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED) 64 75
Singles qualifying
[22] Steven Diez
1st rd: def [WC] Nam Hoang Ly (VIE) 26 64 63
Final rd: lost to [5] Terence Atmane (FRA) 76 (2) 62
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Tiburon Challenger
Tiburon, Calif. (ATP Challenger $80K)
Singles
[5] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Patrick Kypson (USA) 76 (5) 64
2nd rd: def. Aziz Dougaz (TUN) 76 (5) 16 75
QF: def. Alexander Ritschard (SUI) 63 67 (6) 75
SF: lost to [3] Zachary Svajda (USA) 63 64
[6] Vasek Pospisil
1st rd: lost to Adam Walton (AUS) 64 76 (5)
[Q] Brayden Schnur
1st rd: lost to [1] Alex Michelsen (USA) 67 (2) 63 64
Doubles
Kelsey Stevenson / Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG)
1st rd: lost to [1] William Blumberg (USA) / Luis David Martinez (VEN) 62 63
Benjamin Sigouin / Mac Kiger (USA)
1st rd: def Tristan Schoolkate / Adam Walton (AUS) 64 57 [10-4]
QF: lost to George Goldhoff / Alfredo Perez (USA) 64 76 (3)
Singles qualifying
[PR] Brayden Schnur
1st rd: def [10] Clément Chidekh (USA) 63 62
Final rd: def. [2] Skander Mansouri (TUN) 76 (2) 76 (2)
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Open de Vendée
Mouilleron le Captif, France (ATP Challenger €118K)
Singles
Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: lost to Vitaliy Sachko (UKR) 36 64 64
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W60 Rome, Georgia
Rome, Georgia (ITF $60K)
Singles
[7] Stacey Fung
1st rd: def [Q] Chieh-Yu Hsu (TPE) 63 62
2nd rd: lost to Jamie Loeb (USA) 64 36 63
[LL] Louise Kwong
1st rd: lost to Victoria Hu (USA) 64 76 (5)
Doubles
Stacey Fung / Grace Min (USA)
1st rd: lost to [2] Dalayna Hewitt / Jamie Loeb (USA) 75 63
Louise Kwong / Lauren Proctor (USA)
1st rd: def. Salma Ewing / Mia Yamakita (USA) 36 64 [10-8]
QF: lost to [1] Sofia Sewing (USA) / Anastasia Tikhonova (RUS) 64 61
Singles qualifying
[11] Ana Grubor
1st rd: def [11] Taylor Nicole Melville (USA) 63 64
Final rd: lost to [8] Chieh-Yu Hsu (TPE) 63 57 76 (3)
[15] Layne Sleeth
1st rd: def [WC] Jessica Cantrell (USA) 61 60
Final rd: lost to [5] Rasheeda McAdoo (USA) 26 62 61
Louise Kwong
1st rd: def. [13] Kariann Pierre-Louis (USA) 36 76 (4) 62
Final rd: lost to [1] Sofia Sewing (USA) 62 61
Rhea Verma
1st rd: lost to [5] Rasheeda McAdoo (USA) 26 62 75
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Cairns International #1
Cairns, Australia (ITF $25K)
Singles
[1] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def [Q] Jesse Delaney (AUS) 63 36 75
2nd rd: def [Q] Geni Inoue (JPN) 63 61
QF: lost to [7] Jake Delaney (AUS) 76 (5) 62
Doubles
[3] Filip Peliwo (POL) / Ajeet Rai (NZL)
1st rd: def Makoto Ochi / Daisuke Sumizawa (JPN) 64 62
QF: def Chase Ferguson / Omar FIelds (AUS) 67 (4) 63 [10-4]
SF: lost to Kokoro Isomura / Naoki Tajima (JPN) 63 67 (4) [11-9]
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Favorit Cup 2023
Pazardzhik, Bulgatria (ITF $25K)
Doubles
Razvan Baiant / Alen Bill (CRO)
1st rd: def. Ivan Anhelov / Mykyta Riepkin (UKR) 61 64
QF: lost to [4] Matej Dodig (CRO) / Eric Vanshelboim (UKR) 46 76 (3) [10-5]
Singles qualifying
[7] Razvan Baiant
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Plamen Milushev (BUL) 64 46 [10-5]
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Ascension Project Women’s Open
Redding, Calif. (ITF $25K)
Singles
Kayla Cross
1st rd: lost to [Q] Maribella Zamarripa (USA) 76 (5) 75
Doubles
[4] Kayla Cross / Maria Fernandez Herazo Gonzalez (COL)
1st rd: def. Martyna Ostrzygalo / Zoe Hitt (USA) 61 64
QF: def. Mao Mushika (JPN) / Hannah Viller Moller (DEN) 62 64
SF: def. Maria Kononova (RUS) / Melany Solange Krywoj (ARG) 61 67 (11) [11-9]
F: lost to Liv Hovde / Clervie Ngounoue (USA) 63 75
Martyna Ostrzygalo / Zoe Hitt (USA)
1st rd: lost to [4] Kayla Cross (CAN) / Maria Fernandez Herazo Gonzalez (COL) 61 64
Singles qualifying
Martyna Ostrzygalo
1st rd: lost to Katja Wiersholm (USA) 75 63
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Dick Savitt Open at Cornell University
Ithaca, NY (ITF $15K)
Singles
[1] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def Emile Hudd (GBR) 60 75
2nd rd: def. [Q] Christopher Bulus (NGR) 63 62
QF: def Jake Van Emburgh (USA) 62 63
SF: def. [4] Alexander Rybakov (USA) 64 63
F: lost to [2] Radu Mihai Papoe (ROU) 36 61 62
[8] Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to Jake Van Emburgh (USA) 67 (2) 76 (11) 76 (4)
Joshua Lapadat
1st rd: lost to [4] Alex Rybakov (USA) 63 61
[Q] Aurel Ciocanu
1st rd: lost to Axel Nefve (USA) 62 46 75
[Q] Nicaise Muamba
1st rd: lost to [Q] Aleksa Ciric (SRB) 64 64
Doubles
[3] Liam Draxl / Jonathan Sorbo
1st rd: lost to Felix Corwin (USA) / Lawrence Sciglitano (AUS) 46 76 (4) [13-11]
Dan Martin / Nicaise Muamba
1st rd: lost to [1] Ezekiel Clark / Alex Rybakov (USA) 67 (5) 62 [10-5]
Singles qualifying
[10] Aurel Ciocanu
1st rd: def. Alex Finkelstein (USA) 61 76
Final rd: def [2] James Davis (GBR) 62 63
[12] Nicaise Muamba
1st rd: def. Oren Vasser (USA) 75 64
Final rd: def. Drew Van Orderlain (USA) 64 26 [12-10]
[1] Marko Stakusic
1st rd: def [WC] Joe Wayand (USA) 64 62
Final rd: lost to [16] Angel Diaz Jalil (ECU) 62 76
[11] Jonathan Sorbo
1st rd: lost to [WC] Muhammad Dossani (USA) 67 75 [10-6]
Kuang Qing Xu
1st rd: lost to [3] Evan Bynoe (USA) 63 62
Niels Peter Van Noord
1st rd: lost to [5] Christopher Bulus (NGR) 62 61
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3rd Qatar Men’s World Tennis Tour 2023
Doha, Qatar (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
Thomas Sorenson
1st rd: lost to [2] Thomas Deschamps (FRA) 60 60
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Magic Tour by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)
Doubles
Stefano Liokossis / Rayen Hermassi (TUN)
1st rd: lost to [WC] Carl Holder (GBR) / Aleksei Mokrov (RUS) 61 64
Singles qualifying
Stefano Liokossis
1st rd: lost to Hugo Soares (FRA) 75 63
Calvin Thalheimer
1st rd: lost to Carl Holder (GBR) 62 61
Rowan Blackbeard
1st rd: lost to Josh Roe Flannelly (IRL) 61 62
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