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Into the second week of the long 1000 in Rome, and Félix Auger-Aliassime, Alejandro Tabilo and Erin Routliffe were still alive.
(The latter two, of course, represent other countries but are still maple syrup in our books).
Tablo got to the men’s singles semifinals. Routliffe and Coco Gauff made the Sunday’s women’s doubles final.
On the ITF side, Kayla Cross won a $25K ITF doubles title in Delaware.
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Internazionali BNL d’Italia
Rome, Italy (ATP 1000 + WTA 1000)
Men’s singles
[18] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def [Q] Botic Van de Zandschulp (NED) 61 76 (6)
3rd rd: lost to [9] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 67 (2) 64 64
[29] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: vs. Yannick Hanfmann (GER) 63 76 (4)
3rd rd: def [1] Novak Djokovic (SRB) 62 63
4th rd: def [16] Karen Khachanov (RUS) 76 (5) 76 (10)
QF: def. Zhang Zhizhen (CHN) 63 64
SF: lost to [3] Alexander Zverev (GER) 16 76 (4) 62
Women’s doubles
[3] Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Coco Gauff (USA)
1st rd: def. Anna Blinkova / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 46 63 [10-4]
2nd rd: def Mirra Andreeva / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 46 64 [10-8]
QF: def. [5] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) / Taylor Townsend (USA) 63 76 (3)
SF: def. Wang Xinyu / Zheng Saisai (CHN) 63 76 (3)
F: lost to Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 63 46 [10-8]
Leylah Fernandez / Arantxa Rus (NED)
1st rd: def Monica Niculescu (ROU) / Alycia Parks (USA) 62 75
2nd rd: lost to [6] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 61 62
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Parma Ladies Open
Parma, Italy (WTA 125)
Singles
Marina Stakusic
1st rd: lost to [Q] Anastasiya Soboleva (UKR) 63 46 63
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Kurume U.S.E. Cup
Kurume, Japan (ITF $75K)
Singles
[5] Carol Zhao
1st rd: def [WC] Mina Miyahara (JPN) 63 60
2nd rd: def Naho Sato (JPN) 75 67 (2) 64
QF: lost to [Q] Mei Yamaguchi (JPN) 64 64
Doubles
Isabelle Boulais / Mayuka Aikawa (JPN)
1st rd: def Natsumi Kawaguchi / Kamako Morisaki (JPN) 46 62 [10-7]
QF: lost to [2] Momoko Kobiri / Ayano Shimizu (CHN) 64 64
Singles qualifying
[13] Isabelle Boulais
1st rd: def Nana Kawagishi (JPN) 26 63 76 (5)
Final rd: lost to [2] Sakura Osogi (JPN) 50 retd
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Piemonte Open
Turin, Italy (ATP Challenger)
Singles qualifying
[4] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def [WC] Peter Buldorini (ITA) 62 64
Final rd: lost to [8/ALT] Mattia Bellucci (ITA) 67 (3) 63 62
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W35 Bethany Beach
Bethany Beach, Del. (ITF $25K)
Singles
Kayla Cross
1st rd: def [WC] Sophia Webster (USA) 64 62
2nd rd: def. Jada Robinson (USA) 63 26 64
QF: def Melanie Solange Krywoj (ARG) 75 62
SF: lost to [8] Kajsa Rinaldo Persson (SWE) 26 61 61
Doubles
[2] Kayla Cross / Jaeda Daniel (USA)
1st rd: Bye
QF: def. Sara Daavettila / Sophia Webster (USA) 46 62 [10-6]
SF: def. [3] Victoria Hu (USA) / Melanie Solange Krywoj (ARG) 64 61
F: def. Ashton Bowers / Mia Yamakita (USA) 76 (3) 76 (2)
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M25 Pensacola, Fla.
Pensacola, Fla. (ITF $25K)
Singles
[Q] Alvin Nicholas Tudorica
1st rd: lost to Christian Langmo (USA) 64 36 61
Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: lost to William Grant (USA) 64 46 76 (5)
Doubles
[1] Benjamin Sigouin / Roy Stepanov (ISR)
1st rd: Bye
QF: def Tyler Bowers / Gabrielus Guzauskas (USA) 63 62
SF: lost to Lukas Horve (USA) / Oliver Okonkwo (GBR) 64 46 [11-9]
Alvin Nicholas Tudorica / Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: lost to [3] Felix Corwin / Noah Schachter (USA) 76 (4) 46 [10-6]
Singles qualifying
[1] Alvin Nicholas Tudorica
1st rd: def [WC] William Manning (USA) 63 64
Final rd: def. [16] Lucas Nuñez (USA) 60 62
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M25 Kachreti
Kachreti, Georgia (ITF $25K)
Doubles
Kelsey Stevenson / Pruchya Isaro (THA)
1st rd: def Giorgi Giorrgadze (GEO) / David Praslevi (USA) 63 64
QF: def. Gigoriy Lomakin (KAZ) / Vadym Ursu (UKR) 63 57 [10-8]
SF: lost to Denis Istomin (UZB) / Evgeny Karloskiy (RUS) 76 (4) 57 [12-10]
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2024 Jin’An Open
Luan, China (ITF $25K)
Singles qualifying
Jay Lin Gibson
1st rd: lost to [8] Zeng Yaojie (CHN) 63 75
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KingAlarm Open
Kingston, Jamaica ($15K)
Singles
[8] Dan Martin
1st rd: def Drew van Orderlain (USA) 64 63
2nd rd: def Taym Al Azmeh (GER) 61 63
QF: lost to [4] Ezekiel Clark (USA) 62 36 76 (2)
Doubles
Aleksandar Petrovic / Amir Elbayoumy (USA)
1st rd: lost to Leo Borg (SWE) / Aryan Shah (IND) 62 62
Singles qualifying
[WC] Aleksandar Petrovic
1st rd: lost to [8] Max Benaim (GBR) 76 (5) 64
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M15 Villach
Villach, Austria ($15K)
Singles
[JE] Keegan Rice
1st rd: lost to [4] Tom Gentzsch (GER) 61 60
Doubles
Keegan Rice / Jan Kobierski (AUT)
1st rd: lost to [1] Milos Karol (SVK) / Adrian Oetzbach (GER) WALKOVER
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Magic Hotel Tours
Monastir, Tunisia ($15K)
Singles qualifying
[WC] Justine Bryson
1st rd: lost to He Jiaying (CHN) 61 61
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Prijedor Open 2024
Prijedor, Bosnia-Herzegovina (ITF Men’s $15K)
Singles qualifying
Leo Lukic
1st rd: lost to Luka Veselic (CRO) 62 63
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M15 Kursumlijska Banja
Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia (ITF Men’s $15K)
Singles qualifying
Zelimir Rudan
1st rd: lost to Marko Mileticki (SRB) 64 63
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Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkey (ITF Men’s and Women’s $15K)
Women’s singles qualifying
Sarah Barry
1st rd: lost to Lea Aschenberger (GER) 36 62 [10-8]
Men’s singles qualifying
Nicolas Ion
1st rd: lost to [15] Dominic Ducariu (GER) 63 63
Way to go, Tabilo!
I really enjoyed watching most of the Zhang match, and parts of the Khachanov match.