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ROLAND GARROS – Some rain issues early in this tournament, but the good news is that the four players straight into the main draw got through their first round with ease.
And Gabriel Diallo, even though he lost in five sets to five-set maestro Kei Nishikori, made it through the qualifying and to his first Grand Slam tournament main draw.
Beyond that, as you can see, there are plenty of Canadians in action all over the place.
And with singles, doubles and mixed in Paris, there should be action all week.
In the end, Dan Martin and Victoria Mboko were the best – they made finals on the ITF circuit.

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Roland Garros
Paris, France (Grand Slam)
Men’s singles
[21] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: def. Yoshihito Nishioka (JPN) 62 64 64
2nd rd: def. [Q] Henri Squire (GER) 64 46 63 62
3rd rd: def. [15] Ben Shelton (USA) 64 62 61
4th rd: lost to [3] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) 63 63 61
[PR] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: def. Luca Van Assche (FRA) 63 64 64
2nd rd: def. [25] Frances Tiafoe (USA) 67 (4) 64 62 64
3rd rd: lost to [8] Hubert Hurkacz (POL) 63 76 (0) 46 61
[Q] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: lost to [PR] Kei Nishikori (JPN) 75 76 (3) 36 16 75
Women’s singles
[31] Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: def [WC] Jessica Ponchet (FRA) 62 60
2nd rd: def Wang Xiyu (CHN) 63 64
3rd rd: lost to [8] Ons Jabeur (TUN) 64 76 (5)
[PR] Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: def Sara Sorribes Tormo (ESP) 75 61
2nd rd: lost to [23] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 16 75 63
3rd rd: lost to [12] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 61 36 60
Women’s doubles
[9] Leylah Fernandez / Erin Routliffe (NZL)
1st rd: def Guo Hanyu / Jiang Xinyu (CHN) 36 64 63
2nd rd: def Eri Hozumi / Makoto Ninomiya (JPN) 60 61
Men’s doubles
Denis Shapovalov / Thanasi Kokkinakis (AUS)
Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) / Diego Hidalgo (ECU)
1st rd: lost to [6] Kevin Krawietz / Tim Puetz (GER) 61 64
Mixed doubles
[6] Erin Routliffe / Michael Venus (NZL)
1st rd: def Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Hugo Nys (MON) 64 63
2nd rd: def [WC] Clara Burel / Hugo Gaston (FRA) 64 62
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Little Rock Open
Little Rock, Arkansas (ATP Challenger)
Singles
[1] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Hiroki Moriya (JPN) 62 63
2nd rd: def. Wu Ti (TPE) 61 64
QF: lost to [6] Mitchell Krueger (USA) 63 61
Doubles
Liam Draxl / Benjamin Sigouin
1st rd: def. [4] Patrick Harper (AUS) / Daniel Stevenson (GBR) 63 75
QF: def [WC] Boris Kozlov / Axel Nefve (USA) 75 67 (5) [10-4]
SF: def. [1] Joshua Paris (GBR) / Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND) 46 64 [16-14]
F: def. [2] Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli (IND) / Hans Hach Verdugo (MEX) 64 36 [10-7]
Kelsey Stevenson / Tennyson Whiting (USA)
1st rd: lost to [3] Thai-Son Kwiatkowski / Alex Lawson (USA) 61 67 (3) [11-9]
Singles qualifying
[4] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def. Tennyson Whiting (USA) 64 62
Final rd: lost to [WC] Rudy Quan (USA) WALKOVER
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XXI Montemor Ladies Open 1
Montemor-O-Novo, Portugal (ITF $40K)
Singles
[8] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def Angelina Voloshchuk (POR) 57 61 61
2nd rd: lost to Anastasia Kulikova (FIN) 75 64
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BTC City Open Otecec 2024
Otocec, Slovenia (ITF $40K)
Singles
Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def [Q] Ana Grubor (CAN) 62 60
2nd rd: def. [6] Gergana Topolova (BUL) 64 64
3rd rd: def. Tina Nadine Smith (AUS) 61 61
QF: def. [3] Miriam Bulgaru (ROU) 63 46 64
SF: def. [2] Maya Joint (AUS) 26 64 64
F: lost to Barbora Palicova (CZE) 61 26 64
Singles qualifying
[11] Ana Grubor
1st rd: def Ana Lanisek (SLO) 61 62
Final rd: def Surabhi Srinivas (IND) 60 60
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W35 Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, DR (ITF $25K)
Singles
[2] Stacey Fung
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Jada Robinson (USA) 60 60
3rd rd: lost to [15] Alexandra Bozovic (AUS) 64 64
[Q] Gabriella Vannessa Lindgren
1st rd: lost to Noella Zeballos Melgar (BOL) 64 61
Singles qualifying
[16] Gabriella Vannessa Lindgren
1st rd: def [WC] Mansi Vadyala (USA) 64 61
Final rd: def. Brianna Baldi (USA) 64 62
Love-Star Alexis (HAI)
1st rd: def [7] Saumya Vig (IND) 64 76 (4)
Final rd: lost to [10] Lexington Reed (USA) 76 (5) 62
[13] Jada Bui
1st rd: def Nicole Poj (ARG) 63 62
Final rd: lost to [8] Maria José Sanchez Uribe (COL) 61 76 (3)
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V Internacional David Ferrer 2024
La Nucia, Spain (ITF $25K)
Doubles
Ghouse Ali Faisal / Pedro Andre de Almeida Santos (BRA)
1st rd: lost to Carlos Gimenez Perez (ESP) / Luka Talan Lopatic (SLO) 62 63
Singles qualifying
[11] Ghouse Ali Faisal
1st rd: lost to Pablo Aunion (ESP) 16 63 [11-9]
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M25 Kiseljak
Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina (ITF $25K)
Doubles
Razvan Baiant / Ivan Kazakov (RUS)
1st rd: def. Stefan Latonivoc / Andrej Radojicic (SRB) 62 36 [11-9]
QF: lost to [4] Koki Matsuda / Rio Noguchi (JPN) 62 61
Emiliano Jorquera / Anthony Popyrin(AUS)
1st rd: lost to [2] Finn Reynolds (NZL) / Adam Taylor (AUS) 62 62
Singles qualifying
[7] Razvan Baiant
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. [WC] Amir Skrijelj (BIH) 60 61
Final rd: lost to [13] Marko Mesarovic (USA) 26 62 [10-7]
Tymony Khrystyuk
1st rd: def Patrick Toman (USA) 62 60
2nd rd: lost to [3] Ivan Kazakov (RUS) 26 75 [10-4]
Emiliano Jorquera
1st rd: def. Paval Kelo (SVK) 46 76 (50 [14-12]
3nd rd: lost to [5] Mateo Martinovic (CRO) 26 64 [13-11]
Nicola Ion
1st rd: def. [WC] Alexander Pustovit (RUS) 60 67 (5) [10-7]
2nd rd: lost to [6] Tarik Bajrovic (BIH) 44 retd
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KingAlarm Open
Kingston, Jamaica ($15K)
Singles
[8] Dan Martin
1st rd: def Jake Vam Emburgh (USA) 64 62
2nd rd: vs. [Q] Reece Falck (NZL) 61 63
QF: def. Aristotelis Thanos (GRE) 76 (3) retd
SF: def [2] William Grant (USA) 75 61
F: lost to Aryan Shah (IND) 62 62
[Q] Aurel Ciocanu
1st rd: def [WC] Kaipo Marshall (BAR) 63 62
2nd rd: lost toAryan Shah (IND) 63 62
Taha Baadi
1st rd: def [Q] Gabriel Hurtado (COL) 61 46 63
2nd rd: lost to [6] Kosuke Ogura (JPN) 61 61
Nicaise Muamba
1st rd: lost to [2] William Grant (USA) 64 63
Doubles
Nicaise Muamba / Taha Baadi
1st rd: def Reece Falck (NZL) / Timothy Gray (AUS) 63 61
QF: vs. Peter Bertran (DOM) / Brandon Perez (VEN) 64 26 [10-8]
SF: lost to [4] Abraham Asaba (GHA) / Ryan Fishback (USA) 63 64
Eloi Roux / Drew Van Orderlain (USA)
1st rd: lost to Teodor Carlov (USA) / Jera Staley (AUS) 63 64
Singles qualifying
[8] Aurel Cioocanu
1st rd: def [WC] Jabari Stafford (USA) 61 64
Final rd: def [15] Daniel Vishnick (GBR) 67 (4) 61 [10-8]
[12] Eloi Roux
1st rd: lost to Joshua Portnoy (USA) WALKOVER
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Barnes Tennis Center Open
San Diego, Calif. (ITF Women’s and Men’s $15K)
Men’s singles
Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: lost to [4] Alex Knaff (LUX) 36 64 62
Women’s singles qualifying
Mariya Dobreva
1st rd: lost to [2] Leyla Fiorella Britez Risso (PAR) 64 61
[15] Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: lost to Sophia Bursulaya (USA) 60 62
Alessia Cau
1st rd: lost to [13] Meghna Arun Kumar (USA) 63 64
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M15 Karuizawa
Kruizawa, Japan (ITF Men’s $15K)
Singles
[Q] Jay Lin Gibson
1st rd: lost to [6] Kazuki Nishiwaki (JPN) 62 46 [10-7]
Doubles
Jay Lin Gibson / Anthony Shumsky (AUS)
1st rd: lost to Seungmin Park / Sungbeen Sim (KOR) 62 62
Singles qualifying
Jay Lin Gibson
1st rd: def [15] Natsuki Yamamoto (JPN) 63 36 [10-4]
Final rd: def. 4] Noritaka Koizumi (JPN) 36 63 [10-8]
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M15 Constanta
Constanta, Romania ($15K)
Singles qualifying
Frederick McRae
1st rd: lost to [11] Louis Allen (GBR) 62 75
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M15 Kursumlijka Banka
Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia ($15K)
Singles qualifying
Zelimir Rudan
1st rd: def. Aleksandar Mihailovic (SRB) 62 16 [10-4]
2nd rd: lost to Shendrit Deari (MKD) 63 64
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF Women’s $15K)
Doubles
Leena Bennetto / Manal Ennaciri (MAR)
1st rd: lost to Lucia Cassidy (GBR) / Ayline Esina Samardzic (SUI) 64 76 (7)
Singles qualifying
Leena Bennetto
1st rd: def Elena Michel (FRA) 36 75 [11-9]
2nd rd: lost to [8] Xu Jiayu (CHN) 63 61
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Abo IV Copa Feminina de Tenis
Rio Claro, Brazil (ITF Women’s $15K)
Singles qualifying
Naomi Xu
1st rd: lost to [2] Alessandra Caceres (CHI) 63 64
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Great to see Bianca fight her way back to win against Kalinskaya!
I hope Gabi is back soon, but have also enjoyed Leylah and Erin.
Why is Dabowski not playing at Roland Garros? where has she been these past few days?
I enjoy watching her and Routcliffe play
She hasn’t played the entire clay season. Injured.