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Unlike the higher-ranked men, there aren’t many of the Olympics-bound women who are playing clay-court events to prepare.
That includes Canadians Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez.
Denis Shapovalov took a late wild card into the hard-court event in Atlanta.
But Rebecca Marino is back, at a $100K hard-court event in Portugal.
And Quebecers Gabriel Diallo and Alexis Galarneau are playing a big Challenger in Chicago, ahead of the summer hard-court season. Diallo wins it.
And many more, around the world.
Including the Olympics
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Atlanta Open
Atlanta, Ga. (ATP 250)
Singles
[WC] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: lost to David Goffin (BEL) 64 36 61
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Generali Open
Kitzbuhel, Austria (ATP 250)
Singles
[2] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Matteo Berrettini (ITA) 76 (4) 76 (5)
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Chicago Men’s Challenger
Chicago, Ill. (ATP Challenger)
Singles
[4] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def [Q] James Trotter (USA) 64 62
2nd rd: def Joao Fonseca (BRA) 76 (1) 61
QF: def. Mitchell Krueger (USA) 63 62
SF: def [Q] Jacob Fearnley (GBR) 62 63
F: def. [6] Bu Yunchaokete (CHN) 63 76 (3)
[5] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: lost to Marc Polmans (AUS) 26 76 (5) 64
Doubles
[3] Ben Sigouin / Mac Kiger (USA)
1st rd: def Clément Chidekh / Luca Sanchez (FRA) 62 63
QF: def James Trotter / Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN) 60 64
SF: def Charles Broom / Jacob Fearnley (GBR) 26 63 [12-10]
F: lost to Luke Saville / Li Tu (AUS) 64 36 [10-3]
Kelsey Stevenson / Seongchan Hong (KOR)
1st rd: lost to [WC] Ozan Baris / Nishesh Basavareddy (USA) 76 (4) 63
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Figueira Da Foz International Ladies Open
Figueira Da Foz, Portugal (ITF $100K)
Singles
[2] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: def. [Q] Sara Beth Grey (GBR) 62 75
2nd rd: def Maddison Inglis (AUS) 75 62
QF: lost to Lina Gjorcheska (MKD) 61 61
Katherine Sebov
1st rd: lost to [8] Lanlanan Tararudee (THA) 64 60
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Zug Open
Zug, Switzerland (ATP Challenger)
Doubles
Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Luis Britto (BRA)
1st rd: lost to [WC] Henry Bernet / Dominic Stricker (SUI) 67 (4) 76 (4) [11-9]
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Dallas Summer Series
Dallas, Texas (ITF $40K)
Singles
[SE] Kayla Cross
1st rd: lost to [7] Victoria Hu (USA) 61 76 (3)
Stacey Fung
Doubles
[4] Kayla Cross / Maribella Zamarripa (USA)
1st rd: def Ayana Akli / Kimmi Hance (USA) 36 63 [10-6]
QF: lost to Jessica Hinojoso Gomez (MEX) / Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) 62 76 (5)
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Open Castilla Y Leon
Segovia, Spain (ITF $25K)
Singles
Cadence Brace
1st rd: vs [8] Diana Martynov (FRA) 63 76 (3)
2nd rd: def. Haley Giavara (USA) 64 62
QF: lost to Lia Karatancheva (BUL) 76 (3) 76 (6)
Doubles
[4] Cadence Brace / Haley Giavara (USA)
1st rd: Bye
QF: def Riya Bhatia (IND) / Daria Frayman (CYP) 63 63
SF: lost to [1] Alexandra Osbourne (AUS) / Anna Rogers (USA) 62 61
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Fighting Illini Open
Champaign, Ill. (ITF $25K)
Singles
Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to [WC] William Mroz (USA) 67 (2) 62 61
[Q] Cleeve Harper
1st rd: lost to [6] Harrison Adams (USA) 63 61
Doubles
[3] Cleeve Harper / Tyler Zink (USA)
1st rd: def Kenta Miyoshi (JPN) / Karlis Ozolins (LAT) 67 (6) 63 [10-3]
QF: def [WC] Gabrielius Gazauskas / William Mroz (USA) 63 75
SF: def Tyler Stice (USA) / Ilgiz Valiev (RUS) 63 64
F: def. Cannon Kingsley / Peyton Stearns (USA) 64 64
[ALT] Benjamin Thomas George / Leo Vithoontien (JPN)
1st rd: lost to 64 75
Singles qualifying
[15] Cleeve Harper
1st rd: def Jake Trondson (USA) 63 62
Final rd: def [2] Alexander Kotzen (USA) 60 76 (4)
[4] Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: def [WC] Maximilian Mroz (USA) 64 61
Final rd: lost to [WC] Lucas Horve (USA) 64 61
[ALT] Aleksandar Petrovic
1st rd: lost to Connor Bruce (USA) 64 63
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Morocco Tennis Tour
Casablanca, Morocco (ITF $25K)
Singles qualifying
Justine Bryson
1st rd: def Martina Augello (ITA) 76 (7) 63
2nd rd: lost to [7] Valshnavi Adkar (IND) 63 60
Alem Côté
1st rd: lost to Lara Russiniello (SUI) WALKOVER
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President’s Cup
Astana, Kazakhstan (ITF $25K)
Singles
Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: lost to Sergey Fomin (UZB) 63 76 (6)
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W35 Naiman
Naiman, China (ITF $25K)
Singles qualifying
Jacey Tian
1st rd: def Sal Ma (CHN) 60 61
Final rd: lost to [5] Yanni Liu (CHN) 57 62 [10-4]
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Tiriac Foundation Trophy
Satu Mare, Romania (ITF Women’s $15K)
Singles qualifying
Charlize Celebrini
1st rd: def Simona Cucu (ROU) 62 61
2nd rd: def [12] Arina Gamretkaia (MDA) 67 62 [11-9]
Final rd: lost to [5] Alexandra Irina Anghel (ROU) 26 63 [10-4]
Andrea Taylor
1st rd: lost to Greta Fenyves (HUN) 75 64
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF Men’s $15K)
Singles
[Q] William Bartram
1st rd: lost to Alex Degabriele (MLT) 62 62
Singles qualifying
William Bartram
1st rd: def Safwan Alzeyadi (LBA) 36 60 [13-11]
2nd rd: def. [15] Anas Bennour Dit Sahli (TUN) 61 62
Final rd: def [3] Alexander Chepik (RUS) 63 64
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