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The US Open is over. And all of the top Canadian men were in Manchester, UK to try to roll through the qualifiers and get to the final stages of the Davis Cup Finals. And they did, impressively.

Canada is the champion from 2022.

But there is plenty more where that came from with a WTA 500 in Guadalajara, and many more around the world after a pretty decent Canuckian week overall last week.

Marina Stakusic got another wild card – this time into the Guadalajara tournament and reaches her first career WTA quarterfinal.

Canucks This Week – Week ending Sept. 8, 2024 (final results)

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Davis Cup Finals Qualifiers
AO Arena, Manchester, UK

Félix Auger-Aliassime
Denis Shapovalov
Gabriel Diallo
Vasek Pospisil
Alexis Galarneau

Canada 2, Argentina 1

#2 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def. #2 Francisco Cerundolo (ARG) 75 63
#1 Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def. #1 Sebastian Baez (ARG) 63 63
Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (ARG) def Vasek Pospisil / Denis Shapovalov (CAN) 26 63 62

 

Canada 3,  Finland 0

#2 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def. Eero Vasa (FIN) 76 (2) 62
#1 Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def. Otto Virtanen (FIN) 62 63
Félix Auger-Aliassime / Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def Harry Heliovaara / Otto Virtanen (FIN) 62 75

 

Canada 2, Great Britain 1

#2 Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def. Dan Evans (GBR) 60 75
#1 Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) def Jack Draper (GBR) 76 (8) 75
Dan Evans Henry Patten / Neal Skupski (GBR) def Denis Shapovalov /  Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) Alexis Galarneau / Gabriel Diallo (CAN) 76 (4) 64

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Guadalajara Open Akron
Guadalajara, Mexico (WTA 500)

Singles

[WC] Marina Stakusic
1st rd: def Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (SVK) 62 64
2nd rd: def [1] Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 63 57 76 (0)
QF: lost to [5] Magdalena Frech (POL) 64 63

Doubles

Rebecca Marino / Kayla Day (USA)
1st rd: lost to [3] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Irina Khromacheva (RUS) 60 62

Marina Stakusic / Valeriya Savinykh (RUS)
1st rd: def. Anna Rogers / Alana Smith (USA) 61 36 [10-4]
QF: lost to [4] Kamilla Rakhimova (RUS) / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO) 62 64

Singles qualifying

[4] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: def Valeriya Strakhova (UKR) 62 64
Final rd: lost to Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 36 63 64

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Izida Cup
Dobrich, Bulgaria (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[4] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def Toby Kodat (USA) 61 63
2nd rd: lost to Guy Den Ouden (NED) 63 75

Doubles

[4] Liam Draxl / Cleeve Harper
1st rd: def Jonas Forejtek / Jakub Nicod (CZE) 61 64
QF: def. Filip Duda / David Poljak (CZE) 63 76 (7)
SF: def Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR) / Lorenzo Giustino (ITA) WALKOVER
F: def Francesco Maestrelli / Filippo Romano (ITA) 61 36 [12-10]

Singles qualifying

Taha Baadi
1st rd: lost to [7] Stijn Slump (NED) 60 31 retd

Dan Martin
1st rd: def [9] Stefan Palosi (ROU) 36 63 60
Final rd: lost to [4] Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR) 62 62

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Las Vegas Tennis Open
Las Vegas, Nevada (ATP Challenger)

Doubles

[3] Benjamin Sigouin / Mac Kiger (USA)
1st rd: lost to Pranav Kumar / Noah Schachter (USA) 67 (3) 76 (3) [10-6]

Kelsey Stevenson / Abdullah Shelbayh (JOR)
1st rd: def. [WC] Christian Harrison / Ryan Harrison (USA) 63 26 [10-5]
QF: def. [1] Denis Kudla (USA)/ Luke Saville (AUS) 64 62
SF: lost to Tristan Boyer / Tennyson Whiting (USA) 64 64

Juan Carlos Aguilar / Juan Pablo Ficovich (ARG)
1st rd: lost to Tristan Boyer / Tennyson Whiting (USA) 63 64

Singles qualifying

Justin Boulais
1st rd: lost to [7] Murphy Cassone (ITA) 62 63

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Open Blot Rennes
Rennes, France (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[Q] Steven Diez
1st rd: lost to [6] Titouan Droguet (FRA) 63 64

Singles qualifying

[6] Steven Diez
1st rd: def [ALT] Aleksandr Braynin (UKR) 75 75
Final rd: def. Ben Jones (GBR) 63 75

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Canucks This Week – Week ending Sept. 1, 2024 (final results)

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