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Not nearly as big a roster this week as none of the top Canadians – not even on the women’s side, with a WTA 500 in Seoul – are playing this week.

But Carol Zhao got through the qualifying in Korea, and made the second round

And there was doubles hardware – a Challenger doubles title from Canadian Juan Carlos Aguilar – a Bolivian-born player of the Auger-Aliassime/Shapovalov era who relocated to Montreal as a teen but only began representing Canada a few years ago.

And a doubles final from Liam Draxl at another Challenger in Romania.

Good haul overall.

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Korea Open
Seoul, Korea (WTA 500)

Singles

[Q] Carol Zhao
1st rd: def [WC] Dayeon Back (KOR) 64 61
2nd rd: lost to [4] Diana Shnaider (RUS) 63 63

Singles qualifying

[8] Carol Zhao
1st rd: def [WC] Gaeul Jang (KOR) 64 62
Final rd: def Sohyun Park (KOR) 67 (3) 64 41 retd

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BCR Sibui Open
Sibiu, Romania (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[5] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def [ALT] Corentin Denolly (FRA) 36 64 62
2nd rd: lost to Luka Pavlovic (FRA) 62 63

Doubles

[3] Liam Draxl / Cleeve Harper
1st rd: def [WC] Robert Gabriel Ionescu (ROU) / Jorge Plans (ESP) 61 62
QF: def. Bogdan Pavel / Ilya Snitari (ROU) 76 (2) 26 [10-7]
SF: def. Bruno Pujol Navarro / Nicolas Sanchez Izquierdo (ESP) 63 76 (2)
F: lost to Alexander Merino (PER) / Christoph Negritu (GER) 62 76 (2)

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Columbus Challenger
Columbus, Ohio (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[8] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Dane Sweeny (AUS) 64 61
2nd rd: lost to Ernesto Escobedo (MEX) 64 64

Doubles

[4] Benjamin Sigouin / Mac Kiger (USA)
1st rd: lost to J.J. Tracy (USA) / Matej Vocel (CZE) 26 76 (4) [10-8]

Kelsey Stevenson / Patrick Zahraj (GER)
1st rd: vs Andres Andrade (COL) / Abdullah Shelbayh (JOR) 57 62 [10-7]

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Saint-Tropez Open
Saint-Tropez, France (ATP Challenger)

Singles qualifying

[ALT] Steven Diez
1st rd: def [4/ALT] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) 75 10 retd
Final rd: lost to [11] Jiri Vesely (CZE) 64 67 (7) 75

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Directv Open Cali
Cali, Colombia (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[Q] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: def Alvaro Guillen Meza (ECU) 26 63 64
2nd rd: lost to [2] Hugo Dellien (BOL) 64 63

Doubles

Juan Carlos Aguilar / Conner Huertas del Pino (PER)
1st rd: def. Andrea Collarini / Gonzalo Villanueva (ARG) 63 64
QF: def [4] Mateus Alves / Daniel Dutra da Silva (BRA) 36 63 [10-8]
SF: def. [1] Boris Arias / Federico Zeballos (BOL) 26 64 [10-8]
F: def. [WC] Juan Sebastian Gomez / Johan Alexander Rodriguez (COL) 57 64 [10-7]

Singles qualifying

[6] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: def [ALT] Juan Esteban Trujillo Hernandez (COL) 76 (3) 64
Final rd: def [12] Alejandro Arcila (COL) 46 62 60

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Raiffeissen Bank ITF Pro Circuit
Satu Mare, Romania (ITF $25K)

Doubles

[2] Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Jody Maginley (ANT)
1st rd: lost to Juan Cruz Martin Manzano / Edoardo Zanada (ITA) 63 61

Singles qualifying

[10] Razvan Baiant
1st rd: def [WC] Christian Teszari (ROU) 61 64
Final rd: lost to [3] Rafael Kis Balazs (HUN) 63 64

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M15 Växjö
Växjö, Sweden (ITF $15K)

Singles

[7] Alvin Nicholas Tudorica
1st rd: def. Vito Tonejc (CRO) 75 64
2nd rd: def Mikail Alimli (FRA) 64 62
QF: lost to [1] Marvin Moeller (GER) 61 61

Doubles

Alvin Nicholas Tudorica / Sebastian Eriksson (SWE)
1st rd: def. [2] Daniel Moreno (MEX) / Johannes Seeman (EST) 76 (5) 62
QF: lost to Phillip Jordan / Karl Poling (USA) 63 62

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M15 Kursumlijska Banja
Kursumlijska Banja, Serbia (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Luka Vukovic
1st rd: lost to David Schwarc (SVK) 62 60

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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF Mens’ & Women’s $15K)

Women’s singles

Dasha Plekhanova
1st rd: def [3] Olga Helmi (DEN) [LL] Jordyn McBride (USA) 62 61
2nd rd: def [Q] Nadia Rawson (GBR) 61 63
QF: def Angelica Raggi (ITA) 46 64 63
SF: lost to [1] Eliessa Vanlangendonck (BEL) 46 63 76 (1)

Men’s singles qualifying

Aleksandar Petrovic
1st rd: lost to [15] Louis Larue (FRA) 60 61

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M15 Fayetteville
Fayetteville, Ark. (ITF $15K)

Singles

Joshua Peck
1st rd: lost to [Q] Benito Sanchez Martinez (GER) 62 61

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