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No, we’re not done yet!

A number of Canadians are still in action at the Challenger and ITF levels.

Some of them are racing the clock to get their rankings to a place where they can get into the Australian Open qualifying.

And once again this week, there was a large Canadian contingent at the joint men’s and women’s ITF in Santo Domingo, DR – and it was won by a Canuck.

All in all, a great haul: Liam Draxl and Cleeve Harper win the doubles in Manzanillo, with Ben Sigouin in the final. Draxl also made the semis in singles. Juan Carlos Aguilar and Alvin Tudorica won singles titles.

Stacey Fung makes the singles final in Val Gardena along with junior Nadia Lagaev in Antalya.

Canucks This Week – Week ending Nov. 24, 2024 (final results)

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Manzanillo Open
Manzanillo, Mexico (ATP Challenger $41K)

Singles

[5] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def [WC] Luis Carlos Alcarez (MEX) 76 (6) 57 61
2nd rd: def. [Q] Karl Poling (USA) 63 76 (3)
QF: def Ernesto Escobedo (MEX) 76 (5) 64
SF: lost to Mats Rosenkranz (GER) 63 76 (4)

Doubles

[1] Liam Draxl / Cleeve Harper
1st rd: def [WC] Rodrigo Alujas (MEX) / Tanguy Genier (SUI) 64 64
QF: vs. Alex Hernandez / Rodrigo Pacheco Mendez (MEX) 61 64
SF: def. Bor Artnak (SLO) / Maxwell Mckennon (USA) 62 64
F: def. [2] Benjamin Sigouin (CAN) / Finn Reynolds (NZL) 67 (4) 75 [12-10]

[2] Benjamin Sigouin / Finn Reynolds (NZL)
1st rd: def [WC] Patricio Alvarado / Cesar Ramirez (MEX) [ALT] Patrick Brady (GBR) / Gonzalo Oliveira (VEN) 76 (5) 67 (5) [10-5]
QF: def Luis Carlos Alvarez (MEX) / Jack Vance (USA) 63 62
SF: def Gilles Hussey / Oliver Okonkwo (GBR) 46 76 (4) [10-2]
F: lost to [1] Liam Draxl / Cleeve Harper (CAN) 67 (4) 75 [12-10]

 

[3] Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Tennyson Whiting (USA)
1st rd: lost to Gilles Hussey / Oliver Okonkwo (GBR) 76 (11) 46 [10-7]

Singles qualifying

[ALT] Roy Stepanov (ISR)
1st rd: lost to [11] Pranav Kumar (USA) 76 (3) 75

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5th Empire Women’s Indoor 2024
Trnava, Slovakia (ITF $60K)

Singles

Katherine Sebov
1st rd: lost to Jodie Anna Burrage (GBR) 61 60

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Yokkaichi Challenger
Yokkaichi, Japan (ATP Challenger $82K)

Doubles

Kelsey Stevenson / Ryuki Matsuda (JPN)
1st rd: lost to [1] Jisung Nam (KOR) / Matthew Christopher Romios (AUS) 76 (8) 63

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Yokohama Keio Challenger
Yokohama, Japan (ITF $40K)

Singles 

[6] Carol Zhao
1st rd: def [WC] Rea Nakashima (JPN) 62 64
2nd rd: def [Q] Kayo Nishimura (JPN) 26 76 (4) 64
QF: lost to [2] Aliona Falei (RUS) 62 46 61

Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def Malene Helgo (NOR) 62 67 (2) 62
2nd rd: lost to [1] Aoi Ito (JPN) 61 63

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ITF Women Val Gardena Südtirol Raiffeisen
Val Gardena, Italy (ITF $40K)

Singles

[9] Stacey Fung
1st rd: def Iva Primorac (CRO) 60 63
2nd rd: def. [WC] Laura Mair (ITA) 63 62
QF: def. [2] Lea Boskovic (CRO) 67 (7) 75 62
SF: def. [3] Lina Glushko (ISR) 76 (5) 76 (3)
F: vs. [Q] Tyna Caterina Grant (USA) 36 61 75

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W35 / M15 Santo Domingo
Santo Domingo, DR (ITF W$25K, M$15K)

Women’s singles

[7] Cadence Brace

[Q] Raphaelle Lacasse
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Kristina Paskauskas (GBR) 62 61

Jada Bui
1st rd: lost to Ekaterina Khayrutdinova (RUS) 62 64

Men’s singles

[2] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: def [WC] Yubel Ubri (USA) 62 62
2nd rd: def. [Q] Billy Suarez (USA) 46 76 (1) [12-10]
QF: def. Ignasi Forcano (ESP) 63 64
SF: def [8] Miles Jones (USA) 63 61
F: def [1] Roberto Cid Subervi (DOM) 64 46 64

[3] Taha Baadi
1st rd: def [Q] John Chin (JAM) 64 63
2nd rd: def. Nicolas Jadoun (FRA) 64 64
QF: lost to [8] Miles Jones (USA) 06 63 64

Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: def Arvid Nordquist (SWE) 64 63
2nd rd: lost to [6] Adhithya Ganesan (USA) 63 62

[Q] Adam Farag-Cao
1st rd: lost to Nicolas Jadoun (FRA) 63 61

Women’s doubles

Raphaelle Lacasse / Ana Carmen Zamburek (DOM)
1st rd:  [WC] Ashmitha Easaramurthi (IND) / Ximena Senties (MEX) BYE
QF: def. [4] Victoria Rodriguez / Ana Sofia Sanchez Palau (MEX) WALKOVER
SF: lost to [1] Haley Giavara (USA) / Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) 63 36 [10-7]

Men’s doubles

[1] Juan Carlos Aguilar / Taha Baadi

Women’s singles qualifying

Raphaelle Lacasse
1st rd: def [14] Katya Ramirez (MEX) 60 61
Final rd: def [1] Ana Karen Guadiana Campos (MEX) 61 62

Men’s singles qualifying

[7] Adam Farag-Cao
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Maksim Tikhomirov (USA) 75 61
Final rd: def Stefan Frljanic (CAN) 60 62

[WC] Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: def Brogan Pierce (USA) 64 36 [10-8]
2nd rd: def. [16] Kaipo Marshall (BAR) 64 64
FInal rd: lost to [8] Edoardo de Filippo (ITA) 63 76 (5)

Stefan Frljanic
1st rd: def Josiah Lawrence (USA) 63 60
2nd rd: def. [15] Gianrocco De Filippo (ITA) 75 64
Final rd: lost to [7] Adam Farag-Cao (CAN) 60 62

Jack Davison
1st rd: def Andre Souza Pinto de Camargo e Silva (BRA) 46 64 [10-4]
2nd rd: lost to [13] Alex Jones (USA) 62 61

Stefano Liokossis
1st rd: def Janio Antonio Villanueva Quintana (DOM) 61 61
2nd rd: lost to [3] John Chin (JAM) 75 63

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Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkey (ITF M$25K, W$15K)

Men’s singles

Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to Stijn Slump (NED) 64 61

Women’s singles

[JE] Nadia Lagaev
1st rd: def Diana Demidova (RUS) 26 62 76 (5)
2nd rd: def. Nicole Rivkin (GER) 63 60
QF: def [8] Stefania Bojica (ROU) 63 46 64
SF: def. Briana Szabo (HUN) 62 62
F: lost to [6] Janice Tjen (INA) 61 62

Men’s doubles

Dan Martin / Stefan Adrian Andreescu (ROU)
1st rd: lost to Alexandru Cristian Dumitru / Dan Alexandru Tomescu (ROU) 26 63 [10-7]

Men’s singles qualifying

Ghouse Ali Faisal
1st rd: def Andrei Dumitrescu (ROU) 26 64 [10-7]
2nd rd: def Valentin Vanta (ROU) WALKOVER
Final rd: lost to Nikola Jovic (SRB) 61 63

Women’s singles qualifying

[15] Justine Bryson
1st rd: def Georgiana Francesca Prodan (ROU) 61 60
2nd rd: def Anna Tabunshchyk (CAN) 64 61
Final rd: lost to Anna Kartseva (RUS) 75 75

Clémence Mercier
1st rd: def [WC] Defne Aydemir (TUR) 61 61
2nd rd: lost to [2] Claudia Gasparovic (AUT) 06 64 [10-7

Anna Tabunshchyk
1st rd: def Lisa Gruber (AUT) 62 61
2nd rd: lost to [15] Justine Bryson (CAN) 64 61

[WC] Charlize Celebrini
1st rd: def Andreya Glushkova (BUL) 75 62
2nd rd: lost to [16] Estella Jaeger (CAN) 63 62

Brooke Elizaneth Alonso Feth
1st rd: lost to Jelena Ristic (AUT) 64 63

Andrea Taylor
1st rd: lost to [16] Estella Jaeger (CAN) 60 64

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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $25K)

Doubles

[WC] Emiliano Jorquera / Gilberto Ravasio (ITA)
1st rd: lost to [2] Aziz Ouakaa (TUN) / Lukas Pokorny (SVK) 61 62

Singles qualifying

Emiliano Jorquera
1st rd: def Leon Formella (GER) 67 64 [10-6]
2nd rd: lost to [5] Charles Bertimon (FRA) 63 36 [10-3]

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Egypt 22 Sharm ElSheikh Men’s Future
Sharm ElSheikh, Egypt (ITF $15K)

Singles

[6] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: lost to [Q] Daniil Ostapenkov (BLR) 63 64

Doubles

Filip Peliwo (POL) / Benjamin Hannestad (SWE)
1st rd: lost to [2] Yuta Kikuchi / Yamato Sueoka (JPN) 64 36 [10-8]

Singles qualifying

Razvan Baiant
1st rd: def Patric Prinoth (ITA) 61 62
2nd rd: lost to [7] Daniil Ostapenkov (BLR) 60 62

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Soltepec Tennis Tour
Huamantla, Mexico (ITF $15K)

Singles

[5] Alvin Nicholas Tudorica
1st rd: def [WC] Juan Jose Bianchi (VEN) 76 (3) 63
2nd rd: def. Mwendwa Mbithi (USA) 62 61
QF: def. [2] Aleksandr Braynin (UKR) 76 (4) 61
SF: vs. [3] Jacob Brumm (USA) 64 75
F: def [Q] Isaiah Strode (USA) 76 (4) 64

Doubles

[1] Alvin Nicholas Tudorica / Kosuke Ogura (JPN)
1st rd: def Marco Alvarez (USA) / Stefan Cooper (GBR) 63 64
QF: lost to Alexander Brown / Ezekiel Clark (USA) 64 57 [11-9]

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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, TUN (ITF W$15K)

Doubles

Sophie Stanton / Sirena Waas (GBR)
1st rd: lost to Marija Semenistaja (LAT) / Alexa Volkov (GER) 61 64

Singles qualifying

Sophie Stanton
1st rd: def Laura Heutschi (SUI) 63 64
2nd rd: lost to [14] Séverine Deppner (FRA) 36 64 [10-8]

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Angola Open M15
Luanda, Angola (ITF W$15K)

Singles qualifying

[WC] Pascal Tylek
1st rd: lost to Aditya Vardhan Duddupudi (IND) 63 64

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