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Nope. Not done.

Still some diehards out there on the ITF circuit, where there are mostly $15K events remaining.

We wondered if Liam Draxl, who took a wild card into the $15K in Huamantla, Mexico this week in a last-chance effort to squeeze into the Australian Open qualifying – and won it – would go for one final week that endeavour.

In the end, he didn’t.

In Plantation, Fla., one of the biggest junior events outside the Grand Slams is happening in Plantation – the Orange Bowl.

Not much Canadian content, but some players still alive.

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

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3rd Qatar Men’s ITF WTT 2024
Doha, Qatar (ITF M$15K)

Singles

Taha Baadi
1st rd: def  Killian Feldbausch (SUI) 62 40 retd
2nd rd: lost to [7] Eero Vasa (FIN) 76 (5) 76 (5)

Doubles

Taha Baadi / Sean Cuenin (FRA)
1st rd: lost to Philip Hjorth / Christian Sigsgaard (DEN) WALKOVER

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Il Torneo Internacional Masculino – Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain (ITF M$15K)

Singles

[6] Steven Diez
1st rd: def Jacopo Bilardo (ITA) 62 61
2nd rd: def Gabriele Vulpitta (ITA) 63 63
QF: lost to [1] Robert Strombachs (GER) 76 (5) 62

Singles qualifying

Emiliano Jorquera
1st rd: lost to [9] Rafael Alfonso de Alba Valdes (MEX) 63 64

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

Singles

[Q] Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to [2] Evgenii Tiurnev (RUS) 63 62

Doubles

Dan Martin / Denis Klok (RUS)
1st rd: lost to [4] Gabriele Maria Noce / Noah Perfetti (ITA) 62 75

Singles qualifying

Dan Martin
1st rd: def Gabriel Matuszewski (POL) 62 61
2nd rd: def Christian Fellin (ITA) 61 63
Final rd: def [10] Aleksandr Lobanov (RUS) 75 61

[ALT] Ghouse Ali Faisal
1st rd: lost to Dmitry Dolzhenkov (RUS) 61 63

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Egypt 24 Sharm ElSheikh Men’s Future
Sharm ElSheikh, Egypt (ITF $15K)

Singles

[8] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def Yunseok Jang (KOR) 46 63 60
2nd rd: lost to Dimitros Sakellaridis (GRE) 26 76 (3) 64

Doubles

[1] Kelsey Stevenson / Ilia Simakin (RUS)
1st rd: def Andriy Poritskyy / Vadym Ursu (UKR) 76 (5) 63
QF: def Daniel Blazka / Marek Gengel (CZE) 63 62
SF: def Stuart Parker / Michael Shaw (GBR) 76 (3) 62
F: def [2] Jan Hrazdil / David Poljak (CZE) 75 64

Filip Peliwo (POL) / Mattias Southcombe (GBR)
1st rd: def [4] Yurii Dzhavakian (UKR) / Akram El Sallaly (EGY) 76 (3) 76 (3)
QF: lost to Stuart Parker / Michael Shaw (GBR) 76 (4) 36 [10-7]

Singles qualifying

Razvan Baiant
1st rd: def Jiang Yi Qing (CHN) 46 62 [10-2]
2nd rd: def Zakhar Martsinkevich (BLR) 64 62
Final rd: lost to [2] Ruslan Tiukaev (RUS) 61 64

[11] Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd: def Magd Eldin (EGY) 61 75
2nd rd: def Yacoub Makzoume (SYR) 63 76 (3)
Final rd: lost to Jonas Keck (GER) 76 (5) 63

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Ano III Sao Paulo Tennis Classic
Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil (ITF W$15K)

Singles

[Q] Sarah Barry
1st rd: vs. lost to [1] Fernanda Labrana (CHI) 61 61

Singles qualifying

Sarah Barry
1st rd: def Laura Goncalves Portela Borges (BRA) 60 60
Final rd: def [5] Lola de Leon (ARG) 61 61

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Orange Bowl International Tennis Championships
Plantation, Fla. (ITF J500)

Boys’ singles

Nicolas Arseneault
1st rd: def [WC] Gavin Goode (USA) 64 62
2nd rd: def [11] Oskari Paldanius (FIN) 67 (3) 75 75
3rd rd: lost to [6] Thomas Faurel (FRA) 63 60

Girls’ singles

Nadia Lagaev
1st rd: def. [WC] Maria Aytoyan (USA) 64 06 60
2nd rd: def. [13] Reina Goto (JPN) 63 36 64
3rd rd: lost to [2] Teodora Kostovic (SRB) 61 60

Emma Dong
1st rd: lost to [Q] Amelie Justine Hejtmanek (CZE) 46 75 42 retd

Boys’ doubles

Mikael Arseneault / Nicolas Arseneault
1st rd: lost to [5] Timofei Derepasko (RUS) / Amir Omarkhanov (KAZ) 63 75

Girls’ doubles

Emma Dong / Nadia Lagaev

Boys’ singles qualifying

[13] Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: def Juan Pedro Etchecoin (BRA) 76 (2) 64
2nd rd: def Egor Gorin (RUS) 62 76 (9)
Final rd: lost to Nathan Blokhin (USA) 64 64

David Asenov
1st rd: lost to [16] Simon Caldwell (USA) 64 36 [10-8]

Girls’ singles qualifying

Andrea Cabio
1st rd: def Thea Latak (USA) 62 61
2nd rd: lost to [8] Isabella Svahn (SWE) 64 46 [10-5]

Addison Yang Comiskey
1st rd: lost to [13] Kenzie Nguyen (USA) 63 36 [10-7]

Havana Kadi
1st rd: los to Amy Lee (USA) 64 62

Dylan Gelber
1st rd: lost to Virginia Crocker (USA) 63 62

Ashvini Tara Gopalan
1st rd: lost to Sara Shumate (USA) 63 63

Sophie Stanton
1st rd: lost to Gabriella Kellner (USA) 64 63

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