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MELBOURNE, Australia – The Australian summer is done, and the players get back to their regularly scheduled programming.

For the Canadian men, that mostly means a Davis Cup tie on home ground, at Stade IGA in Montreal.

Only Félix Auger-Aliassime is taking a pass; he played the concurrent Marseille ATP 250 on his favorite surface, indoor hard court. And won it.

The rest are spread out all over the planet. But in the end, it’s Titletown for Auger-Aliassime, Victoria Mboko and Dan Martin – and heartbreak for the Canadians.

Canucks This Week – Week ending Feb. 9, 2025 (Saturday results)

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Davis Cup Qualifiers
Montreal, Québec
Feb. 1-2, 2025

Denis Shapovalov
Gabriel Diallo
Alexis Galarneau
Liam Draxl
Vasek Pospisil
Cleeve Harper (debut)

CAN 2, HUN 3 (Final)

Saturday

#1 Fabian Marozsan (HUN) def #2 Alexis Galarneau (CAN) 63 36 63
 #2 Marton Fucsovics (HUN) def #1 Gabriel Diallo (CAN) 36 62 62

Sunday 

Liam Draxl / Vasek Pospisil (CAN) def. Fabian Marozsan / Mate Valkusz (HUN) 76 (2) 64
#1 Gabriel Diallo (CAN) def #1 Fabian Marozsan (HUN) 61 63
#2 Marton Fucsovics (HUN) def #2 Alexis Galarneau (CAN) 76 (8) 64

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Open Occitanie
Montpellier, France (ATP 250)

Singles

[2] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: vs. Bye
2nd rd: def. Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 64 76 (5)
QF: def. [8] Bu Yunchaokete (CHN) 63 64
SF: def Jesper de Jong (NED) 64 76 (4)
F: def [Q] Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) 62 67 (7) 76 (2)

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Singapore Tennis Open
Singapore, Singapore (WTA 250)

Singles

Rebecca Marino
1st rd: lost to [4] Wang Xinyu (CHN) 64 57 75

Doubles

Rebecca Marino / Polina Kudermetova (RUS)
1st rd: lost to Hailey Baptiste (USA) / Heather Watson (GBR) 63 64

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Cleveland Open
Cleveland, Ohio (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[ALT] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: def [Q] Jackson Ross (USA) 64 62
2nd rd: lost to Murphy Cassone (USA) 61 64

Doubles

Juan Carlos Aguilar / Filip Pieczonka (POL)
1st rd: def. [4] Ben Sigouin (CAN) / Mac Kiger (USA) 46 75 [10-6]
QF: def Alafia Ayeni / Strong Kirchheimer (USA) 61 64
SF: def Felix Corwin / Tennyson Whiting (USA) 75 63
F: lost to [1] Robert Cash / James Tracy (USA) 76 (4) 61

[4] Ben Sigouin / Mac Kiger (USA)
1st rd: lost to Juan Carlos Aguilar (CAN) / Filip Pieczonka (POL) 46 75 [10-6]

Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Sekou Bangoura (USA)
1st rd: lost to Alafia Ayeni / Strong Kirchheimer (USA) 76 (1) 64

Singles qualifying

[11] Taha Baadi
1st rd: def [WC] Benjamin Pomeranets (USA) 64 26 64
Final rd: lost to Filip Pieczonka (POL) 64 63

Jaden Weekes
1st rd: lost to [4] Tristan McCormick (USA) 62 64

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W75 Rome, Ga.
Rome, Ga. (ITF $60K)

Singles

[Q] Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def [4] Iva Jovic (USA) 76 (3) 64
2nd rd: def Akasha Urhobo (USA) 62 61
QF: def Kayla Cross (CAN) 60 60
SF: def [Q] Cadence Brace (CAN) 63 64
F: def. Eva Vedder (NED) 75 63

[Q] Cadence Brace
1st rd: def Robin Anderson (USA) 60 62
2nd rd: def. Carol Zhao (USA) 61 20 retd
QF: def. [Q] Lisa Zaar (SWE) 36 64 76 (2)
SF: lost to [Q] Victoria Mboko (CAN) 63 64

Kayla Cross
1st rd: def [WC] Caty McNally (USA) 40 retd
2nd rd: def. [6] Irene Burillo Escorihuela (ESP) 63 75
QF: lost to Victoria Mboko (CAN) 60 60

Carol Zhao
1st rd: def [8] Sophie Chang (USA) 76 (4) 64
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Cadence Brace (USA) 61 20 retd

Carson Branstine
1st rd: lost to [Q] Lia Karatancheva (BUL) 61 retd

Doubles

Cadence Brace / Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def. Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) / Lisa Zaar (SWE) 67 (6) 76 (3) [10-7]
QF: lost to Sophie Chang / Angela Kulikov (USA) 63 64

Kayla Cross / Robin Anderson (USA)
1st rd: def. Dalayna Hewitt / Maria Mateas (USA) 46 63 [10-4]
QF: lost to [1] Whitney Osuigwe (USA) / Eva Vedder (NED) 76 (4) 62

Singles qualifying

[2] Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def Kateryna Volodko (UKR) 32 retd
Final rd: def [WC] Kaede Usui (USA) 61 60

[3] Cadence Brace
1st rd: def Alicia Herrero Linana (ESP) 62 61
Final rd: def [13] Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) 64 64

Ana Grubor
1st rd: lost to [16] Michaela Bayerlova (CZE) 62 75

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W50 Porto +H
Porto, Portugal (ITF $40K)

Singles

[Q] Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: def [3] Selena Janicijevic (FRA) 63 63
2nd rd: lost to [PR] Matilde Paoletti (ITA) 61 63

Doubles

Ariana Arseneault / Justina Mikulskyte (LTU)
1st rd: Bye
QF: lost to Jesika Maleckova (CZE) / Raluca Serban (CYP) 60 64

Singles qualifying

[10] Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: def Chelsea Fontenel (SUI) 64 63
Final rd: vs. [2] Ilinca Dalina Amariei (ROU) 63 36 63

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Lexus British Pro Series Glasgow
Glasgow, Scotland (ITF $30K)

Women’s singles

[2] Stacey Fung
1st rd: lost to Tamira Paszek (AUT) 63 57 76 (3)

Men’s singles

Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: lost to [Q] James Story (GBR) 64 26 76 (4)

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Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkey (ITF $25K)

Singles qualifying

Mustafa Said
1st rd: lost to Jaishnav Shinde (IND) WALKOVER

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

Singles

[1] Alvin Thomas Tudorica
1st rd: def [Q] Nicolas Esteban Rico Arias (COL) 61 61
2nd rd: def [Q] Alex Kobelt (USA) 63 36 64
QF: lost to [6] Isiah Strode (USA) 64 64

[5] Dan Martin
1st rd: def [WC] Guillermo Narcio (MEX) 62 61
2nd rd: def [Q] Patricio Alvarado (ECU) 63 62
QF: lost to [3] Alfredo Perez (USA) 64 63

Nicolas Arseneault
1st rd: def [Q] Joshua Lawrence Jr. (USA) 61 64
2nd rd: lost to [6] Isiah Strode (USA) 62 64

[Q] Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: lost to [Q] Alex Kobelt (USA) 63 64

Doubles

Dan Martin / Enzo Wallart (FRA)
1st rd: vs. Tadeo Meneo (ARG) / Glauco Pinheiro da Cruz Junior (BRA) 61 63
QF: def Nicolas Arseneault / Mikael Arseneault (CAN) 64 16 [10-7]
SF: def. Ezequiel Monferrer (ARG) / Johan Alexander Rodriguez Rodriguez (COL) 61 75
F: def Juan Sebastian Osorio / Samuel Heredia (COL) 75 26 [10-8]

[2] Alvin Nicholas Tudorica / Pavlos Tsitsipas (GRE)
1st rd: def. Patricio Alvarado (ECU) / Victor Paganetti (FRA) 64 63
QF: lost to Lorenzo Esquici (BRA) / Jake Van Emburgh (USA) 64 57 [11-9]

Nicolas Arseneault / Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: def. [3] Elijah Strode / Isiah Strode (USA) 57 64 [10-5]
QF: lost to Dan Martin (CAN) / Enzo Wallart (FRA) 64 16 [10-7]

Singles qualifying

[3] Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: def. Victor Paganetti (FRA) 62 63
Final rd: def [11] Nicola Senn (SUI) 63 64

[16] Niels Peter Van Noord
1st rd: lost to Andre Souza Pinto de Camargo e Silva (BRA) 36 75 [10-5]

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M15 Palm Coast, Fla.
Palm Coast, Fla. (ITF $15K)

Singles

[Q] Justin Boulais
1st rd: def [JE] Lachlan Gaskell (USA) 61 61
2nd rd: lost to [8] Louis Tessa (FRA) 57 64 64

Singles qualifying

[1] Justin Boulais
1st rd: def. Matt Kleiman (USA) 46 60 [10-5]
Final rd: def. [15] Facundo Bermejo (ARG) 61 64

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

Women’s singles

[Q] Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: lost to Mayuka Aikawa (JPN) 62 62

Men’s doubles

Joshua Peck / Ronald Stuurman (NED)
1st rd: lost to Antonio Caruso / Luca Potenza (ITA) 64 16 [10-5]

Men’s singles qualifying

[10] Joshua Peck
1st rd: def. Daniel Verbeek (NED) 46 75 [10-8]
2nd rd: def. [WC} arthur Van der Kooij (NED) WALKOVER
Final rd: lost to [7] Pietro Orlando Fellin (ITA) 63 26 [10-7]

Women’s singles qualifying

Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: def Georgina Hays (GBR) 63 76 (4)
2nd rd: def [15] Xiao Zhenghua (CHN) 62 76 (2)
Final rd: def. [ALT] Sun Min Ha (KOR) 76 (2) 61

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