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Davis Cup player Alexis Galarneau had a nasty commute after the tough end of the tie Sunday, as he was entered both in singles and doubles (with fellow Canadian Kelsey Stevenson) at a Challenger in … Chennai, India this week. He won a round, but that was it.
Gabriel Diallo ended up one withdrawal short of being able to squeeze into the main draw in Dallas, a 500 event. Because of Davis Cup, he couldn’t play the qualifying, so he misses out on a great opportunity to make some moves.
Denis Shapovalov, who begged off Davis Cup this weekend with a back issue, won the biggest title of his career in Dallas.
Félix Auger-Aliassime tried to build on his title in Montpellier last week at the ATP 500 in Rotterdam, another place he’s always played well. But he was waylaid by a toe issue.
And Leylah Fernandez was back in action at the WTA 500 in Abu Dhabi, bowing out in the QFs.
On the ITF side, Juan Carlos Aguilar won another doubles title. And Alvin Tudorica made another final in Huamantla.
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ABN AMRO Open
Rotterdam, Netherlands (ATP 500)
Singles
Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: lost to [Q] Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 67 (3) 64 retd
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Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open
Abu Dhabi, UAE (WTA 500)
Singles
[8] Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: def Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) [LL] Moyuka Uchijima (JPN) 76 (3) 76 (0)
2nd rd: def Lulu Sun (NZL) 60 63
QF: lost to Ashlyn Krueger (USA) 75 46 62
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Dallas Open
Dallas, Texas (ATP 500)
Singles
Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: def Miomir Kecmanovic (SRB) 63 67 (5) 63
2nd rd: def. [1] Taylor Fritz (USA) 26 63 76 (2)
QF: def [6] Tomas Machac (CZE) 76 (5) 60
SF: def. [3] Tommy Paul (USA) 75 63
F: def. [2] Casper Ruud (NOR) 76 (5) 63
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Transylvania Open
Cluj-Napoca, Romania (WTA 250)
Singles
[Q] Marina Stakusic
1st rd: def. Sorana Cirstea (ROU) 61 16 64
2nd rd: lost to [LL] Aliaksandra Sasnovich (BLR) 63 75
Singles qualifying
[5] Marina Stakusic
1st rd: def [WC] Georgia Craciun (ROU) 76 (8) 63
Final rd: def Tamara Korpatsch (GER) 62 75
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Chennai Open
Chennai, India (ATP Challenger)
Singles
[4] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def [Q] Egor Agafonov (RUS) 64 61
2nd rd: lost to Kyrian Jacquet (FRA) 62 62
Doubles
Alexis Galarneau / Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd: vs [1] Matthew Romios (AUS) / Ray Ho (TPE) 62 61
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L&T Mumbai Open
Mumbai, India (WTA 125)
Singles
[2] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: def. Sara Bejlek (CZE) 60 62
2nd rd: vs. [WC] Ankita Raina (IND) 75 26 76 (5)
QF: def. Mai Hontama (JPN) 63 64
SF: lost to [Q] Mananchaya Sawangkaew (THA) 62 62
Doubles
Rebecca Marino / Alana Smith (USA)
1st rd: lost to [4] Nicole Fossa Huergo / Camilla Rosatello (ITA) 62 64
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Play In Challenger
Lille, France (ATP Challenger)
Doubles
Cleeve Harper / David Stevenson (GBR)
1st rd: lost to Filip Duda / Jiri Barnat (CZE) 64 46 [11-9]
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W35 Herrenschwanden
Herrenschwanden, Switzerland (ITF $30K)
Singles
[Q] Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: lost to [3] Sinja Kraus (AUT) 60 64
[Q] Isabella Marton
1st rd: lost to [5] Joanna Garland (TPE) 61 60
Doubles
[1] Ariana Arseneault / Anna Rogers (USA)
1st rd: Bye
QF: def Tiphanie Lemaitre (FRA) / Marie Mettraux (SUI) 62 61
SF: lost to [3] Ekaterina Ovcharenko (RUS) / Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) 76 (5) 76 (6)
Singles qualifying
[9] Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: def Alexia Lavinia Pulac (ROU) 61 62
Final rd: def. [6] Olga Helmi (DEN) 63 61
[ALT] Isabella Marton
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: def. [WC] Aurora Zurmuehle (SUI) 64 75
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Soltepec Tennis Tour
Huamantla, Mexico (ITF $15K)
Singles
[4] Alvin Thomas Tudorica
1st rd: def [Q] Pranav Kumar (USA) 61 60
2nd rd: def Juan Sebastian Osorio (COL) 62 62
QF: def. [6] Noah Schacter (USA) 63 63
SF: def [1] Peter Bertran (DOM) 63 64
F: lost to [8] Alfredo Perez (USA) 64 61
[Q] Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: def [5] Maxwell McKennon (USA) 62 64
2nd rd: def [Q] Nicolas Hollender (ARG) 61 61
QF: lost to [1] Peter Bertran (DOM) 67 (2) 62 60
[JE] Nicolas Arseneault
1st rd: def [WC] Rafael Alonso De Alba Valdes (MEX) 61 60
2nd rd: lost to [8] Alfredo Perez (USA) 76 (8) 63
[Q] Niels Peter Van Noord
1st rd: def Samuel Heredia (COL) 76 (3) 61
2nd rd: lost to [3] Aidan McHugh (GBR) 62 60
Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to [1] Peter Bertran (DOM) 76 (1) 76 (6)
Doubles
Nicolas Arseneault / Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: def [3] Alfredo Perez / Jamie Vance (USA) 76 (5) 64
QF: lost to Charles Barry (IRL) / Aidan McHugh (GBR) 67 (4) 64 [10-5]
Alvin Thomas Tudorica / Niels Peter Van Noord
1st rd: def Elijah Strode / Isiah Strode (USA) 76 (8) 64
QF: lost to [1] Pranav Kumar / Noah Schachter (USA) 64 76 (2)
Dan Martin / Enzo Wallart (FRA)
1st rd: lost to Lorenzo Esquici (BRA) / Jake Van Emburgh (USA) 64 64
Singles qualifying
[9] Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: def [WC] Juan Manuel Rodriguez Leyva (MEX) 60 60
Final rd: def [2] Lorenzo Esquici (BRA) 67 (4) 61 [10-8]
Niels Peter Van Noord
1st rd: def [11] Alejandro Hayen (MEX) 67 (10) 76 (2) [10-3]
Final rd: def. [1] Mateo Castaneda (COL) 46 62 [10-1]
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City of Sunrise Pro Tennis Classic
Sunrise, Fla. (ITF $15K)
Singles
[6] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: def Tristan McCormick (USA) 57 64 63
2nd rd: lost to Bruno Kuzuhara (USA) 36 76 (6) 62
Doubles
[3] Juan Carlos Aguilar / Taha Baadi
1st rd: def. Paul Bower (USA) / Alexis Gurmendi (ARG) 75 61
QF: def. Adrian Fenty / Tristan McCormick (USA) 46 61 [10-8]
SF: def Keshav Chopra / Andreas Martin (USA) 75 46 [10-4]
F: def. Miles Jones / Alex Jones (USA) 46 62 [10-4]
Singles qualifying
[12] Justin Boulais
1st rd: lost to Charles Bertimon (FRA) 46 61 [10-6]
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)
Men’s singles qualifying
Joshua Peck
1st rd: lost to Antonin Chapuis (SUI) 36 76 (4) [10-8]
Women’s singles qualifying
Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: lost to Aleksandra Mateva (BUL) 62 63
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Egypt 1 Men’s Future
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (ITF $15K)
Men’s singles qualifying
Nicolas Ion
1st rd: lost to [9] Leonardo Malgaroli (ITA) 26 63 [10-3]
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I know it’s hard to cover everyone in the main and Challenger tours, but I feel Victoria Mboko should be getting more attention here. Three singles titles on the Challenger tour in 2025, without losing a set, plus a couple doubles titles. I enjoy your commentary on the radio broadcasts for the slams and hope you’ll be back on this year.
Hey John – I mean, she’s definitely making some moves.
And without the Tennis Canada structure as she has relocated (at last word) to Justine Henin’s academy in Belgium after sort of going MIA for a long period.
There’s no “Challenger Tour” for the women, though; these titles are at smaller ITF events.
She should make the qualifying cut at Roland Garros. So if I make that trip (they haven’t asked me to do radio; I guess they found someone they think is better) I definitely will catch up with her.
That said, I’m always reluctant to drop too much pub on players before they even come close to the top 200 or so. Because if they have a reasonable amount of talent, it’s not hard to get to the top 200 – especially for the women. It doesn’t mean *that much* in the big picture, and hyping it is counterproductive. I’m more of a “wait and see, show me if you’ve got what it takes” kind of person. That doesn’t mean I denigrate what it takes to GET to the top 200, merely that I don’t hand out participation medals.