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Another WTA 1000 in the Middle East, as Leylah Fernandez draws Elise Mertens in the first round, with just five ranking spots separating them.

In Doha, Félix Auger-Aliassime is unseeded but faces qualifier Quentin Halys in the first round.

But the biggest concentration of Canucks is at a $40,000 ITF in Spring, Texas, where some of the women (except Marina Stakusic) are making the commute from Cancún, Mexico for a much smaller event.

Alexis Galarneau has zipped from Bahrain to … Pune, India this week. Grinding.

Canucks This Week – Week ending Feb. 16, 2025 (final results)

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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Dubai, UAE (WTA 1000)

Singles

Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: lost to Elise Mertens (BEL) 62 62

Doubles

[2] Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe (NZL)
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Linda Noskova (CZE) / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 46 63 [10-2]

Leylah Fernandez / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)
1st rd: vs Peyton Stearns (USA) / Lulu Sun (NZL) 36 62 [10-5]

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Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Doha, Qatar (ATP 500)

Singles

Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: def [Q] Quentin Halys (FRA) 46 62 76 (2)
2nd rd: def [SE] Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) WALKOVER
QF: def. [4] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 63 retd
SF: vs. [5] Andrey Rublev (RUS)

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Rio Open
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (ATP 500)

Singles

[3] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: lost to [Q] Chun-Hsin Tseng (TPE) 62 75

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W50 Giammalva Elite Academy
Spring Texas (ITF W50)

Singles 

Carol Zhao
1st rd: def [8] Sachia Vickery (USA) 41 retd
2nd rd: vs. Jazmin Ortenzi (ARG) (Thursday)

[Q] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def [5] Astra Sharma (AUS) 61 10 retd
2nd rd: vs. [Q] Caty McNally (USA)

[Q] Cadence Brace
1st rd: lost to [2] Iva Jovic (USA) 41 retd

Kayla Cross
1st rd: lost to [JE] Renata Jamrichova (SVK) 63 62

Carson Branstine

Doubles

Cadence Brace / Kayla Cross
1st rd: vs Madison Sieg (USA) / Fangran Tian (CHN)

Katherine Sebov / Diletta Cherubini (ITA)
1st rd: vs. [4] Aliona Bolsova / Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (ESP)

Singles qualifying

[2] Cadence Brace
1st rd: def Dimitra Pavlou (GRE) 62 36 76 (3)
Final rd: def [14] Haruna Arakawa (JPN) 63 76 (4)

[3] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def [WC] Fiona Crawley (USA) 64 61
Final rd: def. [10] Fangran Tian (CHN) 63 62

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Pune Metropolitan Region Challenger
Pune, India (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[8] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def [WC] Karan Singh (IND) 64 61
2nd rd: def [Q] Michael Geerts (BEL) 64 64
QF: vs. Valentin Vacherot (MON) (Friday)

Doubles

Alexis Galarneau / Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd: lost to Courtney Lock (ZIM) / Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) 64 76 (1)

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Terega Open Pau Pyrénées
Pau, France (ATP Challenger)

Doubles

[4] Cleeve Harper / David Stevenson (GBR)
1st rd: def Charles Broom / Mark Whitehouse (GBR) 76 (2) 64
QF: def Jiri Barnat / Filip Duda (CZE) 64 60
SF: vs. [1] Jakob Schnaitter / Mark Wallner (GER)

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Lexus Glasgow Challenger
Glasgow, Scotland (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[4] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def Adrian Andreev (BUL) 64 61
2nd rd: vs. Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) (Thursday)

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W35 Lexus British Pro Series Manchester
Manchester, UK (ITF $30K)

Singles

[2] Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def [Q] Amy Zhu (USA) 62 61
2nd rd: def. [Q] Vivian Wolff (USA) 64 63
QF: vs. Sofia Costoulas (BEL)

Doubles

[1] Ariana Arseneault / Anna Rogers (USA)
1st rd: Bye
QF: def Sofia Costoulas (BEL) / Hong Yi Cody Wong (HKG) 46 63 [10-8]
SF: vs. Brooke Black / Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR)

Singles qualifying

Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: lost to Clara Vlasselaer (BEL) 61 62

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6e Open Internacional Vila Real de Santo António
Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal (ITF $30K)

Singles

[Q] Justin Boulais
1st rd: lost to [7] Gastao Elias (POR) 36 62 62

Doubles

[4] Justin Boulais / William Woodall (USA)
1st rd: def Maximo Nagale (ESP) / Gabriel Sardo (ITA) 61 62
QF: vs. Benjamin Hannestad (DEN) / Adria Soriano Barrera (COL)

Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Sekou Bangoura (USA)
1st rd: vs. Goncalo Da Rosa Castro / Salvador Monteiro (POR)

Singles qualifying

[1] Justin Boulais
1st rd: def Finn Murgett (GBR) 76 (2) 63
FInal rd: def Miguel Semedo (POR) 63 63

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Emilio Sanchez Academy Presented by BMW
Naples, Fla. (ITF $15K)

Singles

Taha Baadi (MAR)
1st rd: def [4] Lucas Bouquet (FRA) 64 64
2nd rd: vs. Louis Tessa (FRA)

Singles qualifying

Joshua Lapadat
1st rd: lost to [16] Joao Vitor Goncalves Ceolin (BRA) 63 46 [11-9]

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Egypt 4 Men’s / Women’s Future
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (ITF $15K)

Men’s singles

Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: lost to [Q] Filippo Moroni (ITA) 75 76 (5)

Men’s doubles

Filip Peliwo (POL) / Matthias Southcombe (GBR)
1st rd: def. Adam Bajarko (POL) / Illya Beloborodko (UKR) 76 (2) 62
QF: vs. [3] Federico Bondioli / Carlo Alberto Caniato (ITA)

Men’s singles qualifying

Nicolas Ion
1st rd: def Andriy Poritskyy (UKR) 64 64
2nd rd: lost to [6] Michal Krajci (SVK) 64 63

Women’s singles qualifying

[9] Gabriella Vanessa Lindgren
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Sofia Martianova (RUS) 36 60 [10-3]

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ITF M15 Villena 1
Valencia, Spain (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: lost to Noah Lopez Cherubino (ESP) 62 64

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W15 Manacor
Manacor, Mallorca (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Justine Bryson
1st rd: lost to [WC] Paola Pinera Celorio (ESP) 46 62 [10-8]

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