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Another double-500 week on the ATP Tour with Félix Auger-Aliassime in Dubai, and Denis Shapovalov in Acapulco.

Shapovalov, who won the Dallas indoor tournament a few weeks ago, was due to be in Guadalajara last weekend for the UTS exhibition, but withdrew from that. Gabriel Diallo qualified in Acapulco. But only Shapovalov made a run – to the semifinals, losing narrowly to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

For his part, Auger-Aliassime made the final.

In Austin, Texas, two Canadians were in the qualifying at the WTA tournament there, but didn’t get through.

And the ITF Canadian brigade relocated to (presumably much warmer) Arcadia, Calif. for a $30K event.

Alexis Galarneau was to continue in India, but ended up withdrawing.

Titles for Cleeve Harper in doubles at the Lugano Challenger, and for Kayla Cross in Arcadia and for Alvin Tudorica in doubles in Huamantla.

And a singles final for Alvin Tudorica in Huamantla as well.

Canucks This Week – Week ending March 10, 2025 (Sunday results)

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Dubai Duty Free Open
Dubai, UAE (ATP 500)

Singles

Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: def Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 76(7) 67(4) 63
2nd rd: def Nuno Borges (POR) 46 63 75
QF: def. [PR] Marin Cilic (CRO) 64 36 62
SF: def [Q] Quentin Halys (FRA) 57 64 63
F: lost to [4] Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE) 63 63

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Abierto Mexicano Telcel
Acapulco, Mexico (ATP 500)

Singles

[9] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: def [Q] Nishesh Basavareddy (USA) 75 62
2nd rd: def Alex Michelsen (USA) 64 63
QF: def Marcos Giron (USA) 46 63 62
SF: lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 76 (3) 76 (1)

[Q] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: lost to [3] Tommy Paul (USA) 62 62

Singles qualifying

[6] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def [WC] Rafael Alfonso de Alba Valdes (MEX) 61 61
Final rd: def. [1] Mattia Bellucci (ITA) 61 60

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ATX Open
Austin, Texas (WTA 250)

Singles qualifying

[3] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: def. Heather Watson (GBR) 63 64
Final rd: lost to Tatiana Prozorova (RUS) 64 60

[5] Marina Stakusic
1st rd: vs. Victoria Hu (USA) 14 retd

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Movistar Chile Open
Santiago, Chile (ATP 250)

Singles

[2] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Federico Coria (ARG) 76 (11) 46 63

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W50+H Macon
Macon, France (ITF W50)

Singles 

Victoria Mboko
1st rd: lost to [5] Raluca Georgiana Serban (CYP) 62 63

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Bengaluru Open
Bengaluru, India (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[8] Alexis Galarneau

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The Better Buzz San Diego Open
San Diego, Calif. (ATP Challenger)

Doubles

[4] Ben Sigouin / Filip Pieczonka (POL)
1st rd: lost to Eliot Spizzirri / Tyler Zink (USA) 64 76 (3)

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4° Città di Lugano
Lugano, Switzerland (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[8] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def [Q] Rei Sakamoto (JPN) 64 64
2nd rd: def. Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 64 76 (2)
QF: lost to [1] Raphael Collignon (BEL) 64 64

Doubles

[4] Cleeve Harper / David Stevenson (GBR)
1st rd: def Patrik Niklas-Salminen / Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 75 63
QF: def Liam Draxl (CAN) / Murphy Cassone (USA) WALKOVER
SF: def. David Vega Hernandez (ESP) / Kaito Uesugi (JPN) 63 67 (5) [10-7]
F: def. [1] Jakub Paul (SUI) / David Pel (NED) 46 63 [10-8]

Liam Draxl / Murphy Cassone (USA)
1st rd: def. Raphael Collignon / Gauthier Onclin (BEL) [ALT] Cui Jie (CHN) / Wu Tung-Lin (TPE) 62 64
QF: lost to [4] Cleeve Harper (CAN) / David Stevenson (GBR) WALKOVER

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Rwanda Challenger
Kigali, Rwanda (ATP Challenger)

Doubles

[3] Kelsey Stevenson / Scott Duncan (GBR)
1st rd: lost to Nicholas David Ionel / Filip Cristian Jianu (ROU) 76 (4) 46 [10-8]

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W35 Arcadia, CA
Arcadia, Calif. (ITF $30K)

Singles

[2] Carson Branstine
1st rd: def Madison Sieg (USA) 63 63
2nd rd: def Haruna Arakawa (JPN) 76 (8) 62
QF: lost to [WC] Fiona Crawley (USA) 46 64 75

[6] Kayla Cross
1st rd: def [Q] Tilwith Di Girolami (BEL) 64 62
2nd rd: def [SE] Erin Cayetano (USA) 36 62 63
QF: def [Q] Stefania Rogozinska Dzik (POL) 61 61
SF: def [WC] Fiona Crawley (USA) 60 46 64
F: def. [1] Iva Jovic (USA) 62 76 (6)

[8] Carol Zhao
1st rd: def [WC] Anna Frey (USA) 16 75 64
2nd rd: lost to [WC] Fiona Crawley (USA) 67 (4) 63 60

Cadence Brace

Katherine Sebov
1st rd: lost to Diletta Cherubini (ITA) 63 63

Doubles

Kayla Cross / Jenna de Falco (USA)
1st rd: def [1] Eleni Christofi / Despina Papamichail (GRE) 60 75
QF: def Kolie Allen (USA) / Mayu Crossley (JPN) 26 64 [10-6]
SF: lost to [3] Victoria Osuigwe / Alana Smith (USA) 26 64 [10-1]

Katherine Sebov / Anasasia Tikhonova (RUS)
1st rd: def Yasmine Kabbaj (MAR) / Liisa Varul (EST) 63 75
QF: def [4] Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) / Fangran Tian (CHN) WALKOVER
SF: lost to [2] Aldila Sutjiadi / Janice Tjen (INA) 62 16 [12-10]

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Faro Future 2025
Faro, Portugal (ITF $30K)

Singles

[Q] Justin Boulais
1st rd: lost to [8] Zhou Yi (CHN) 64 60

Doubles

Justin Boulais / William Woodall (USA)
1st rd: def Gabi Adrian Boltan (ROU) / Darrshan Suresh (MAS) 63 64
QF: lost to Rafael Izquierdo Luque (ESP) / Diogo Marques (POR) 64 63

Singles qualifying

[5] Justin Boulais
1st rd: def [WC] Salvador Monteiro (POR) 60 61
Final rd: def [9] Rafael Izquierdo Luque (ESP) 46 64 [10-8]

Diego Lopato-Miguel
1st rd: lost to [2] Adam Heinonen (SWE) 60 61

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

Singles

[2] Alvin Nicholas Tudorica
1st rd: def [WC] Patricio Betancourt (MEX) 62 61
2nd rd: def. Lucca Pinto (BRA) 63 62
QF: def. [Q] Maikel De Boes (BEL) 62 75
SF: vs. [7] Tyler Stice (USA) 61 60
F: lost to Ryan Fishback (USA) 76 (4) 63

Doubles

[2] Alvin Nicholas Tudorica / Ryan Fishback (USA)
1st rd: def Alejandro Ochoa (MEX) / Andre Souza Pinto de Camargo e Silva (BRA) 61 63
QF: def Nicolas Hollender (ARG) / Glauco Pinheiro da Cruz Junior (BRA) 62 62
SF: def [4] Stephan Noale / Rafael Tosetto (BRA) 61 64
F: def. [3] Juan Sebastian Osorio (COL) / Elijah Strode (USA) 76 (1) 57 [10-6]

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Egypt 5 Men’s / Women’s Future
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (ITF $15K)

Men’s singles

Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: lost to Fares Zakaria (EGY) 61 61

Men’s doubles

Filip Peliwo (POL) / Matthias Southcombe (GBR)
1st rd: def Simone Agostini / Biagio Gramaticopolo (ITA) 75 63
QF: lost to [3] Akram El Sallaly (EGY) / Jarno Jans (NED) 36 61 [10-7]

Women’s doubles

Gabriella Vannessa Lindgren / Valeria Monko (RUS)
1st rd: lost to [4] Madelief Hageman (NED) / Patricija Paukstyte (LTU) 63 75

Men’s singles qualifying

Nicolas Ion
1st rd: def Vasyl Makarenko (UKR) 62 75
2nd rd: lost to [14] Bogdan Seleznev (RUS) 46 76 (2) [10-4]

Women’s singles qualifying

[2] Gabriella Vannessa Lindgren
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Hala Fouad (EGY) 36 62 [10-7]
Final rd: lost to [10] Marcella Dessolis (ITA) 64 76 (4)

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W15 Manacor
Manacor, Mallorca (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Justine Bryson
1st rd: lost to Isabel Skoog (SWE) 76 (5) 60

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M15 Villena 2
Villena, Spain (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: lost to [6] Dong Zhenxiong (CHN) 67 (3) 64 [16-14]

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

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