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It’s a big week at the top level for the Canadians, who will all gather together in the desert for the BNP Paribas Open.
It’d be fun if they had a Canuckian dinner. But that’s not how we roll.
Beyond that, huge contingent at a pair of $15K ITFs in Quebec – in Trois-Rivières for the women, and in Sherbrooke for the men.
Dan Martin of Laval is already through – winning the doubles at the $15K in Sherbrooke. And Victoria Mboko is in titletown again with a win at the $60K women’s ITF in Portugal.
Great opportunities to get pro experience and maybe some ranking points, without having to go to the other side of the world.
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BNP Paribas Open
Indian Wells, Calif. (ATP/WTA 1000)
Men’s singles
[27] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def [Q] Adam Walton (AUS) 63 62
3rd rd: vs. [2] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP)
[30] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 63 75
3rd rd: vs. [3] Taylor Fritz (USA)
[17] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to [PR] Jenson Brooksby (USA) 64 62
[LL] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def Zhang Zhizhen (CHN) 62 26 76 (7)
2nd rd: lost to [20] Arthur Fils (FRA) 62 62
Women’s singles
[27] Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Jaqueline Cristian (ROU) 57 76 (5) 63
Men’s doubles
Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) / Jiri Lehecka (CZE)
1st rd: def [4] Marcel Granollers (ESP) / Horacio Zeballos (ARG) 62 63
2nd rd: vs. Behar/Galloway or Murray/Pavlasek
Women’s doubles
[2] Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe (NZL)
1st rd: def Leylah Fernandez (CAN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) 57 63 [10-1]
2nd rd: lost to [WC] Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) / Caty McNally (USA) 76 (4) 75
Leylah Fernandez / Luisa Stefani (BRA)
1st rd: lost to [2] Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) / Erin Routliffe (NZL) 57 63 [10-1]
Men’s singles qualifying
[4] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def Hady Habib (LBN) 63 76 (5)
Final rd: lost to Ethan Quinn (USA) 76 (5) 62
Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def [11] Arthur Cazeaux (FRA) 64 46 64
Final rd: lost to [15] Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) 76 (3) 63
Women’s singles qualifying
[20] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: lost to [WC] Clervie Ngounoue (USA) 64 76 (3)
Marina Stakusic
1st rd: lost to [3] Sonay Kartal (GBR) 62 62
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W75 Porto
Porto, Portugal (ITF $60K)
Singles
Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def [3] Maja Chwalinska (POL) 36 62 63
2nd rd: def [WC] Angelina Voloshchuk (POR) 75 63
QF: def Guiomar Maristany Zuleta de Reales (ESP) 62 64
SF: def Anouk Koevermans (NED) 36 62 61
F: def [1] Harriet Dart (GBR) 61 61
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Thionville Open
Thionville, France (ATP Challenger)
Singles
[4] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def Nikolai Budkov Kjaer (DEN) 64 67 (10) 64
2nd rd: def Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ) 63 36 63
QF: lost to [7] Alibek Kachmazov (RUS) 76 (6) 57 62
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Rwanda Challenger 2
Kigali, Rwanda (ATP Challenger)
Doubles
Kelsey Stevenson / Scott Duncan (GBR)
1st rd: def Thijmen Loof (NED) / Paulo Andre Saraiva Dos Santos (BRA) 06 61 [18-16]
QF: lost to [4] Siddhant Banthia / Alexander Donski (BUL) 61 67 (6) [10-6]
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Torneo Akari 50
Chihuahua, Mexico (ITF $40K)
Singles
Dasha Plekhanova
1st rd: def. [WC] Natalia Sousa Salazar (MEX) 46 63 75
2nd rd: lost to [5] Despina Papamichail (GRE) 63 62
Doubles
Dasha Plekhanova / Ia Reyes Romero (MEX)
1st rd: def. Daniela Martinez Guerrero / Fernanda Guadalupe Regalado Macias (MEX) 60 62
QF: lost to [1] Nicole Fossa Huergo (ITA) / Valeriya Stakhova (UKR) 64 75
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The Campus Open
Quinta Do Lago, Portugal (ITF $30K)
Singles
Justin Boulais
1st rd: def Tiago Pereira (POR) 76 (2) 64
2nd rd: def [SE] Liam Broady (GBR) 46 63 63
QF: def. Quinn Vandecasteele (USA) 61 67 (4) [10-8]
SF: lost to George Loffhagen (GBR) 62 75
Doubles
Justin Boulais / Andres Martin (USA)
1st rd: lost to [2] Pedro Araujo (POR) / Finn Bass (GBR) WALKOVER
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W15 Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières, Québec (ITF $15K)
Singles
[WC] Clémence Mercier
1st rd: def [7] Jaeda Daniel (USA) 57 61 60
2nd rd: def [Q] Kianah Motosono (USA) 61 62
QF: lost to Valentina Ivanov (NZL) 46 64 76 (6)
Ana Grubor
1st rd: lost to Dasha Ivanova (USA) 26 75 61
Nadia Lagaev
1st rd: lost to Valentina Ivanov (NZL) 46 63 76 (3)
[WC] Raphaelle Lacasse
1st rd: lost to [5] Malaika Rapolu (USA) 63 67 (0) 76 (2)
[WC] Isabella Marton
1st rd: lost to [4] Amy Zhu (USA) 67 (3) 64 76 (2)
[WC] Anna Tabunshchyk
1st rd: lost to Sabastiani Leon (USA) 75 36 75
[Q] Catherine Xie
1st rd: lost to [Q] Kianah Motosono (USA) 61 61
Doubles
Brooke Feth / Anna Tabunshchyk
1st rd: def Allie Bittner (USA) / Lina Qostal (MAR) 64 64
QF: lost to [3] Dasha Ivanova / Amy Zhu (USA) 62 63
[4] Raphaelle Lacasse / Taylor Gruber (USA)
1st rd: def. Najah Dawson (JAM) / Kianah Motosono (USA) 26 76 (5) [10-2]
QF: lost to Rachael Smith / Kaede Usui (USA) 61 75
Nadia Lagaev / Clémence Mercier
1st rd: lost to Elisabeth Ionescu / Christasha McNeil (USA) 76 (3) 76 (1)
Raphaelle Bruneau / Catherine Xie
1st rd: lost to [3] Dasha Ivanova / Amy Zhu (USA) 61 62
Singles qualifying
Catherine Xie
1st rd: def [5] Dilana Rsovac (AUS) 63 62
Final rd: def [13] Adaugo Ukaeghu (USA) 62 62
[8] Lola Emilie Bean
1st rd: def [ALT] Anastasia Jacques (RUS) 60 61
Final rd: lost to [11] Kianah Motosono (USA) 61 60
Brooke Feth
1st rd: def [7] Selin Vakalapudi (CAN) 61 75
Final rd: lost to Lina Qostal (MAR) 64 63
[10] Dylan Gelber
1st rd: def Ashleigh Havey (USA) 60 61
Final rd: lost to [2] Kaede Usul (USA) 76 (6) 36 [10-6]
Juliette Lorthios-Guilledroit
1st rd: def [15] Leslie Rose (USA) 62 62
FINal rd: lost to [4] Klara Kosan (USA) 60 60
Raphelle Bruneau
1st rd: lost to [6] Kelly Keller (USA) 62 62
Lea Cousineau
1st rd: lost to [8] Taylor Gruber (USA) 64 62
Thea Donarski
1st rd: lost to [16] Allie Bittner (USA) 62 64
Khushi Kaur Grewal
1st rd: lost to [13] Adaugo Ukaeghu (USA) 63 64
Thea Istrate
1st rd: lost to [1] Elisabeth Ionescu (USA) 60 61
Marylee Longpré
1st rd: lost to [9] Najah Dawson (JAM) 63 36 [10-3]
Neda Rahimkhani
1st rd: lost to [4] Klara Kosan (USA) 64 63
Anissa Saada
1st rd: lost to [14] Krisa Mahendran (IND) 62 61
[7] Selin Vakalapudi
1st rd: lost to Brooke Feth (CAN) 61 75
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Soltepec Tennis Tour
Huamantla, Mexico (ITF $15K)
Singles
[3] Alvin Nicholas Tudorica
1st rd: def [WC] Oswaldo Alejandro Reyes Tirado (MEX) 61 61
2nd rd: def Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros (MEX) 63 64
QF: def Juan Sebastian Osorio (COL) 62 75
SF: lost to [1] Garrett Johns (USA) 62 76 (5)
Doubles
[3] Alvin Nicholas Tudorica / Stefan Cooper (GBR)
1st rd: def Juan Sebastian Osorio (COL) / Rafael Tosetto (BRA) 61 64
QF: def Patricio Alvarado (ECU) / Patricio Betancourt (MEX) 62 61
SF: lost to [1] Garrett Johns (USA) / Ivan Marrero Curbelo (ESP) 76 (4) 64
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M15 Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, Québec (ITF $15K)
Singles
[8] Taha Baadi
1st rd: def Benjamin Thomas George (CAN) 64 64
2nd rd: def [Q] Alex Finkelstein (USA) 64 62
QF: lost to [4] Alfredo Perez (USA) 76 (5) 63
[WC] Nicaise Muamba
1st rd: def [5] Strong Kirchheimer (USA) 64 76 (7)
2nd rd: def [WC] Joshua Peck (CAN) 64 62
QF: lost to [1] Patrick Maloney (USA) 26 76 (5) 64
[JR] Nicolas Arseneault
1st rd: def [2] Juan Carlos Aguilar (CAN) 76 (6) 61
2nd rd: lost to Brian Bozemoj (NED) 63 46 64
[Q] Sid Donarski
1st rd: def [Q] Max Benaim (GBR) 62 57 62
2nd rd: lost to [4] Alfredo Perez (USA) 63 76 (3)
[WC] Adam Farag-Cao
1st rd: def [JR] Hoyoung Roh (KOR) 75 62
2nd rd: lost to Daniel Milavsky (USA) 63 retd
[Q] Joshua Lapadat
1st rd: def Dan Martin (CAN) 64 64
2nd rd: lost to [1] Patrick Maloney (USA) 64 16 63
[WC] Joshua Peck
1st rd: def [Q] Reece Falck (NZL) 64 26 61
2nd rd: lost to [WC] Nicaise Muamba (CAN) 64 62
[2] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: lost to [JR] Nicolas Arseneault (CAN) 76 (6) 61
[WC] Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: lost to [Q] Alex Finkelstein (USA) 63 64
[Q] Andrei Caragea
1st rd: lost to Jesse Flores (CRC) 67 (4) 63 62
Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: lost to [8] Taha Baadi (CAN) 64 64
Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to [Q] Joshua Lapadat (CAN) 64 64
Doubles
[3] Taha Baadi / Joshua Lapadat
Dan Martin / Matt Kuhar (USA)
1st rd: def. Ronald Hohmann / Oren Vasser (USA) 36 63 [10-8]
QF: def. [4] Edward Winter / Hugh Winter (AUS) WALKOVER
SF: def [1] Keshav Chopra / Phillip Jordan (USA) 62 67 (1) [10-3]
F: def Andrew Fenty / Daniel Milavsky (USA) 26 62 [10-8]
Mikael Arseneault / Nicolas Arseneault
1st rd: def Adam Farag-Cao / Miko Lapalme (CAN) 76 (3) 63
QF: lost to [2] Brian Bozemoj / Daniel De Jonge (NED) 76 (4) 63
Nicaise Muamba / Alfredo Perez (USA)
1st rd: def Joshua Peck (CAN) / Max Benaim (GBR) 75 64
QF: lost to [1] Keshav Chopra / Phillip Jordan (USA) 63 64
Caden Colburne / Andy Tchinda Kepche
1st rd: vs. [3] Taha Baadi / Joshua Lapadat (CAN) [ALT] Strong Kirchheimer (USA) / Hoyoung Roh (KOR) 36 64 [11-9]
Andres Ispas / Eloi Roux
1st rd: lost to [1] Keshav Chopra / Phillip Jordan (USA) 62 63
Adam Farag-Cao / Miko Lapalme (CAN)
1st rd: lost to Mikael Arseneault / Nicolas Arseneault (CAN) 76 (3) 63
Joshua Peck (CAN) / Max Benaim (GBR)
1st rd: lost to Nicaise Muamba (CAN) / Alfredo Perez (USA) 75 64
Singles qualifying
[8] Joshua Lapadat
1st rd: def Volodymyr Gurenko (CAN) 36 75 [10-4]
FInal rd: def [13] Aurel Ciocanu (CAN) 64 64
Sid Donarski
1st rd: def [4] Jake Van Emburgh (USA) 46 76 (6) [10-6]
Final rd: def Eloi Roux (CAN) 64 76 (4)
[WC] Andrei Caragea
1st rd: def [2] Phillip Jordan (USA) 46 64 [10-4]
FInal rd: vs. Andres Ispas (CAN) 67 (3) 64 [13-11]
Andres Ispas
1st rd: def [11] Alejandro Hayen (MEX) 76 (11) 63
FInal rd: lost to [WC] Andrei Caragea (CAN) 67 (3) 64 [13-11]
Eloi Roux
1st rd: def [16] Anirudh Rao (USA) 61 67 (5) [10-6]
Final rd: lost to Sid Donarski (CAN) 64 76 (4)
[13] Aurel Ciocanu
1st rd: def Haig Daouidian (SYR) 76 (3) 63
Final rd: lost to [8] Joshua Lapadat (CAN) 64 64
[5] Niels Peter Van Noord
1st rd: def. [WC] Andy Tchinda Kepche (CAN) 62 63
Final rd: lost to [10] Max Benaim (GBR) 64 32 retd
[WC] Caden Colburne
1st rd: lost to [1] Daniel De Jonge (NED) 61 76 (4)
Volodymyr Gurenko
1st rd: lost to [8] Joshua Lapadat (CAN) 36 75 [10-4]
[WC] Andy Tchinda Kepche (CAN)
1st rd: lost to [5] Niels Peter Van Noord (CAN) 62 63
[WC] Miko Lapalme
1st rd: lost to [6] Ronald Hohmann (USA) 62 62
[WC] Nicolas Leclair
1st rd: lost to [12] Alex Finkelstein (USA) 62 64
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M15 Torelló
Torelló, Spain (ITF $15K)
Singles
[7] Steven Diez
1st rd: def [Q] Manel Lazaro Juncadella (ESP) 60 63
2nd rd: def [Q] Toby Samuel (GBR) 57 64 21 retd
QF: def William Grant (USA) 61 61
SF: lost to [8] Fabrizio Andaloro (ITA) 61 76 (4)
Doubles
Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Sekou Bangoura (USA)
1st rd: def. Benjamin Perez Mora (ESP) / Dani Constans Picart (ESP) 61 64
QF: def Vit Kalina (CZE) / Hayato Matsuoka (JPN) 64 62
SF: lost to [4] John Echeverria (ESP) / Diego Fernandez Flores (CHI) 62 63
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Egypt 6 Men’s Future
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
Nicolas Ion
1st rd: def Simon Norrman (SVK) 76 (3) 63
2nd rd: def Kiyan Santino Kasemi (GER) 26 63 [10-7]
Final rd: lost to Mirko Lagasio (ITA) 75 20 retd
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Viktoria Mboko is amazing these days, Beating Kayla Cross, her (former?} doubles partner 6-0 6-0, not to mention Dart. Which coach? Her new training location, please? I don’t think she trains in Montreal anymore. Would appreciate a feature with her. She, Cross, Branstine are all doing very well. Mboko and Branstine seem to have overcome some serious health issues. Kudos to them.
She hasn’t been in Montreal for long.
She … disappeared for a fair bit. I wasn’t sure she would come back. And then she moved to Europe.
Kayla Cross is sort of a crafty lefty. But she’s always hurt. So I wouldn’t jump all over a score of a match you didn’t see and draw any conclusions.
Dart had an absolute marathon the night before in the semis. She was spent from the get-go. So, great for Mboko.
Getting into the top 150 in the women’s game is not a relatively *hard* task (compared to the men) if you hit a good ball. No one sees you coming.
It’s after that that it gets interesting.
That’s what Stakusic is finding out right now. Once you get beyond a certain level, EVERYONE is at least as good or usually better.
Well, Mboko has also had the satisfaction of recently beating in Women’s tournaments Clervie Ngounoue and Sofia Costoulas, who as juniors were ranked higher at #1 and #2 than her at #6.
BTW, Branstine has just played Qs in Miami.
Um yeah, I have her on the Canucks This week list and I also Tweeted about her match while it was happening.
I don’t think junior rankings mean much once you get to the pros.
Hi Steph
I love your site, and all you do for us, but I’m having a couple of problems. Is it just me, or something that needs tweaking?
1. After a few days, your main headline starts appearing in every break between tournaments, sometimes more than once. One day I counted, and the ‘Canucks this week’ headline was on my page 18 times! It makes for a lot of scrolling. This has been happening for about 2 months.
2. Whenever I post a comment, the spinner just never quits. Sometimes I end up refreshing the page when I come back later, but it often never stops. Most times, my comments don’t ever post, but occasionally they do, even while the spinner hasn’t stopped. Weird – this has also been happening for a couple of months. So, hopefully, this actually posts.
Brenda
Yes, I know about the “headline” thing. It’s definitely a bug but we’ve had trouble getting to the bottom of it.
It seems to be the biggest “headline font” – but ONLY in that one particular post.
So getting rid of that will likely solve the issue.
It’s nice to see Victoria Mboko marching through her draw. Another final tomorrow!