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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