April 21, 2025

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

Canucks This Week – Week ending April 6, 2025 (final results)

The biggest guns are off after the Sunshine Double.

But Gabriel Diallo, who went out of Miami after twisting his ankle during a match against Arthur Fils, started his clay-court campaign in Bucharest.

Liam Draxl was in the qualifying in Houston and made the doubles as an alternate and Ariana Arseneault, fresh from some ITFs in the Dominican where her two brothers also played, headed down to Bogotá, Colombia, on clay at altitude.

She made just her second WTA-level appearance. And she was the No. 4 seed in doubles with partner Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia.

And more, all around the world. Including Katherine Sebov, who won two qualifying matches and made the main draw at the WTA 500 in Charleston.

Alexis Galarneau made the semifinals in Morelos. And Cana-Kiwi Erin Routliffe (playing with Jelena Ostapenko, not regular partner Gabriela Dabrowski), wins the Charleston doubles.

Credit One Charleston Open
Charleston, S.C. (WTA 500)

Singles

[WC] Marina Stakusic
1st rd: lost to Maria Sakkari (GRE) 63 62

[Q] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: lost to Katie Volynets (USA) 60 60

Doubles

[1] Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT)
1st rd: def Viktoriya Tomova (BUL) / Katie Volynets (USA) 26 63 [10-2]
QF: def. Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) 75 63
SF: def Hailey Baptiste / Caty McNally (USA) 62 57 [10-6]
F: def. [3] Caroline Dolehide / Desirae Krawczyk (USA) 64 62

Singles qualifying

[12] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def. Gabriela Lee (ROU) 60 64
Final rd: def. [4] Kyoka Okamura (JPN) 64 62

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Tiriac Open
Bucharest, Romania (ATP 250)

Singles

Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def Chun-Hsin Tseng (TPE) 76 (5) 76(2)
2nd rd: lost to [1] Sebastian Baez (ARG) 76 (5) 26 62

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Fayez Sarofim & Co. US Men’s Clay Court Championship
Houston, Texas (ATP 250)

Singles

[3] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Jenson Brooksby (USA) 36 64 76 (6)

Doubles

[ALT] Liam Draxl / Cleeve Harper
1st rd: lost to Austin Krajicek / Rajeev Ram (USA) 64 62

Singles qualifying

[4] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def [ALT] William Grant (USA) 63 62
Final rd: lost to [6/WC] Colton Smith (USA) 64 64

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Copa Colsanitas Zurich
Bogotá, Colombia (WTA 250)

Doubles

[4] Ariana Arseneault / Oksana Kalashnikova (GEO)
1st rd: def Tara Moore (GBR) / Peangtarn Plipuech (THA) 16 63 [10-4]
QF: lost to Irina Bara (ROU) / Laura Pigossi (BRA) 57 62 [10-6]

Singles qualifying

[8] Carol Zhao
1st rd: lost to [WC] Julieta Pareja (USA) 75 61

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Grand Prix Hassan II
Marrakech, Morocco (WTA 250)

Singles

[WC] Taha Baadi (MAR)
1st rd: lost to [5] Roberto Carballes Baena (ESP) 76 (3) 63

Doubles

[WC] Taha Baadi / Younes Lalami Laaroussi (MAR)
1st rd: lost to Mattia Bellucci (ITA) / Hugo Gaston (FRA) 76 (4) 75

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Morelos Open
Morelos, Mexico (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[2] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ) 76(7) 67 (10) 63
2nd rd: def Bernard Tomic (AUS) 64 63
QF: def [Q] Robin Catry (FRA) 64 64
SF: lost to [SE] Dmitry Popko (KAZ) 62 75

[Q] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: lost to Bernard Tomic (AUS) 46 62 64

Doubles

[4] Juan Carlos Aguilar / Mac Kiger (USA)
1st rd: def Aziz Dougaz (TUN) / Courtney Lock (ZIM) 76 (4) 63
QF: def. Nicolas Mejia / Andres Urrea (COL) 75 63
SF: lost to Jody Maginley (ANT) / Alfredo Perez (USA) 63 76 (5)

Singles qualifying

[4] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: def [ALT] Ray Ho (TPE) 76 (5) 76 (4)
Final rd: def. [11] Ivan Marrero Curbelo (ESP) 75 64

[3] Alvin Nicholas Tudorica
1st rd: def [WC} Rafael De Alba (MEX) 60 63
Final rd: lost to [ALT] Robin Catry (FRA) 61 46 62

Dan Martin
1st rd: def [6] Kiranpal Pannu (NZL) 63 64
Final rd: lost to [8] Elmar Ejupovic (GER) 64 76 (2)

[ALT] Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: lost to [12] Alan Fernando Rubio Fierros (MEX) 76 (4) 36 75

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Open Città della Disfida
Barletta, Italy (ATP Challenger)

Doubles

Kelsey Stevenson / Augusto Virgili (ITA)
1st rd: lost to [2] Vitaliy Sachko (UKR) / Milos Karol (SVK) 76 (2) 62

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River Hills Open
Jackson, MS (ITF W$30K)

Singles

[1] Cadence Brace
1st rd: lost to [WC] Monika Ekstrand (USA) 63 10 retd

Singles qualifying

[14] Selin Vakalapudi
1st rd: lost to Polina Krumkachev (USA) 62 60

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M25 Reus
Reus, Spain (ITF $30K)

Singles

Steven Diez
1st rd: def. [Q] Sergi Fita Juan (ESP) 60 61
2nd rd: lost to [4] Clément Tabur (FRA) 57 76 (1) 61

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M25 Chacabuco
Chacabuco, Argentina (ITF $30K)

Doubles

Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Sekou Bangoura (USA)
1st rd: lost to Sean Hess / Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen (ARG) 63 16 [13-11]

(Pic: Instagram/Roy Stepanov)

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Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkey (ITF M$25K, W$15K)

Women’s singles qualifying

Françoise Abanda
1st rd: vs. Andzhelina Kostova (BUL) (not played)

Men’s singles qualifying

Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: def Derin Sen (AUS) 76 (4) 16 [10-7]
2nd rd: def [16] S Mert Ozdemir (TUR) 63 61
FInal rd: lost to [8] Artur Kukasian (RUS) 63 76 (4)

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Hashimoto Sogyo Kashiwa Open
Kashiwa, Japan (ITF $15K)

Singles

Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def Leo Vithoontien (JPN) 57 64 63
2nd rd: lost to [WC] Sora Fikuda (JPN) 63 63

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M15 Heraklion
Heraklion, Greece (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Nicolas Ion
1st rd: lost to [2] Pablo Trochu (FRA) 63 61

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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)

Singles

[Q] Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: lost to [WC] Mia Wainwright (GBR) 61 30 retd

Singles qualifying

Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def [5] Eva Zabolotnaia (MDA) 61 26 [10-6]
Final rd: def. [10] Noelani Sara Teso (JPN) 62 60

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