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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, is back and starting his clay-court campaign in Bucharest.
Liam Draxl is in the qualifying in Houston and Ariana Arseneault, fresh from some ITFs in the Dominican where her two brothers also played, heads down to Bogotá, Colombia, on clay at altitude.
She’ll made just her second WTA-level appearance. And she’s 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 is into the main draw at the WTA 500 in Charleston.
(Not complete)
Credit One Charleston Open
Charleston, S.C. (WTA 500)
Singles
[WC] Marina Stakusic
1st rd: vs. Maria Sakkari (GRE) (Tuesday)
[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: vs. Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) / Zhang Shuai (CHN)
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: Chun-Hsin Tseng (TPE) (Tuesday)
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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: vs [Q] Jenson Brooksby (USA)
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: vs. Tara Moore (GBR) / Peangtarn Plipuech (THA)
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: vs. Mattia Bellucci (ITA) / Hugo Gaston (FRA)
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Morelos Open
Morelos, Mexico (ATP Challenger)
Singles
[2] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: vs Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ)
[Q] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: vs Bernard Tomic (AUS)
Doubles
[4] Juan Carlos Aguilar / Mac Kiger (USA)
1st rd: vs Aziz Dougaz (TUN) / Courtney Lock (ZIM)
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: vs [2] Vitaliy Sachko (UKR) / Milos Karol (SVK)
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River Hills Open
Jackson, MS (ITF W$30K)
Singles
[1] Cadence Brace
1st rd: vs [WC] Monika Ekstrand (USA)
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: vs. Qualifier
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M25 Chacabuco
Chacabuco, Argentina (ITF $30K)
Doubles
Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Sekou Bangoura (USA)
1st rd: vs Sean Hess / ALejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallen (ARG)

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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: vs. [8] Artur Kukasian (RUS)
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Hashimoto Sogyo Kashiwa Open
Kashiwa, Japan (ITF $15K)
Singles
Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: vs Leo Vithoontien (JPN)
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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: vs TBA
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
Françoise Abanda is coming back :O?
Well – I’ll believe it when I see it. She was supposed to play today, and didn’t.
She’s been entered in a bunch of other tournaments but withdrew.
We’ll see if she answers my text 🙂