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Top Canadians Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov will get back on the horse, after disappointing early exits last week at the ATP 250 in Munich.
They have more time to wait and think; with the 96-player draw they will have first-round byes and won’t play until almost the weekend.
On the women’s side Leylah Fernandez, who also will have a first-round bye, makes her 2025 clay-court debut. And Bianca Andreescu plays her first WTA 1000 in … awhile.
Final tally: two runner-up trophies: Liam Draxl in a heartbreaker in the Savannah Challenger, and Kayla Cross in doubles at the $100K ITF in Charlottesville.
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Mutua Madrid Open
Madrid, Spain (ATP/WTA 1000)
Men’s singles
[18] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Juan Manuel Cerundolo (ARG) 76 (5) 64
[29] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Kei Nishikori (JPN) 61 64
3rd rd: vs. [6] Alex de Minaur (AUS) (Monday)
[LL] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def. Zizou Bergs (BEL) 61 62
2nd rd: def. [2] Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) [LL] Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 75 46 64
3rd rd: vs. Cameron Norrie (GBR) (Monday)
Women’s singles
[25] Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Ann Li (USA) 64 36 64
[PR] Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: def McCartney Kessler (USA) 62 64
2nd rd: lost to [10] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 63 62
Women’s doubles
[1] Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe (NZL)
1st rd: lost to Sorana Cirstea (ROU) / Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 63 46 [10-7]
Leylah Fernandez / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ)
1st rd: lost to Storm Hunter / Ellen Perez (AUS) 67 (5) 64 [11-9]
Men’s singles qualifying
[3] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (ESP) 63 63
Final rd: lost to [20] Borna Coric (CRO) 63 76 (6)
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Savannah Challenger
Savannah, GA (ATP Challenger)
Singles
[4] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def [Q] Garrett Johns (USA) 75 61
2nd rd: def [Q] Patrick Maloney (USA) 75 75
QF: def Oliver Crawford (USA) 63 67 (7) 62
SF: def [ALT] Genaro Alberto Olivieri (ARG) 75 64
F: lost to Nicolas Mejia (COL) 26 62 76 (3)
[7] Alexis Galarneau
Doubles
[2] Cleeve Harper / Ryan Seggerman (USA)
1st rd: def. Liam Draxl / Benjamin Sigouin (CAN) 62 62
QF: def [WC] Andres Martin / Govind Nanda (USA) 64 64
SF: lost to [4] Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG) / Luis David Martinez (VEN) 62 64
Liam Draxl / Benjamin Sigouin
1st rd: lost to [2] Cleeve Harper (CAN) / Ryan Seggerman (USA) 62 62
Singles qualifying
[ALT] Steven Diez
1st rd: lost to [7] Ryan Seggerman (USA) 63 36 63
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W100 Charlottesville
Charlottesville, VA (ITF W$100K)
Singles
Kayla Cross
1st rd: def [Q] Adreana Reami (USA) 61 62
2nd rd: lost to [8] Iryna Shymanovich (RUS) 62 64
Cadence Brace
1st rd: def [Q] Lia Karatancheva (BUL) 46 76 (2) 63
2nd rd: lost to [4] Laura Pigossi (BRA) WALKOVER
[WC] Annabelle Xu
1st rd: lost to [Q] Victoria Osuigwe (USA) 64 75
Carol Zhao
1st rd: lost to Irina Maria Bara (ROU) 60 60
Doubles
[4] Kayla Cross / Petra Hule (AUS)
1st rd: def Isabelle Barrera Aguirre (USA) / Sabastiani Leon (MEX) 64 63
QF: def Makenna Jones / Angela Kulikov (USA) 75 36 [10-8]
SF: def [1] Isabelle Haverlag (NED) / Valeriya Strakhova (UKR) 06 64 [10-8]
F: lost to [3] Maria Kozyreva / Iryna Shymanovich (RUS) 75 75
Singles qualifying
Ana Grubor
1st rd: lost to [9] Haley Giavara (USA) 64 64
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Ando Securities Open Tokyo 2025
Tokyo, Japan (ITF W$100K)
Singles
[2] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: def [Q] Ayano Shimizu (JPN) 46 62 63
2nd rd: def [Q] Haruka Kaji (JPN) 63 64
QF: lost to [6] Talia Gibson (AUS) 76 (3) 67 (4) 76 (3)
Doubles
Rebecca Marino / Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: def. Aoi Ito / Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) 46 62 [13-11]
QF: lost to Destanee Aiava / Maddison Inglis (AUS) 64 63
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Côte d’Ivoire Open 2
Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (ATP Challenger)
Singles
[WC] Taha Baadi (MAR)
1st rd: lost to Aryan Shah (IND) 76 (5) 62
Doubles
[WC] Taha Baadi / Eliakim Coulibaly (CIV)
1st rd: def. [1] Matt Hulme (AUS) / Thimen Loof (NED) 76 (4) 64
QF: lost to Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine (FRA) / Aziz Ouakaa (TUN) 67 (2) 62 [10-8]
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Roma Garden Open
Rome, Italy (ATP Challenger)
Doubles
Kelsey Stevenson / Simone Agostini (ITA)
1st rd: def [WC] Jacopo Bilardo / Jacopo Vasami (ITA) 64 63
QF: def [2] Siddhant Banthia (IND) / Alexander Donski (BUL) 64 36 [11-9]
SF: lost to Erik Grevelius / Adam Heinonen (FIN) 64 76 (10)
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Mardy Fish Children’s Foundation Tennis Championships
Vero Beach, Fla. (ITF $15K)
Singles
[1] Alvin Nicholas Tudorica
1st rd: lost to Victor Lilov (USA) 75 46 62
[2] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: def [Q] Joao Vitor Goncalves Ceolin (BRA) 63 62
2nd rd: lost to [WC] Keaton Hance (USA) 26 63 62
Doubles
[1] Juan Carlos Aguilar / Jamie Vance (USA)
1st rd: lost to Gustavo Ribeiro de Almeida (BRA) / Noah Johnston (USA) 76 (4) 63
Joshua Peck / Leonardo Vega (USA)
1st rd: def Alvin Nicholas Tudorica (CAN) / Bautista Vilcich (ARG) 64 62
QF: lost to [3] Peter Bertran (DOM) / Jesse Flores (CRC) 62 62
Alvin Nicholas Tudorica / Bautista Vilcich (ARG)
1st rd: lost to Joshua Peck (CAN) / Leonardo Vega (USA) 64 62
Singles qualifying
[6] Joshua Peck
1st rd: def Alejandro Hayen (MEX) 64 63
Final rd: lost to Justin Roberts (BAH) 63 76 (1)
[7] Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: lost to [WC] Ilija Palavestra (USA) 61 62
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)
Singles
[WC] Françoise Abanda
1st rd: lost to [3] Anastasiia Gureva (RUS) 63 76 (9)
Doubles
Anna Tabunshchyk / Abigeyle Bhopal
1st rd: def. Eva Lopez (AUS) / Angeles Rodriguez-Rizo (MEX) 64 60
QF: lost to [2] Han Jiangxue (CHN) / Milana Zhabrailova (RUS) 64 57 [10-5]
Singles qualifying
Anna Tabunshchyk
1st rd: def Yoana Moneva (BUL) 61 60
2nd rd: lost to [14] Niimi Koharu (JPN) 62 61
Abigeyle Bhopal
1st rd: lost to Mariia Nozdrachova (UKR) 63 36 [10-5]
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2025 China Men’s 7 Luhan
Luan, China (ITF $15K)
Singles
[3] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def