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Some good Canadian content in Washington, D.C., including a wild card appearance in the doubles by the soon-to-retire Genie Bouchard.
In addition to Leylah Fernandez, Victoria Mboko and Gabriel Diallo.
A lot of others, who had planned a tournament, ended up withdrawing to prepare to play the qualifying at the National Bank Open in Montreal and Toronto. Which is only one round this year – for all the simoleons.
Some still are in, though, notably at a $100K ITF in Evansville, Ill.
And a higher-than usual turnout at the $30K level of the ITFs.
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Mubadala Citi DC Open
Washington, D.C. (ATP 500/WTA 500)
Men’s singles
[15] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. Fabian Maroszan (HUN) 63 64
3rd rd: lost to [4] Ben Shelton (USA) 63 62
Women’s singles
Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: def. Maya Joint (AUS) 63 63
2nd rd: def. [1] Jessica Pegula (USA) 63 16 75
QF: def. [Q] Taylor Townsend (USA) 64 76 (4)
SF: def [3] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 67 (2) 76 (3) 76 (3)
F: def Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 61 62
[WC] Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def Anastasia Potapova (RUS) 62 64
2nd rd: lost to [3] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 63 75
Women’s doubles
[1] Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Asia Muhammad (USA)
1st rd: def. Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Eri Hozumi (JPN) 61 46 [12-10]
QF: def. Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan (CHN) 62 57 [10-7]
SF: lost to Caroline Dolehide / Sofia Kenin (USA) 76 (4) 64
[WC] Genie Bouchard / Clervie Ngounoue (USA)
1st rd: lost to [WC] Venus Williams (USA) / Hailey Baptiste (USA) 63 61
Women’s singles qualifying
Rebecca Marino
1st rd: lost to [5] Yuliia Starodubtseva (UKR) 64 75
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Plava Laguna Croatia Open Umag
Umag, Croatia (ATP 250)
Doubles
Cleeve Harper / Ryan Seggerman (USA)
1st rd: lost to Théo Arribage (FRA) / Orlando Luz (BRA) 63 64
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The Women’s Hospital Classic
Evansville, IN (ITF $100K)
Singles
Kayla Cross
1st rd: def Ma YeXin (CHN) 64 61
2nd rd: lost to [3] Caty McNally (USA) 63 62
Carol Zhao
1st rd: def [WC] Sara Daavettila (USA) 75 63
2nd rd: lost to [8] Janice Tjen (INA) 64 62
[Q] Cadence Brace
1st rd: def Anna Rogers (USA) 63 62
2nd rd: lost to [5] Wang Xiyu (CHN) 60 75
Doubles
[3] Kayla Cross / Alana Smith (USA)
1st rd: def. Elizabeth Ionescu / Adriana Reami (USA) 60 62
QF: def Susanna Maltby / Maddy Zampardo (USA) 75 26 [10-7]
SF: lost to [2] Arianne Hartono (NED) / Prarthana G Thombare (IND) 64 75
Singles qualifying
[2] Cadence Brace
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: def [10] Christina McHale (USA) 63 75
Selin Vakalapudi
1st rd: lost to [10] Christina McHale (USA) 60 60
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Cranbrook Tennis Classic
Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (Challenger 100)
Singles
Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Patrick Kypson (USA) 64 67 (2) 63
2nd rd: def. Rio Noguchi (JPN) 61 64
QF: lost to [WC] Andres Martin (USA) 46 76 (6) 61
Doubles
Kelsey Stevenson / Ryuki Matsuda (JPN)
1st rd: lost to [PR] Jason Jung (TPE) / Reese Stalder (USA) 63 75
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Open Castilla y Leon Villa de el Espinar
Segovia, Spain (Challenger 75)
Doubles
Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Clément Chidekh (FRA)
1st rd: def Robin Bertrand (FRA) / Adil Kalyanpur (IND) 64 63
QF: lost to [4] Arthur Reymond / Luca Sanchez (FRA) 76 (2) 64
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The Neitzel Family Open
Champaign, Ill. (ITF $30K)
Singles
Mikael Arseneault
1st rd: lost to [JE] Cooper Woestendick (USA) 67 (2) 63 64
Doubles
Mikael Arseneault / Alexander Brown (USA)
1st rd: lost to [3] Zachary Fuchs / Wally Thayne (USA) 63 62
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $30K)
Women’s singles qualifying
[WC] Anna Tabunshchyk
1st rd: def [WC] Naila Krifa (FRA) 76 (0) 61
2nd rd: lost to [9] Eliana Blake (GBR) 64 64
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Raffeisen Bank ITF WTT Romania
Bacau, Romania (ITF $30K+H)
Singles qualifying
Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: def [WC] Adruan Ballestero (FRA) 62 75
2nd rd: lost to [13] Gheorghe Claudiu Schinteie (ROU) 61 75
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Orysol ITF Ciudad de Denia
Denia, Spain (ITF $30K)
Singles qualifying
Ghouse Ali Faisal
1st rd: lost to [4] Luis Garcia Paez (ESP) 61 61
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Eupago Porto Open
Porto, Portugal (ITF $30K)
Singles qualifying
Matthias Uwe Kask
1st rd: def. Francico Vilaca (POR) 62 75
2nd rd: lost to Tomas Pinho (POR) 62 62
Aurel Ciocanu (MDA)
1st rd: lost to [9] Rafael Izquierdo Luqu (ESP) 64 62
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Soltepec Tennis Tour
Huamantla, Mexico (ITF $15K)
Singles
[3] Ana Grubor
1st rd: def [Q] Virginia Crocker (USA) 61 61
2nd rd: def. [Q] Alisa Danilova (RUS) 61 61
QF: lost to Abigail Renchell (USA) 64 46 63
Singles qualifying
[16] Britney Brace
1st rd: lost to Kaitlyn Carnicella (USA) WALKOVER
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San Tecla
San Tecla, El Salvador (ITF $15K)
Singles
[JE] Volodymyr Gurenko
1st rd: lot to Brandon Perez (VEN) 64 64
[Q] David Asenov
1st rd: def [Q] Andres Rendon (ESA) 62 21 retd
2nd rd: lost to [1] Daniel Milavsky (USA) 61 62
Singles qualifying
David Asenov
1st rd: def. [ALT] Zachary Prince (USA) 63 36 [10-3]
Final rd: def [WC] Matvey Greschner (USA) 76 (2) 67 (0) [10-3]
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
Zelimir Rudan
1st rd: Victor Kuznetsov (RUS) 60 61
2nd rd: lost to Nicolas Robert (FRA) 46 62 [10-6]
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2025 China Women’s 18 Luan
Luan, China (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
Amy Lu
1st rd: losst to Zheng YiLin (CHN) 26 61 [10-6]