October 1, 2025

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Canucks This Week – Week ending Aug. 17, 2025 (final results)

It’s a quick turnaround from Canada to Cincinnati, but most of the Canadians probably couldn’t wait to get back at it again, after disappointing efforts in their home tournaments.

For Victoria Mboko, no Cincinnati as she decompresses, processes and heals up that wrist after a Cinderella turn in Montreal.

And for the Cana-Kiwis, a title.

And more players around the world, the week before the US Open qualifying begins.

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Cincinnati Open
Mason, Ohio (ATP 1000/WTA 1000)

Men’s singles

[23] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 62 76 (3)
3rd rd: def Arthur Rinderknech (FRA) 76 (4) 42 retd
4th rd: def Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) 64 63
QF: lost to [1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) 60 62

[24] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to [LL] Luca Nardi (ITA) 67 (5) 63 64

[30] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. Sebastian Baez (ARG) 75 64
3rd rd: lost to [1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) 62 76 (7)

Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: lost to Roman Safiullin (RUS) 63 63

Women’s singles

[21] Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro (ESP) 63 63

Victoria Mboko

Men’s doubles

Félix Auger-Aliassime / Denis Shapovalov

Gabriel Diallo / Ben Shelton (USA)

Women’s doubles

[2] Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe (NZL)
1st rd: def. Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Ena Shibahara (JPN) 75 75
2nd rd: vs. Giuliana Olmos (MEX) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 36 76 (2) [10-7]
QF: def Caty McNally (USA) / Linda Noskova (CZE) 62 76 (3)
SF: def [6] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Ellen Perez (AUS) 36 63 [12-10]
F: def Guo Hanyu (CHN) / Alexandra Panova (RUS) 64 63

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Saskatoon Challenger
Saskatoon, Sask. (ITF $40K)

Singles

[7] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def [Q] Avery Alexander (CAN) 61 61
2nd rd: def. [WC] Teah Chavez (CAN) 57 61 62
QF: lost to [2] Anca Todoni (ROU) 46 63 75

Raphaelle Lacasse
1st rd: def Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) 62 62
2nd rd: def. [1] Olivia Gadecki (AUS) 65 retd
QF: lost to Salma Ewing (USA) 46 61 63

[WC] Teah Chavez
1st rd: def [Q] Giulia Alessia Monteleone (ITA) 61 61
2nd rd: lost to [7] Katherine Sebov (CAN) 57 61 62

Mia Kupres
1st rd: def [WC] Bianca Jolie Fernandez (CAN) 64 64
2nd rd: lost to [6] Himeno Sakatsume (JPN) 63 61

Dasha Plekhanova
1st rd: def Kallista Liu (USA) 36 63 63
2nd rd: lost to [8] Saki Imamura (JPN) 67 (6) 60 63

[Q] Avery Alexander (CAN)
1st rd: lost to [7] Katherine Sebov (CAN) 61 61

[WC] Bianca Jolie Fernandez
1st rd: lost to Mia Kupres (CAN) 64 64

[WC] Isabella Marton
1st rd: lost to Haley Giavara (USA) 63 61

[Q] Scarlett Nicholson
1st rd: lost to [2] Anca Todoni (ROU) 64 62

Alexandra Vagramov
1st rd: lost to Claire Liu (USA) 62 63

[Q] Selin Vakalapudi
1st rd: lost to [5] Hanna Chang (USA) 61 61

Annabelle Xu
1st rd: lost to Salma Ewing (USA) 64 63

Doubles

[4] Raphaelle Lacasse / Alexandra Vagramov
1st rd: Bye
QF: def Selin Vakalapudi / Giulia Alessia Monteleone (ITA) 61 61
SF: def Bianca Jolie Fernandez (CAN) / Zoe Hitt (USA)
F: lost to [2] Saki Imamura / Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) 76 (3) 36 [10-1]

Teah Chavez / Scarlett Nicholson
1st rd: vs. Kallista Liu (USA) / Zhao Yichen (CHN) 63 61
QF: def [3] Katherine Sebov (CAN) / Haley Giavara (USA) WALKOVER
SF: lost to [2] Saki Imamura / Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) 62 61

[3] Katherine Sebov / Haley Giavara (USA)
1st rd: Bye
QF: lost to Teah Chavez / Scarlett Nicholson (CAN) WALKOVER

Mia Kupres / Annabelle Xu
1st rd: Bye
QF: lost to [2] Kasi Imamura / Hiroko Kuwata (JPN) 62 64

Bianca Jolie Fernandez / Zoe Hitt (USA)
1st rd: Bye
QF: def. [1] Jodia Anna Burrage (GBR) / Olivia Gadecki (AUS) WALKOVER
SF: lost to [4] Raphaelle Lacasse / Alexandra Vagramov (CAN) WALKOVER

Selin Vakalapudi / Giulia Alessia Monteleone (ITA)
1st rd: Bye
QF: lost to [4] Raphaelle Lacasse / Alexandra Vagramov (CAN) 61 61

Singles qualifying

[5] Selin Vakalapudi
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: def. Khushi Kaur Grewal (CAN) 63 64

[7] Scarlett Nicholson
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: def Raphaelle Leroux (CAN) 63 62

Avery Alexander
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: def. [6] Katerina Shabashkevich (USA) 61 26 62

Raphaelle Leroux
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: lost to [7] Scarlett Nicholson (CAN) 63 62

Khushi Kaur Grewal (CAN)
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: lot to [5] Selin Vakalapudi (CAN) 63 64

[8] Martyna Ostrzygalo
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: lost to Autumn Pitts-Clark (USA) WALKOVER

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Europcar Cancun Country Club
Cancun, Mexico (Challenger 125)

Singles

[6] Alejandro Tabilo
1st rd: def Francesco Passaro (ITA) 61 64
2nd rd: lost to [ALT] Thiago Agustin Tirante (ARG) 62 64

[Q] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Hugo Gaston (FRA) 63 64
2nd rd: lost to [8] Dalibor Svrcina (CZE) 61 61

[7] Liam Draxl

[Q] Cleeve Harper
1st rd: lost to [WC] Stan Wawrinka (SUI) 63 64

Doubles

Liam Draxl / Cleeve Harper
1st rd: lost to [WC] Alan Magadan / Daniel Moreno (MEX) WALKOVER

Singles qualifying

[1] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def [WC] Luca Lemaitre (MEX) 61 60
Final rd: def. [8/ALT] Luis Alvarez (MEX) 67 (5) 76 (4) 60

[ALT] Cleeve Harper
1st rd: def. [4] Naoki Nakagawa (JPN) 63 62
Final rd: def [6/ALT] Manuel Guinard (FRA) 52 retd

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Serve First Open
Sumter, S.C. (Challenger 125)

Singles qualifying

[6/ALT] Justin Boulais
1st rd: lost to [ALT] Quinn Vandecasteele (USA) 76 (2) 64

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Kia Open
Barranquilla, Colombia (Challenger 75)

Singles

Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to Alfredo Perez (USA) 64 76 (3)

[Q] Taha Baadi (MAR)
1st rd: lost to [3] Bernard Tomic (AUS) 63 61

Doubles

Dan Martin / Taha Baadi (MAR)
1st rd: vs. Brandon Perez (COL) / Noah Schachter (USA) 46 63 [10-8]
QF: def. [1] Luis David Martinez (VEN) / Santiago Rodriguez Taverna (ARG) 75 67 (4) [10-6]
SF: def Adria Soriano Barrera / Miguel Tobon (COL) 63 46 [10-8]
F: vs. Benjamin Kittay (USA) / Cristia Rodriguez (COL)

Singles qualifying

[5] Taha Baadi (MAR)
1st rd: def. [ALT] Tomas Marin (COL) 64 60
Final rd: def [ALT] Pranav Kumar (USA) 62 62

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Hersonissos Challenger 3
Hersonissos, Greece (Challenger 50)

Doubles

Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Anthony Genov (BUL)
1st rd: lost to Christian Langmo (USA) / Luca Potenza (ITA) 63 75

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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $30K)

Singles 

[Q] Stéphane Pierre-Jo Kamendje
1st rd: lost to [Q] William Nolan (GBR) 61 63

Singles qualifying

[8] Stéphane Pierre-Jo Kamendje
1st rd: def Yoan Naydenov (BUL) 64 64
2nd rd: def Ibrahim Snoussi (TUN) 76 (6) 61
Final rd: vs. [14] Nahuel Fernandez (ARG) 76 (0) 75

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2025 China Men’s 22 Yinchuan
Yinchuan, China (ITF $30K)

Singles qualifying

Jiaming Li
1st rd: lost to Hu Xin (CHN) 60 61

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2025 ACA USTA Southern Pro Circuit
Huntsville, Ala. (ITF $15K)

Women’s singles

[4] Anna Grubor
1st rd: def [Q] Sena Yoon (USA) 61 61
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Elizabeth Coleman (USA) 76 (5) 75

[LL] Françoise Abanda
1st rd: lost to [9] Aran Teixido Garcia (ESP) 63 40 retd

Men’s singles

[6] Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: lost toAleksa Ciric (SRB) 64 64

Joshua Peck
1st rd: lost to [3/WC] Blu Baker (GBR) 62 62

Men’s doubles

Benjamin Thomas George / Xu Kuangqing (CHN)
1st rd: lost to Dillon Beckles / Evan Bynoe (USA) 41 retd

Women’s singles qualifying

[1] Françoise Abanda
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: lost to [14] Ava Catanzarite (USA) 60 46 [10-1]

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Singapore ITF WTT (III) 2025
Singapore (ITF $15K)

Singles

[2] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def Manish Sureshkumar (IND) 62 46 64
2nd rd: def [WC] Bill Chan (SGP) 64 62
QF: def [5] Niccolo Catini (ITA) 60 64
SF: lost to [6] Koki Matsuda (JPN) 63 76 (6)

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

Singles

[WC] Anna Tabunshchyk
1st rd: def. [Q] Anna Boron (GBR) 60 60
2nd rd: lost to [4] Jenna DeFalco (USA) 64 60

Doubles

Anna Tabunshchyk / Aaddj Gupta (IND)
1st rd: def Ines Delaloye (SUI) / Selya Rakki (FRA) 64 75
QF: lost to [2] Alena Kovackova / Jana Kovackova (CZE) WALKOVER

Singles qualifying

[7] Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Rituparna Nayak (IND) 63 62
Final rd: lost to Kristina Belkova (RUS) 63 61

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Raiffeisen Bank ITF WTT
Targu Jiu (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: lost to [WC] Alexandru Cristian Dumitru (ROU) 06 75 [10-8]

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2025 China Women’s 21 Luan
Luan, China (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Jasmine Li
1st rd: lost to [14] Elizaveta Rozhkova (RUS) 62 62

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