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Flushing Meadows, NY – Five of the six Canadians in the US Open main draw are seeded.
Which has never happened and which is an impressive thing.
For Leylah Fernandez, a better first round to ease her way into the tournament in facing a qualifying-depleted Rebecca Marino. While Victoria Mboko got another former Grand Slam champion, and it was a little too much for her to overcome with a bad wrist.
Other players in action around the planet, although a slightly smaller pack than usual.
(Not complete)
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US Open
Flushing Meadows, NY (Grand Slam)
Women’s singles
[31] Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: def. [Q] Rebecca Marino (CAN) 62 61
2nd rd: vs. Elsa Jacquemot (FRA)
[22] Victoria Mboko
1st rd: lost to Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 63 62
[Q] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: lost to [31] Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 62 61
Men’s singles
[25] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: def [LL] Billy Harris (GBR) 64 76 (8) 64
2nd rd: vs. Roman Safiullin (RUS)
[27] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: def Marton Fucsovics (HUN) 64 64 60
2nd rd: vs. [WC] Valentin Royer (FRA)
[31] Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: def. Damir Dzumhur (BIH) 76 (4) 46 75 75
2nd rd: vs. Jaume Munar (ESP)
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Clube Tennis Porto Challenger
Porto, Portugal (ATP Challenger 75)
Doubles
Dan Martin / Alex Hernandez (MEX)
1st rd: vs. [2] Szymon Kielan / Filip Pieczonka (POL)
Singles qualifying
[3] Dan Martin
1st rd: def. [WC] Hugo Maia (POR) 61 64
Final rd: lost to [WC] Tiago Torres (POR) 75 63
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International Challenger – Zhangjiagang
Zhangjiagang, China (ATP Challenger 75)
Singles
[Q] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def Petr Bar Biryukov (RUS) 61 62
2nd rd: vs. [3] Sho Shimabukuro (JPN)
Singles qualifying
[4] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def Wang Aoran (CHN) 62 61
Final rd: def. Liu Hanyi (CHN) 64 60
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ZTK Maribor Open
Maribor, Slovenia (ITF $30K)
Singles qualifying
[15] William Bartram
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Tymofii Milovanov (UK) 46 64 [10-8]
Final rd: lost to Tommaso Pedretti (ITA) 61 62
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Formosa Cup
Taipei, Chinese Taipei (ITF $30K)
Singles qualifying
[2] Jay Lin Gibson
1st rd: lost to Kai-An Wu (PE) 26 76 (3) [11-9]
Jiaming Li
1st rd: lost to Avner Wong (USA) 60 60
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2025 China Men’s 24 Maanshan
Maanshan, China (ITF $15K)
Singles
[1] Alvin Thomas Tudorica
1st rd: v Li Zekai (CHN)
Adam Farag-Cao
1st rd: lost to [4] Artur Kukasian (RUS) 62 64
Singles qualifying
Henry Ren
1st rd: def Huang Rui Ning (CHN) 40 retd
2nd rd: lost to [6] Minjong Park (KOR) 63 63
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)
Singles
[Q] Stéphane Pierre-Jo Kamendje
1st rd: vs TBA
Doubles
Stéphane Pierre-Jo Kamendje / Leo Deflandre (FRA)
1st rd: vs [1] Keshav Chopra (USA) / Jesse Flores (CRC)
Singles qualifying
[5] Stéphane Pierre-Jo Kamendje
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Josh Manuel (GBR) 76 (4) 76 (5)
Final rd: vs [10] Kaipo Marshall (BAR) 61 46 [10-6]
[11] Aurel Ciocanu (MDA)
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Moritz Kolbe (ITA) 63 61
3rd rd: lost to Tomas Jordi Leston (ARG) 57 63 [10-5]
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Guram Tokadze Memorial Cup
Telavi, Georgia (ITF $15K)
Singles
[7] Alexandra Vagramov
1st rd: vs Kira Bataikina (RUS)
Doubles
Alexandra Vagramov / Ekaterina Kidiashvili (GEO)
1st rd: lost to [4] Aran Teixido Garcia / Meritxell Teixido Garcia (ESP) 63 63
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M15 Allershausen
Allershausen, Germany (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
Numa Lemieux-Monette
1st rd: lost to [3] Christian Wedel (GER) 75 62
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GS Romai Open
Budapest, Hungary (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
[11] Nicolas Ion
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Carl Holder (GBR) 76 (4) 63
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ITF WTT M15 Hong Kong 2025
Hong Kong (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
Lucas Mock
1st rd: lost to [16] Dzmitry Dziubailau (BLR) 62 64