Canucks This Week – Week ending Sept. 7, 2025 (Wednesday results)

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Flushing Meadows, NY – The second week of the US Open rolls over from last week, with some surprisingly good news on the Canuckian side.

Félix Auger-Aliassime is still alive. And so is Leylah Fernandez in doubles.

As well, a lot of players have returned to the WTA 125 circuit and the various ITFs around the planet.

Canucks This Week – Week ending Aug. 31, 2025 (final results)

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US Open 
Flushing Meadows, NY (Grand Slam)

Men’s singles

[25] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: def [LL] Billy Harris (GBR) 64 76 (8) 64
2nd rd: def. Roman Safiullin (RUS) 61 76 (4) 76 (5)
3rd rd: def. [3] Alexander Zverev (GER) 46 76 (7) 64 64
4th rd: def. [15] Andrey Rublev (RUS) 75 63 64
QF: def. [8] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 46 76 (7) 75 76 (4)
SF: vs. [1] Jannik Sinner (ITA) or [10] Lorenzo Musetti (ITA)

Women’s doubles

[3] Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe (NZL)
1st rd: def Miriam Skoch / Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) 63 60
2nd rd: def. Quinn Gleason (USA) / Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) 67 (5) 64 62
3rd rd: def. [13] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) 64 62
QF: def [11] Timea Babos (HUN) / Luisa Stefani (BRA) 06 64 64
SF: def. [2] Sara Errani / Jasmine Paolini (ITA) 64 63
F vs. [1] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) / Taylor Townsend (USA) (Friday)

[WC] Leylah Fernandez / Venus Williams (USA)
1st rd: def. [6] Lyudmyla Kichenok (UKR) / Ellen Perez (AUS) 76 (4) 63
2nd rd: def Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Eri Hozumi (JPN) 76 (1) 61
3rd rd: vs. [12] Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) 63 64
QF: lost to [1] Katerina Siniakova (CZE) / Taylor Townsend (USA) 61 62

Men’s doubles

Cleeve Harper (CAN) / Jean-Julien Rojer (NED)
1st rd: def Théo Arribage / Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) 67 (2) 64 76 [10-6]
2nd rd: lost to [10] Maximo Gonzalez / Andres Molteni (ARG) 62 64

Junior boys’ singles

[11] Nicolas Arseneault
1st rd: lost to Jan Kumstat (CZE) 62 76 (3)

Junior girls’ singles

Nadia Lagaev
1st rd: def. Beatrise Zeltina (LAT) 64 64
2nd rd: lost to [1] Julieta Pareja (USA) 62 62

Junior boys’ doubles

Nicolas Arseneault / Cruz Hewitt (AUS)
1st rd: def [8] Nikita Bilozertsev (UKR) / Ziga Sesco (SLO) 63 64
2nd rd: vs. Yannik Alvarez (PUR) / Jack Secord (USA) (Wednesday)

Junior girls’ singles

Nadia Lagaev / Maya Iyengar (USA)
1st rd: def Leena Friedman / Tahlia Kokkinis (AUS) 60 67 (4) [10-8]
2nd rd: vs. [7] Julie Pastikova (CZE) / Julia Strusek (GER) (Wednesday)

Wheelchair Quad Singles

Robert Shaw 
1st rd: def. Andrew Bogdanov (USA) 57 62 76 [10-4]
QF: vs. [3] Guy Sasson (ISR)

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Guadalajara 125 Open
Guadalajara, Mexico (WTA 125)

Singles 

[6] Rebecca Marino
1st rd: lost to Ana Sofia Sanchez (MEX) 46 62 64

Marina Stakusic
1st rd: lost to Elena Pridankina (RUS) 36 60 61

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Montreux Nestlé Open
Montreux, Switzerland (WTA 125)

Singles 

Carson Branstine
1st rd: vs Anouk Koevermans (NED) 62 75
2nd rd: vs. [7] Simona Waltert (SUI)

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WTA Changsha Open
Changsha, China (WTA 125)

Singles 

Carol Zhao
1st rd: def Zarina Diyas (KAZ) 55 retd
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Ekaterina Reyngold (RUS) 64 62

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NÖ Open powered by EVN
Tulln, Austria (ATP Challenger 100)

Singles qualifying

[7] Dan Martin
1st rd: def. [ALT] Gregor Samskogler (AUT) 62 63
Final rd: lost to [ALT] David Poljak (CZE) 76 (1) 46 75

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Road to the Rolex Shanghai Masters
Shanghai, China (ATP Challenger 100)

Singles

[Q] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def Luca Van Assche (FRA) 64 retd
2nd rd: vs. [1] Dan Evans (GBR)

Singles qualifying

Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def Luca Castelnuovo (SUI) 76 (3) 63
Final rd: def. James Watt (NZL) 62 36 63

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Leiria W50 Ladies Open
Leiria, Portugal (ITF $40K)

Singles  

[7] Kayla Cross
1st rd: def Malaika Rapolu (USA) 76 (3) 64
2nd rd: vs. Katherine Sebov (CAN)

Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def. Haruka Kaji (JPN) 63 61
2nd rd: vs. [7] Kayla Cross (CAN)

Doubles

[1] Kayla Cross / Julie Belgraver (FRA)
1st rd: Bye
QF: vs. Baylen Brown / Jamilah Snells (USA)

Katherine Sebov / Summer Yardley (GBR)
1st rd: def Teresa Franco Dias (POR) / Miroslava Medvedeva (RUS) 62 61
QF: vs. [3] Mary Lewis / Brandy Walker (USA)

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W35 Punta Cana
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic (ITF $30K)

Singles 

[WC] Selin Vakalapudi
1st rd: vs. [Q] Clauda Sofia Martinez Solis (MEX) 

Doubles

Selin Vakalapudi / Isabella Barrera Aguirre (USA)
1st rd: lost to [4] Katarina Jokic (SRB) / Maria Jose Portillo Ramirez (MEX) 60 61

Singles qualifying

Khushi Kaur Grewal
1st rd: lost to [16] Katerina Mandelikova (CZE) 60 62

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M25 Meerbusch
Meerbusch, Germany (ITF $25K)

Singles

Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: lost to Ronald Hohmann (USA) 64 60

Doubles

[2] Benjamin Thomas George / Justin Schlageter (GER)
1st rd: lost to Finn Bischof / Sydney Zick (GER) 36 75 [10-7]

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M25 Bali
Bali, Indonesia (ITF $30K)

Singles qualifying

Mathieu Brisson
1st rd: lost to [12] Renaldi Aqila A Salim (INA) 61 60

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

Singles

[6] Raphaelle Lacasse 
1st rd: def [WC] Nelise Verster (RSA) 64 76 (2)
2nd rd: vs. [WC] Anna Shkutova (RUS)

[Q] Ellie Daniels
1st rd: def [Q] Sreemanya Reddy Anugonda (IND) 60 60
2nd rd: vs. [1] Arina Bulatova (RUS)

Sngles qualifying

[5] Ellie Daniels
1st rd:  Bye
2nd rd: def. Rined Saafi (TUN) 60 60
Final rd: def Eva Lopez (AUS) 61 61

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Telavi Open
Telavi, Georgia (ITF $15K)

Singles

[6] Alexandra Vagramov
1st rd: vs Chiara Fornasieri (ITA) 64 36 61
2nd rd: vs. Aliesia Reva (UKR)

Doubles

Alexandra Vagramov / Katerina Tsygourova (SUI)
1st rd: def Aurora Corvi (ITA) / Maria Mikhailova (RUS) 63 76 (6)
QF: vs. Harsshali Mandavkar (IND) / Noelani Sara Teso (JPN)

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M15 Buzau
Buzau, Romania  (ITF $15K)

Singles

[Q] Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: def Lawrence Bataljin (AUS) 26 61 60
2nd rd: lost to [3] Stefan Adrian Andreescu (ROU) 61 64

Doubles

Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan / Vasile Antonescu (ROU)
1st rd: lost to Tamas Belafalvi-Balint (HUN) / Vincent Jonah Strauch (GER) 63 67 (3) [10-8]

Singles qualifying

[8] Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: def Finnian Bult (GBR) 63 26 [10-3]
Final rd: def. Gioele Cerelli (ITA) 57 63 [10-6]

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 Circuito Internacionales Comunidad Valenciana
Denia, Spain  (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Nikoi Kedun
1st rd: def Saralucia Perez Naranjo (COL) 60 61
2nd rd: lost to [13] Marina Quesada Oyonarte (ESP) 63 64

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W15 Heraklion
Heraklion, Greece  (ITF $15K)

Doubles

Justine Bryson / Kate Gardiner (IRL)
1st rd: def Alis Geikhman / Rand Majjar (ISR) 60 63
QF: vs. [3] Marianna Argyrokastriti (GRE) / Defne Cirpanli (TUR)

Singles qualifying

[2] Justine Bryson
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: lost to Emilia Carlotta Brune (GER) 64 60

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60 Copa Alameda – XXXXII ITF Villa de Madrid
Madrid, Spain  (ITF $15K)

Singles 

Joshua Peck
1st rd: lost to [Q] Noah Lopez Cherubino (ESP) 62 62

Doubles

Joshua Peck / Luis Garcia Paez (ESP)
1s rd: def. Brandon Perez (VEN) / Manuel Sanchez (MEX) 76 (6) 62
QF: vs. Daniel Lara Salmeron / Noah Lopez Cherubino (ESP)

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2025 China Men’s 25 Maanshan
Maanshan, China (ITF $15K)

Singles

[Q] Adam Farag-Cao
1st rd: def [WC] Xia Yue (CHN) 62 61
2nd rd: vs. [3] Maxim Zhukov (RUS)

Singles qualifying

[4] Adam Farag-Cao
1st rd: def. Fan Wen Bo (CHN) 26 61 [10-1]
2nd rd: def. Gao Zihan (CHN) 62 64
Final rd: def [13] Wang Qiulin (CHN) 75 30 retd

Henry Ren
1st rd: def [ALT] Aleksei Vidunov (RUS) 60 61
2nd rd: lost to [2] Seongwoo Cho (KOR) 64 75

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Egypt 1 Somabay Men’s Future
Hurghada, Egypt (ITF $15K)

Singles

[Q] Stéphane Pierre-Jo Kamendje
1st rd: vs David Eischenseher (GER)

[Q] Nicola Ion
1st rd: vs Dimitris Azoidis (GRE)

Doubles

Stéphane Pierre-Jo Kamendje / Nicolas Ion
1st rd: lost to Karim Ibrahim (EGY) / Oliver Ojakaar (EST) 76 (5) 36 [10-6]

Singles qualifying

[1] Stéphane Pierre-Jo Kamendje
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def Amrutjay Mohanty (IND) 63 64
Final rd: def Jasper Cleland (AUS) 46 64 [10-5]

[8] Nicola Ion
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. Ahme Atabay (TUR) 61 46 [10-8]
Final rd: def [14] Aleksandre Shvangiradze (GEO) 61 40 retd

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ITF WTT M15 Hong Kong 2025
Hong Kong (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

[13] Jay Lin Gibson
1st rd: def. Kwok Ting Makson Chan (HKG) 63 62
Final rd: lost to [4] Dmitry Dolzhenkov (RUS) 62 64

Lucas Mock
1st rd: lost to [5] Kosuke Shibano (JPN) 61 61

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