January 17, 2026

Open Court

MORE TENNIS THAN YOU'LL EVER NEED

Two Canadians in action Wednesday as Denis Shapovalov – newly “Swede” after his recent marriage to Mirjam (nee Bjorklund – now “Shapovalova”) will face the only opponent who will not give him that grace in Stockholm: Leo Borg.

Son of Bjorn, who pulled off a nice win against the solid Sebastian Ofner on Monday.

Shapovalov was up a set and a break – rolling – then had a brain freeze period, lost the second set, and got it back together in the third.

In Almaty, Gabriel Diallo faced qualifier James Duckworth for a spot in the quarterfinals, but went down in a marathon.

(Almaty is 9 hours ahead of EDT; Brussels and Stockholm are 6 hours ahead)

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BNP Paribas Fortis European Open
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Surface: Hard
Category: ATP 250
Dates:
Oct. 12 – 19, 2025
Prize money: €706,850
Draws: S28 – D16

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025
Final results

Singles, second round

[3] Jiri Lehecka (CZE) def. [Q] Gilles Arnaud Bailly (BEL) 63 62

[4] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) def. Marcos Giron (USA) 67 (5) 61 64

Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) def [LL] Valentin Royer (FRA) 76 (3) 46 61

[WC] Raphael Collignon (BEL) def Francisco Comesana (ARG) 75 36 76 (10)

Singles, first round 

[Q] Nikoloz Basilashvili (GEO) def Quentin Halys (FRA) 64 64

Damir Dzumhur (BIH) def. [WC] Federico Cina  (ITA) 67 (5) 62 76 (3)

[Q] Yannick Hanfmann (GER) def Matteo Arnaldi (ITA) 67 (4) 64 64

Doubles quarterfinal

Benjamin Bonzi / Pierre-Hugues Herbert (FRA) def Damir Dzumhur (BIH) / Piotr Matuszewski (POL) 75 61 

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Doubles, first round

[1] Hugo Nys (MON) / Edouard Roger-Vasselin (FRA) def. Daniel Altmaier (GER) / Santiago Gonzalez (MEX) 75 62

[2] Christian Harrison / Evan King (USA) def. Marcel Granollers / Pedro Martinez (ESP) 30 retd

[4] Rafael Matos / Marcelo Melo (BRA) def Marcelo Demoliner / Orlando Luz (BRA) 76 (4) 63

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BNP Paribas Nordic Open
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Surface: Hard
Category: ATP 250
Dates:
Oct. 13 – 19, 2025
Prize money: $€706,850
Draws: S28 – D16

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025
Final results

Singles, second round

[3] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def. [WC] Leo Borg  (SWE) 62 57 61

[2] Casper Ruud (NOR) def. Marin Cilic  (CRO) 76 (2) 64

Sebastian Korda (USA) def. Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 64 46 75

Singles, first round

Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) def [8] Camillo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) 46 75 40 retd

Marton Fucsovics (HUN) def Jesper de Jong (NED) 61 62

Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def. [Q] Arthur Fery (GBR) 64 62

Doubles, first round

Adam Pavlasek (CZE) / Jan Zielinski (POL) def Robert Cash / J.J. Tracy (USA) 64 76 (12)

[1] Simone Bolelli / Andrea Vavassori (iTA) def [WC] Erik Grevelius / Adam Heinonen (SWE) 63 64

 

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Almaty Open
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
Surface: Hard
Category: ATP 250
Dates:
Oct. 13 – 19, 2025
Prize money: $1,055,255
Draws: S28 – D16

Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025
Final results

Singles, second round

[Q] James Duckworth (AUS) def. [7] Gabriel Diallo (CAN) 76 (3) 67 (3) 64

Fabian Marozsan (HUN) def [5] Brandon Nakashima (USA) 76 (5) 61 

[3] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) def. [LL] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 64 75

[8] Corentin Moutet (FRA) def. Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) 75 63

Singles, first round

[6] Alex Michelsen (USA) def. [WC] Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ) 62 63

Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) def Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 64 64 

Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) def. Mackenzie McDonald  (USA) 26 63 64

Doubles, first round

[1] Guido Andreozzi (ARG) / Manuel Guinard (FRA) def [WC] Alexander Shevchenko / Timofey Skatov (KAZ) 62 63

[3] Julian Schnaitter / Mark Wallner (GER) def. [PR] Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli / Arjun Kadhe (IND) 67 (2) 76 (11) [10-6] 

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