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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
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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
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Benjamin Bonzi (FRA) def [LL] Valentin Royer (FRA) 76 (3) 46 61
[WC] Raphael Collignon (BEL) def Francisco Comesana (ARG) 75 36 76 (10)
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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
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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
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Singles, second round
[3] Denis Shapovalov (CAN) def. [WC] Leo Borg (SWE) 62 57 61
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[2] Casper Ruud (NOR) def. Marin Cilic (CRO) 76 (2) 64
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Sebastian Korda (USA) def. Kamil Majchrzak (POL) 64 46 75
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Singles, first round
Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) def [8] Camillo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) 46 75 40 retd
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Marton Fucsovics (HUN) def Jesper de Jong (NED) 61 62
Lorenzo Sonego (ITA) def. [Q] Arthur Fery (GBR) 64 62
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Doubles, first round
Adam Pavlasek (CZE) / Jan Zielinski (POL) def Robert Cash / J.J. Tracy (USA) 64 76 (12)
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[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
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Singles, second round
[Q] James Duckworth (AUS) def. [7] Gabriel Diallo (CAN) 76 (3) 67 (3) 64
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Fabian Marozsan (HUN) def [5] Brandon Nakashima (USA) 76 (5) 61
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[3] Flavio Cobolli (ITA) def. [LL] Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 64 75
[8] Corentin Moutet (FRA) def. Alexander Shevchenko (KAZ) 75 63
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Singles, first round
[6] Alex Michelsen (USA) def. [WC] Beibit Zhukayev (KAZ) 62 63
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Shintaro Mochizuki (JPN) def Arthur Cazaux (FRA) 64 64
Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) def. Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 26 63 64
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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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