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The Challenger season officially ended on Sunday, with seven events during the final week. Since it’s the rankings effective Nov. 17 that will count for entry in both singles and qualifying on the men’s side at the Australian Open, there is no need for last-minute scrambling to try to squeeze in.
On the women’s side, though, it continues with a pair of WTA 125s (in Peru, and France)
Also, still plenty of ITFs to go around. Katherine Sebov dropped down to the lower levels, and was the No. 2 seed at a $30K in Tunisia. And she wins the tournament; fellow Ontarian Ariana Arseneault takes the doubles with a British partner.
And the IMG Academy Championships (the top-level junior event, well attended by Canadians generally, long known as the “Eddie Herr”) took place in Bradenton, Fla.
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Daytona Beach Women’s Pro Tennis Championships
Daytona Beach, Fla. (ITF $30K)
Singles
Ana Grubor
1st rd: def [8] Alexis Nguyen (USA) 63 63
2nd rd: lost to Zhu Shilin (CHN) 63 62
Singles qualifying
[15] Selin Vakalapudi
1st rd: lost to Kathryn Rincon (USA) 63 61
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $30K)
Singles
[2] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def. [Q] Lan Mi (CHN) 61 62
2nd rd: def Anastasia Bertacchi (ITA) 61 61
QF: def. [8] Alina Granwehr (SUI) 62 62
SF: def. Mariia Tkacheva (RUS) 75 46 76 (6)
F: def Naia Berecoechea (FRA) 64 61
Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: lost to Anastasia Bertacchi (ITA) 16 60 61
Doubles
[1] Ariana Arseneault / Alicia Dudeney (GBR)
1st rd: Bye
QF: vs. Kate Sharabura (USA) / Lan Mi (CHN) 61 63
SF: def. [4] Dominika Podhajecka (POL) / Aurora Urso (ITA) 61 63
F: def Kailey Evans / Jordyn McBride (USA) 64 62
Keira Blackbeard / Aleksandra Iankovskaia (RUS)
1st rd: lost to Iva Ivanova (BUL) / Beatrise Zeltina (LAT) 63 61
Singles qualifying
[16] Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Isabella Wong (GBR) 75 63
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
1st rd: def Arsenli Myronov (UKR) 64 63
2nd rd: lost to [16] Daniel Kilebhan (USA) 63 64
Luca Stopforth (GBR)
1st rd: def [WC] Alberto Arancon (ESP) 60 62
2nd rd: lost to Ruben Hartig (GER) 61 60
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Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkiye (ITF $15K)
Doubles
[2] Kelsey Stevenson / Maxwell Exsted (USA)
1st rd: def Niccolo Ciavarella / Daniele Minighini (ITA) 62 63
QF: def Daniil Stepanov (RUS) / Miha Vertrih (SLO) 60 76 (6)
SF: lost to Arda Azkara (TUR) / Ozan Baris (USA) 62 64
Singles qualifying
Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd: def. Akshaj Subramanian (IND) 63 61
2nd rd: def [15] Daniele Minighini (ITA) 75 61
Inal rd: lost to [7] Federico Valli (ITA) 62 21 retd
1st rd: lost to Janis Graski (AUT) 60 64
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W15 Lima
Lima, Peru (ITF $15K)
Singles
1st rd: def [Q] Sydney-Nicole Clarke (BAH) 61 61
2nd rd: lost to [2] Ana Candiotto (BRA) 63 75
Doubles
Isabella Marton / Vlada Kozak (GBR)
1st rd: lost to Aoife Kuo (USA) / Catarina Melleiro (BRA) 62 62
Alexia Tchamani / Love-Star Alexis (HAI)
1st rd: lost to Samantha Imbo Nloga / Basant Kaur (USA) 46 62 [10-3]
Singles qualifying
Love-Star Alexis (HAI)
1st rd: def. Barbara Gueno (BRA) WALKOVER
Final rd: lost to Ailyn Leon (PER) 62 57 [10-3]
Alexia Tchamani
1st rd: lost to Maria Paula Manrique (COL) 61 63
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Novaworld Phan Thiet Professional Men Tennis Series
Phan Thiet, Vietnam (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
Jay Lin Gibson
1st rd: lost to Lucien Forrestier (FRA) 61 64
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IMG Academy International Tennis Championships
Bradenton, Fla. (ITF J300)
Girls’ singles
[Q] Avery Alexander
1st rd: vs Ava Rodriguez (USA) 46 64 63
2nd rd: lost to [16] Nancy Lee (USA) 46 76 (4) 61
[7] Nadia Lagaev
1st rd: lost to Alyssa James (JAM) 64 63
Andrea Cabio
1st rd: lost to [15] Iva Marinkovic (SWE) 63 75
[Q] Clémence Mercier
1st rd: lost to Pavla Sviglerova (CZE) 63 62
Boys’ singles
Benjamin Azar
1st rd: def [LL] Keshav Muthuvel (IND) 63 61
2nd rd: lost to Daniel Jade (FRA) 64 63
Volodymyr Gurenko
1st rd: lost to Victor Ryden (SWE) 76 (5) 63
Dani Szabo
1st rd: lost to [Q] Kamil Stolarczyk (USA) 62 36 63
Xavier Massotte
1st rd: lost to Yannik Alvaraz (PUR) 61 61
Girls’ doubles
[1] Nadia Lagaev / Laima Vladson (UZB)
1st rd: def Gisette Isabelle Guillen (AUS) / Alisa Terentyeva (RUS) 62 36 [10-3]
2nd rd: lost to Lin Yu Jun / Wei Zhang-Qian (CHN) 76 (5) 64
Andrea Cabio / Clémence Mercier
1st rd: def Avery Alexander (CAN) / Zhu Lingling (CHN) 63 26 [10-6]
2nd rd: lost to [2] Anastasija Cvetkovic (SRB) / Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi (ARG) 60 62
Avery Alexander / Zhu Lingling (CHN)
1st rd: lost to Andrea Cabio / Clémence Mercier (CAN) 63 26 [10-6]
Boys’ doubles
Xavier Massotte / Siu Chi Nicholas Cheng (HKR)
1st rd: def Luca Arredondo (USA) / Paulo Arredonao Delgado (MEX) 62 63
2nd rd: lost to [7] Johan Oscar Lien (NOR) / Williams Rejchtman Vinciguerra (SWE) 62 63
Joshua Adamson / Dani Szabo
1st rd: def Dan Brand (ISR) / Dimitar Kisimov (BUL) 36 64 [10-8]
2nd rd: lost to [2] Oskari Paldanius (FIN) / Alan Wazny (POL) 64 64
Benjamin Azar / Sklar Philliips (USA)
1st rd: lost to [3] Tito Chavez (ESP) / Jamie Mackenzie (GER) 62 61
Volodymyr Gurenko / Valentin Gonzalez-Galino (ESP)
1st rd: lost to [6] Yannik Alvarez (PUR) / Ziga Sesko (SLO) 60 62
Girls’ singles qualifying
[2] Clémence Mercier
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. Asia Sundas (ITA) 64 61
Final rd: def [12] Kayla Brianne Moore (USA) 63 67 (5) [10-8]
[6] Avery Alexander
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. Julia Seversen (USA) 62 62
Final rd: def [11] Reiley Rhodes (USA) 75 64
[15] Elicia Lin
1st rd: lost to Armira Kockinis (USA) 61 62
Boys’ singles qualifying
[8] Quincy Yao
1st rd: def. Maddox Bose (USA) 75 61
2nd rd: def. Tristan Stratton (USA) 64 62
Final rd: lost to Kamil Stolarczyk (USA) 64 62
[4] Joshua Adamson
1st rd: lost to Nichlas Carneiro (BRA) 64 61
[16] Miko Lapalme
1st rd: lost to Noble Renfrow (USA) 76 (2) 62
Enoch Lin
1st rd: lost to Kokii Nara (JPN) 63 62
Loic Massotte
1st rd: lost to Oscar Puyplat (USA) 62 06 [10-7]
Kieryn MInor
1st rd: lost to [11] Jerald Carroll (USA) 76 (6) 63
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