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MELBOURNE, Australia – The preliminaries for the main event at the Australian Open begin, with plenty of Canadian content on hand.
Denis Shapovalov, who lost his opener in Brisbane, isn’t playing a second event and will play at least one match at the Kooyong exhibition, while Félix Auger-Aliassime will not defend his title in Adelaide.
He’ll be training at Melbourne Park and will play an exhibition against Jannik Sinner on Friday night.
Leylah Fernandez and Victoria Mboko are both in Adelaide.
And Bianca Andreescu is starting her season – not in Australia, but at a $30,000 ITF in Florida. After a shaky first round, she ran the table and won the title.
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Australian Open Qualifying
Melbourne, Australia (Grand Slam)
Women’s qualifying singles
[17] Marina Stakusic
1st rd: def Nuria Parrizas Diaz (ESP) 63 62
2nd rd: def Teodora Kostovic (SRB) 60 62
Final rd: def Zhu Lin (CHN) 75 64 ([WC] Priscilla Hon)
Carson Branstine
1st rd: def Astra Sharma (AUS) 76 (3) 26 63
2nd: lost to Daria Snigur (UKR) 64 42 retd
Cadence Brace
1st rd: lost to [WC] Tina Smith (AUS) 76 (5) 76 (6)
Kayla Cross
1st rd: lost to [9] Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva (AND) 46 64 75
Men’s singles qualifying
[20] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def [WC] Moerani Bouzige (AUS) 76 (3) 63
2nd rd: def Vitaliy Sachko (UKR) 63 57 76 [10-7]
Final rd: def [6] Mackenzie McDonald (USA) 36 76 (2) 62 (Damir Dzumhur)
Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: lost to Nishesh Basavareddy (USA) 64 62
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Adelaide International
Adelaide, Australia (Joint ATP 250/WTA 500 event)
Men’s singles
Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: lost to [Q] Andrea Vavassori (ITA) 63 76 (4)
Women’s singles
[8] Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def Beatriz Haddad Maia (BRA) 57 63 62
2nd rd: def Anna Kalinskaya (RUS) 62 36 76 (6)
QF: def [2] Madison Keys (USA) 64 46 62
SF: def [WC] Kimberly Birrell (AUS) 62 61
F: lost to [3] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) 63 61
Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: lost to [3] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) [9] Diana Shnaider (RUS) 75 63
Women’s doubles
[3] Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Asia Muhammad (USA)
1st rd: def Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) 64 36 [10-6]
QF: lost to Ellen Perez (AUS) / Demi Schuurs (NED) 36 64 [10-3]
Leylah Fernandez / Timea Babos (HUN)
1st rd: def Sofia Kenin (USA) / Laura Siegemund (GER) 63 06 [10-6]
QF: lost to [2] Zhang Shuai (CHN) / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 67 (3) 76 (6) [10-6]
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ASB Classic
Auckland, NZ (ATP 250)
Singles
[WC] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: def Camilo Ugo Carabelli (ARG) 64 62
2nd rd: lost to [4] Luciano Darderi (ITA) 16 75 63
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AAT Challenger Edicion TCA
Buenos Aires, Argentina (ATP 50)
Doubles
[3] Juan Carlos Aguliar / Federico Zeballos (BOL)
1st rd: def Boris Arias (BOL) / Guido Ivan Justo (ARG) 63 76 (3)
QF: lost to Mateus Alves / Pedro Boscardin Dias (BRA) 63 46 [10-8]
Singles qualifying
[7] Juan Carlos Aguilar
1st rd: def Thiago Cigarran (ARG) 76 (17) 63
Final rd: lost to [6] Joaquin Aguilar Cardozo (URU) 61 62
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Lexus Glasgow Challenger
Glasgow, Scotland (ATP 50)
Doubles
[1] Cleeve Harper / David Stevenson (GBR)
1st rd: def [WC] Tom Hands / Harry Wendelken (GBR) 75 63
QF: def Anthony Genov (BUL) / Jan Jermar (CZE) 63 64
SF: lost to Christoph Negritu (GER) / Adria Soriano Barrera (COL) 76 (6) 67 (5) [10-8]
Singles qualifying
Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: lost to [1] Martin Krumich (CZE) 67 (5) 62 63
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Bangkok Open 2
Nonthaburi, Thailand (ATP 50)
Singles qualifying
Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to [11] Corentin Denolly (FRA) 36 62 63
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Lexus British Pro Series Manchester
Manchester, UK (ITF $40K)
Singles
Doubles
Katherine Sebov / Summer Yardley (GBR)
1st rd: def Ruby Cooling / Allegra Korpanec Davies (GBR) 62 36 [10-5]
QF: lost to [1] Emily Appleton (GBR) / Weronika Falkowska (POL) 64 75
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W50 Buenos Aires +H
Buenos Aires, Argentina (ITF $40K)
Singles
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Solid Rock Construction
Bradenton, Fla. (ITF $30K)
Singles
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W35 Le Lamentin
Le Lamentin, Martinique (ITF $30K)
Singles
[Q] Rita Colyer
[Q] Iulia Bucea
Doubles
Rita Colyer / Emma Van Poppel (NED)
1st rd: def Ilaria Bitunova (BLR) /Giulia Alessia Monteleone (ITA) 61 64
QF: lost to [1] Julie Belgraver (FRA) / Jasmijn Gambrere (NED) 61 60
Singles qualifying
[10] Iulia Bucea
[13] Rita Colyer
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $30K)
Singles qualifying
1st rd: def Sukhraj Malhi (GBR) WALKOVER
2nd rd: lost to [11] Christopher Papa (USA) 63 61
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)
Singles
[Q] Françoise Abanda
1st rd: def Jamie Loeb (USA) 64 63
2nd rd: lost to [3] Kristina Dmitruk (BLR) 61 64
Singles qualifying
[11] Françoise Abanda
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def. Carolina Dibenedetto (ITA) 75 62
FInal rd: def [4] Anja Wildgruber (GER) 75 75
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Santander Men’s Series
Manacor, Mallorca (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
[13] Joshua Peck
1st rd: def Daniel Balascak (SVK) 62 63
2nd rd: def. Deni Hadzialijagic (GER) 62 63
Final rd: lost to [3] Joao Dominguez (POR) 61 63