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MELBOURNE, Australia – It’s the second week of the Australian Open, so we’re carrying over the players still alive (mostly in doubles and mixed) as we get to the busy end.
On the calendar back home is a joint high-level ATP Challenger and ITF $100K in San Diego, which has tried hard to have top-level pro tennis in the last few years but hasn’t quite been able to make it happen.
Champions are on the ITF circuit with Bianca Andreescu winning in singles and Kayla Cross winning in doubles.
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Australian Open
Melbourne, Australia (Grand Slam)
Women’s singles
[17] Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def [WC] Emerson Jones (AUS) 64 61
2nd rd: def Caty McNally (USA) 64 63
3rd rd: def [14] Clara Tauson (DEN) 76 (5) 57 63
4th rd: lost to [1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) 61 76 (1)
Women’s doubles
[5] Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani (BRA)
1st rd: def McCartney Kessler / Jessica Pegula (USA) 64 76 (3)
2nd rd: def Emliana Arango (COL) / Elsa Jacquemot (FRA) 62 64
3rd rd: def [9] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) 64 63
QF: def [3] Hsieh Su-Wei (TPE) / Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 61 76 (5)
SF: lost to [7] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 76 (2) 36 64
[6] Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Asia Muhammad (USA)
1st rd: def Linda Noskova (CZE) / Rebecca Sramkova (SVK) 64 64
2nd rd: def Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Magda Linette (POL) 76 (3) 46 63
3rd rd: lost to Ena Shibahara (JPN) / Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 75 36 61
Victoria Mboko / Iva Jovic (USA)
1st rd: def Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) / Ingrid Neel (ESP) 75 63
2nd rd: lost to [4] Elise Mertens (BEL) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) 75 46 76 [12-10]
Mixed doubles
[WC] Leylah Fernandez / Nick Kyrgios (AUS)
1st rd: def. Desirae Krawczyk (USA) / Neal Skupski (GBR) 67 (6) 64 [12-10]
2nd rd: lost to Anna Danilina (KAZ) / J J Tracy (USA) 63 61
Gabriela Dabrowski / Luke Johnson (GBR)
1st rd: lost to [WC] Maya Joint / Matthew Romios (AUS) 62 67 (2) [10-7]
Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Andre Goransson (SWE)
1st rd: lost to Kristina Mladenovic / Manuel Guinard (FRA) 64 75
Junior girls’ singles
[14] Nadia Lagaev
1st rd: def Felitsata Dorofeeva-Rybas (RUS) 62 63
2nd rd: def Antonia Soyanov (NED) 46 75 63
3rd rd: lost to [3] Kesnia Efremova (FRA 62 61
Junior girls’ doubles
[8] Nadia Lagaev / Antonina Sushkova (UKR)
1st rd: vs. Sofiia Bielinska (UKR) / Sol Ailin Larraya Guidi (ARG) 61 46 [10-3]
2nd rd: lost to Chukwumelije Clarke / Nancy Lee (USA) 64 62
Junior boys’ doubles
[ALT] Raffaele Ciurnelli (ITA) / Dani Szabo (CAN)
1st rd: lost to [WC] Sehun Park / Har Abir Sekhon (AUS) 75 63
Men’s quad singles
Robert Shaw
1st rd: lost to [2] Sam Schroder (NED) 61 62
Men’s quad doubles
Robert Shaw / Ymaniu Silva (BRA)
1st rd: def. Gregory Slade (GBR) / Benjamin Wenzel (AUS) 63 16 [10-5]
SF: lost to [1] Guy Sasson (ISR) / Niels Vink (NED) 64 62
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Open Quimper Bretagne Occidentale
Quimper, France (ATP Challenger 125)
Singles
[LL] Dan Martin
1st rd: lost to Billy Harris (GBR) 64 64
Singles qualifying
[7] Dan Martin
1st rd: def [WC] Pierre Antoine Faut (FRA) 64 63
Final rd: lost to Pavel Kotov (RUS) 62 64
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Barnes San Diego Open
San Diego, Calif. (ATP Challenger 100/ITF $100K)
Women’s singles
[3] Cadence Brace
1st rd: def. Katrina Scott (USA) 63 63
2nd rd: def [WC] Alexis Nguyen (USA) 60 61
QF: lost to [WC] Jennifer Brady (USA) 75 64
[4] Kayla Cross
1st rd: def [Q] Lina Glushko (ISR) 64 16 63
2nd rd: vs. Eryn Cayetano (USA) 64 67 (2) 61
QF: lost to [6] Mary Stoiana (USA) 52 retd
Men’s singles
[6] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def Murphy Cassone (USA) 62 62
2nd rd: def Trevor Svajda (USA) 63 64
QF: lost to [1/WC] Sebastian Korda (USA) 76 (2) 64
Women’s doubles
[2] Kayla Cross / Alana Smith (USA)
1st rd: def Kailey Evans / Jordyn McBride (USA) 61 62
QF: def Kayla Day (USA) / Katie Swan (GBR) 61 61
SF: def Elvina Kalieva / Mary Stoiana (USA) WALKOVER
F: def. Catherine Harrison / Delayna Hewitt (USA) 62 63
[4] Raphaelle Lacasse / Michaela Bayerlova (CZE)
1st rd: def Kylie Liu / Elena Zhao (USA) 75 64
QF: lost to Elvina Kalieva / Mary Stoiana (USA) 61 61
Women’s singles qualifying
[8] Raphaelle Lacasse
1st rd: def [WC] Avery Nguyen (USA) 63 61
Final rd: lost to [9] Lina Glushko (ISR) 16 62 61
[12] Ana Grubor
1st rd: lost to Lilian Poling (USA) 61 61
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Dove Men+Care Concepción
Concepción, Chile (ATP Challenger 100)
Singles
[1] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: def [Q] Gonzalo Villanueva (ARG) 75 64
2nd rd: def [WC] Matias Soto (CHI) 62 63
QF: def Lautaro Midon (ARG) 57 61 62
SF: def Marco Cecchinato (ITA) 63 61
F: lost to [6] Adolfo Daniel Vallejo (PAR) 62 16 61
Doubles
[WC] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) / Anders Matta (CHI)
1st rd: def. Boris Arias / Murkel Dellien (BOL) 63 57 [10-7]
QF: def. [2] Matias Soto (CHI) / Federico Zeballos (BOL) 62 26 [12-10]
SF: lost to [4] Gonzalo Escobar (ECU) / Eduardo Ribeiro (BRA) 46 75 [10-6]
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Indoor Oeiras Open 2
Oeiras, Portugal (ATP Challenger 100/ITF $100K)
Singles
Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def Jerôme Kym (SUI) 62 62
2nd rd: def August Holmgren (DEN) 64 46 75
QF: def [4] Jaime Faria (POR) 75 76 (4)
SF: lost to Chris Rodesch (LUX) 64 64
Doubles
Cleeve Harper / David Stevenson (GBR)
1st rd: def Ivan Sabanov / Matej Sabanov (SRB) 76 (2) 16 [10-2]
QF: def. Benjamin Winter Lopez / Pablo Llamas Ruiz (ESP) 62 62
SF: lost to Erik Grevelius / Adam Heinonen (SWE) 76 (5) 67 (3) [10-8]
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Vero Beach International Tennis Open
Vero Beach, Fla. (ITF $60K)
Singles
[6] Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: def [WC] Victoria Hu (USA) 61 63
2nd rd: def. Lia Karatancheva (BUL) 75 62
QF: def Kajsa Rinaldo Persson (SWE) 61 76 (1)
SF: def. [5] Jazmin Ortenzi (ARG) 63 75
F: def You Xiaodi (CHN) 75 61
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $40K)
Singles
[Q] Françoise Abanda
1st rd: def [7] Irene Burillo (ESP) 62 63
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Britt Du Pree (NED) 61 63
Singles qualifying
Françoise Abanda
1st rd: def [8] Wang Jiaqi (CHN) 76 (6) 76 (8)
Final rd: def [15] Reina Goto (JPN) 63 76 (2)
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Lexus British Pro Series Birmingham
Birmingham, UK (ITF $30K)
Doubles
[2] Ariana Arseneault / Francesca Pace (ITA)
1st rd: lost to Lauryn John-Baptiste / Emma Wilson (GBR) 75 63
Singles qualifying
[2] Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: lost to Ruby Cooling (GBR) 61 61
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Soltepec Tennis Tour
Huamantla, Mexico (ITF $15K)
Singles
Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: def [Q] Axel Nefve (USA) 06 61 63
2nd rd: def Laurence Teunissen (NED) 62 64
QF: def. [3] Guillaume Dalmasso (FRA) 63 62
QF: lost to [PR] Gage Brymer (USA) 64 61
Niels Peter Van Noord
1st rd: def. [WC] Patricio Betancourt (MEX) 61 76 (3)
2nd rd: lost to [PR] Gage Brymer (USA) 62 61
Joshua Peck
1st rd: def [Q] Stefan Cooper (GBR) 62 64
2nd rd: lost to [3] Guillaume Dalmasso (FRA) 67 (6) 64 64
[Q] Volodymyr Gurenko
1st rd: lost to Natan Rodrigues (BRA) 64 62
[Q] Adam Farag-Cao
1st rd: lost to [Q] Alex Kobelt (USA) 64 46 75
Doubles
Joshua Peck / Kosuke Ogura (JPN)
1st rd: def Benjamin Thomas George (CAN) / Alex Kuperstein (USA) 76 (4) 63
QF: lost to [4] Matteo Covato (ITA) / Juan Sebastian Gomez (COL) 64 60
Volodymyr Gurenko / Oswaldo Alejandro Reyes Tirado (MEX)
1st rd: def Ricardo Reyna / Rodrigo Reyna (MEX) 61 61
QF: lost to [3] Lucca Pinto / Natan Rodriguez (BRA) 26 64 [10-8]
Niels Peter Van Noord / Adam Farag-Cao
1st rd: lost to [4] Matteo Covato (ITA) / Juan Sebastian Gomez (COL) 62 64
Benjamin Thomas George / Alex Kuperstein (USA)
1st rd: lost to Joshua Peck (CAN) / Kosuke Ogura (JPN) 76 (4) 63
Singles qualifying
[2] Adam Farag-Cao
1st rd: def Sebastian Estrada Gonzalez (MEX) 62 62
Final rd: vs. [14] Roberto Herman (MEX) 62 64
[7] Volodymyr Gurenko
1st rd: def [WC] Victor Carrillo (MEX) 64 63
Final rd: def. [16] Andres Hernandez Chavero (MEX) 62 61
Luka Vukovic
1st rd: lost to [1] Alexander Zgirovsky (BLR) 64 36 [10-5]
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)
Singles qualifying
Jared Horwood
1st rd: def Valentin de Carvalho (FRA) 63 63
2nd rd: lost to Giovanni Ciocca (ITA) 63 63
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congrats, Bianca, on another tournament win.