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Barely a week after the end of the Australian Open came a 1000-level event on the WTA Tour in Doha.
And Victoria Mboko was back, after deciding to take a pass on Abu Dhabi last week. Leylah Fernandez wais also in, looking for a bit of momentum. Mboko also was playing doubles with Coco Gauff.
A great run for Mboko to the final; not so much for Fernandez.
Félix Auger-Aliassime ined up Rotterdam right after Montpellier.
The week’s haul: three finals (Mboko, Auger-Aliassime, Galarneau) and a semi (Denis Shapovalov).
Not too bad.
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Qatar Total Energies Open
Doha, Qatar (WTA 1000)
Singles
[10] Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def. Marie Bouzkova (CZE) 75 62
2nd rd: def [Q] Vera Zvonareva (RUS) 64 64
3rd rd: def [5] Mirra Andreeva (RUS) 63 36 76 (5)
QF: def [2] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) 75 46 64
SF: def Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 63 62
F: lost to [14] Karolina Muchova (CZE) 64 75
Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: lost to Ann Li (USA) 64 63
Doubles
[5] Gabriela Dabrowski / Luisa Stefani (BRA)
1st rd: def. Irina Khromacheva (RUS) / Aldila Sutjiadi (INA) 75 62
2nd rd: def Marie Bouzkova (CZE) / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 63 64
QF: def [ALT] Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) / Clara Tauson (DEN) 61 63
SF: lost to [4] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 63 64
Leylah Fernandez / Kristina Mladenovic (FRA)
1st rd: def Wang Xinyu / Zheng Saisai (CHN) 75 76 (2)
2nd rd: lost to [4] Anna Danilina (KAZ) / Aleksandra Krunic (SRB) 62 46 [10-4]
Victoria Mboko / Coco Gauff (USA)
1st rd: lost to [7] Cristina Bucsa (ESP) / Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) 46 64 [11-9]
[6] Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Asia Muhammad (USA)
1st rd: lost to Barbora Krejcikova / Katerina Siniakova (CZE) 64 61
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ABM Amro Open
Rotterdam, Netherlands (ATP 500)
Singles
[2] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: def Alexei Popyrin (AUS) 75 63
2nd rd: def [LL] Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) 64 64
QF: def [7] Tallon Griekspoor (NED) 76 (2) 62
SF: def. [3] Alexander Bublik (KAZ) 61 62
F: lost to [1] Alex de Minaur (AUS) 63 62
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Nexo Dallas Open
Dallas, Texas (ATP 500)
Singles
[7] Denis Shapovalov
1st rd: def [Q] Rafael Jodar (ESP) 61 62
2nd rd: def Aleksandar Kovacevic (USA) 64 64
QF: def [3] Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) 57 64 63
SF: lost to [2] Ben Shelton (USA) 46 64 76 (4)
Gabriel Diallo
1st rd: lost to [2] Ben Shelton (USA) 64 64
Doubles
[WC] Duncan Chan / Cosme Rolland De Ravel (FRA)
1st rd: lost to Constantin Frantzen (GER) / Robin Haase (NED) 64 67 (3) [10-7]
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IEB+ Argentina Open
Buenos Aires, Argentina (ATP 250)
Singles
Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: def [WC] Facundo Diaz Acosta (ARG) 76 (5) 63
2nd rd: def [3] Joao Fonseca (BRA) 63 36 75
QF: lost to [7] Tomas Martin Etcheverry (ARG) 16 63 64
Doubles
Alejandro Tabilo (CHI) / Pedro Martinez (ESP)
1st rd: lost to [2] Guido Andreozzi (ARG) / Manuel Guinard (FRA) 76 (4) 36 [10-8]
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Tenerife Challenger 2
Tenerife, Spain (ATP Challenger 75)
Singles qualifying
Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: lost to [5] Sergey Fomin (UZB) 61 61
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Baton Rouge Challenger
Baton Rouge, Louisiana (ATP Challenger 50)
Singles
[1] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def [Q] Karlis Ozolins (LAT) 75 63
2nd rd: def [JR] Jack Kennedy (USA) 64 63
QF: def Daniel Milavsky (USA) 64 64
SF: def Andre Ilagan (USA) 63 62
F: lost to [Q] Stefan Dostanic (USA) 64 61
[ALT] Justin Boulais
1st rd: lost to Blaise Bicknell (JAM) 36 62 61
[LL] Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: lost to [Q] Stefan Dostanic (USA) 62 64
Singles qualifying
[ALT] Benjamin Thomas George
1st rd: def [9] Evan Zhu (USA) 57 76 (3) 76 (1)
Final rd: lost to [2] Stefan Dostanic (USA) 63 61
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Conseq Prague Open ’26
Prague, Czechia (ITF $60K)
Singles
[Q] Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: def Lucie Havlickova (CZE) 62 76 (7)
2nd rd: lost to Anna Siskova (CZE) 36 76 (5) 60
Doubles
Ariana Arseneault / Raphaelle Lacasse
1st rd: def [3] Martyna Kubka (POL) / Katarina Kuzmova (SVK) 63 62
QF: lost to Alena Kovakova / Jana Kovackova (CZE) 62 60
Singles qualifying
[7] Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: Bye
Final rd: def Amy Sucha (CZE) 60 63
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Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkey (ITF $30K)
Singles qualifying
[15] Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: def Samuil Chestovaliev (MKD) 60 26 [10-7]
2nd rd: def Mykhailo Kovalov (UKR) 61 61
Final rd: lost to [WC] Tim Vaisman (ISR) 63 75
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Egypt 6 Sharm El Sheikh Future
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (ITF $15K)
Women’s singles qualifying
[12] Ellie Daniels
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to [WC] Leonie Rabi (AUT) 16 64 [10-8]
Men’s singles qualifying
Nicola Ion
1st rd: lost to Stefan Storch (AUS) 57 64 [11-9]
Cadence Benchetrit
1st rd: lost to Bogdan Seleznev (RUS) 63 62
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Magic Hotel Tours by FTT
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $15K)
Doubles
Keira Blackbeard / Charlotte Cora-Bruneton (FRA)
1st rd: lost to Ria Dernikovic / Chiara Jerolimov (CRO) 64 63
Women’s singles qualifying
Keira Blackbeard
1st rd: lost to Saumrita Jagatdeo Verma (IND) 76 (5) 57 [10-8]
Kayla Lorrimer
1st rd: lost to [WC] Matilde Mariani (ITA) 63 60
Love-Star Alexis (HAI)
1st rd: lost to Kiara Cvetkovic (SUI) 64 62
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