The qualifying begins in Houston, the American red-clay men’s event. And two Canadians are involved: Liam Draxl and Alexis Galarneau.

Both won. And now they’ll have to face each other on Sunday for a spot in the main draw.

There are two other ATP events this week, in Morocco and in Romania.

But those qualifying events only kick off on Sunday.

(Houston is one hour behind EDT)

(Houston is one hour behind EDT, Marrakech is four hours ahead, and Bucharest 7 hours ahead)

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Fayez Sarofim & Co. U.S. Men’s Clay Court Championship
Location: Houston, Texas
Category: ATP 250 
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates:  March 30 – April 5, 2026
Prize Money: $700,045
Draws: S28 – D16

Saturday, March 28, 2026
Final results
Qualifying, first round

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Canadian Content

[2] Liam Draxl (CAN) def. Mitchell Krueger (USA) 63 16 76 (2)

[7] Alexis Galarneau (CAN) def. [PR] Gabriel Debru (FRA) 62 63

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Upsets

[WC] Darwin Blanch (USA) def [6] Genaro Alberto Olivieri (ARG) 60 57 76 (5)

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Seeds advancing

[1] Jack Pinnington Jones (GBR) def. [WC] J.J. Wolf (USA) 64 64

[3] Alex Bolt (AUS) def. [ALT] Alex Rybakov (USA) 57 62 64

[4] Federico Agustin Gomez (ARG) def Andres Martin (USA) 64 64

[5] Clément Tabur (FRA) def. Daniel Elahi Galan (COL) 62 75

[8] Andres Andrade (ECU) def [ALT] Stefan Dostanic (USA) 61 63

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