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It’s the week!

The long-awaited return of Bianca Andreescu, as she’s in Stuttgart dealing with a pretty high-level field for a 500 event – and challenging conditions in indoor clay for the first time.

Meanwhile, Félix Auger-Aliassime has taken a wild card into Barcelona, as he tries to reverse a series of defeats over the last few months. And Denis Shapovalov has withdrawn from Barcelona.

But the winner of the week was junior Victoria Mboko, who was in the $25K in Tunisia as a wild card and got all the way to her first $25K final.

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Porsche Tennis Grand Prix
Stuttgart, Germany (WTA 500)

Singles

Bianca Andreescu
1st rd: def. [WC] Jule Niemeier (GER) 76 (5) 63
2nd rd: lost to [4] Aryna Sabalenka 61 36 62

Doubles

Erin Routliffe (NZL) / Alicja Rosolska (POL)
1st rd: def [WC] Jule Niemeier / Nastasja Schunk (GER) 63 63
QF: lost to [4] Shuko Aoyama (JPN) / Hao-Ching Chan (TPE) 64 64

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Barcelona Open Banca Sabadell
Barcelona, Spain (ATP 500)

Singles

[3/WC] Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: def [Q] Carlos Taberner (ESP) 61 36 64
3rd rd: def. [13] Frances Tiafoe (USA) 75 64
QF: lost to [6] Diego Schwartzman (ARG) 36 62 63

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Serbia Open
Belgrade, Serbia (ATP 250)

Singles

[WC] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: lost to Oscar Otte (GER) 60 63

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San Marcos Open Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes, Mexico (ATP Challenger)

Singles

Steven Diez
1st rd: def. Rinky Hijikata (AUS) 62 64
2nd rd: def. [4] Ernesto Escobedo (USA) 64 76 (3)
QF: lost to [7] Federico Gaio (ITA) 67 (2) 62 63

Doubles

[ALT] Steven Diez / Denis Istomin (UZB)
1st rd: lost to Benjamin Lock (ZIM) / Skander Mansouri (TUN) 67 (4) 76 (4) [10-5]

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Women’s Pro Event at the Boars Head Resort
Charlottesville, VA (ITF $60K)

Singles

[Q] Cadence Brace
1st rd: lost to Timea Babos (HUN) 75 62

Doubles

Bianca Jolie Fernandez / Jasmin Jebawy (GER)
1st rd: lost to Anna Sinclair Rogers / Christina Rosca (USA) 62 61

Singles qualifying

Cadence Brace
1st rd: def. [6] Katerina Stewart (USA) 61 75
Final rd: def. Tatum Evans (USA) 26 62 [10-8]

[16] Bianca Jolie Fernandez
1st rd: lost to Tatum Evans (USA) 61 62

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Orlando W25
Orlando, Fla. (ITF $25K)

Singles

[7] Carol Zhao
1st rd: def. [Q] Berta Bonardi (ARG) 63 46 64
2nd rd: lost to [WC] Alexis Blokhina (USA) 46 62 61

[4] Françoise Abanda
1st rd: lost to Catherine Harrison (USA) 62 64

Doubles

Françoise Abanda / Anastasia Systoeva
1st rd: lost to [4] Dia Evtimova (BUL) / Amina Anshba 62 75

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M25/W25 Nottingham
Nottingham, UK (ITF $25K)

Men’s singles

[3] Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: def [LL] Ben Jones (GBR) 60 75
2nd rd: def. [Q] Adam Jones (GBR) 75 64
QF: def. [8] Luca Potenza (ITA) 36 62 62
SF: lost to [5] Brandon Holt (USA) 75 63

Women’s singles

[5] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def [Q] Adrienn Nagy (HUN) 62 64
2nd rd: def. [WC] Jasmine Conway (GBR) 64 62
QF: def. Alice Robbe (FRA) 62 75
SF: lost to Robin Montgomery (USA)  41 retd

[Q] Stacey Fung
1st rd: lost to Talia Nielsen Gatenby (GBR) 63 63

Men’s doubles

Filip Peliwo (POL) / Stuart Parker (GBR)
1st rd: def [2] Charles Broom / Mark Whitehouse (GBR) 61 62
QF: def Ben Jones / Daniel Little (GBR) 64 64
SF: lost to [4] Julian Cash / Henry Patten (GBR) 76 (3) 62

Women’s doubles

Katherine Sebov / Stacey Fung
1st rd: lost to Gabriela Andrea Knutsen (CZE) / Katarina Stresnakova (SVK) 62 64

Women’s singles qualifying

[3] Stacey Fung
1st rd: def Kate Mansfield (USA) 64 61
Final rd: def [16] Lauryn Jean-Baptiste (GBR) 63 63

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Magic Tours
Monastir, Tunisia (ITF $25K)

Women’s singles

[WC] Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def. [3] Daria Snigur (UKR) 63 76 (2)
2nd rd: def Sofya Lansere 76 (2) 61
QF: def. [Q] Liu Fangzhou (CHN) 46 64 64
SF: def. [SE] Angelica Raggi (ITA) 46 64 61
F: lost to [1] Lin Zhu (CHN) 61 46 64

Men’s singles qualifying

[WC] Nikola Frljanic
1st rd: lost to Max Cunat (FRA) 61 61

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Eagle Landing Tennis Classic
Orange Park, Fla. (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Stefan Simeunovic
1st rd: lost to [11] Aidan Mayo (USA) 62 63

[ALT] Tom Dynka
1st rd: lost to [WC] Jelani Sarr (USA) 62 64

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ITF Men’s Asia/Oceania #3
Chang Rai, Thailand (ITF $15K)

Singles

Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd: lost to Kim Cheong-Eui (KOR) 46 62 75

Doubles

Kelsey Stevenson / Hua Runhao (CHN)
1st rd: lost to [1] Nam Jisung / Song Minkyu (KOR) 62 36 [14-12]

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Cairo Egypt Women’s Future
Cairo, Egypt (ITF $15K)

Women’s singles qualifying

Anna Grubor
1st rd: def Anna Borovinskaya (USA) WALKOVER
2nd rd: def [16] Asya Colombo (ITA) 62 63
Final rd: lost to [8] Sofia Da Cruz Mendonca (BRA) 63 64

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Antalya Series
Antalya, Turkey (ITF $15K)

Singles

[JE] Kayla Cross
1st rd: def. [WC] Wakana Sonobe (JPN) 63 63
2nd rd: lost to [Q] Katharina Hering (GER) 76 (5) 62

Singles qualifying

Mia Kupres
1st rd: def. Fabienne Kim Degroot (BEL) 60 61
2nd rd: def Sylvie Zund (LIE) 60 64
Final rd: lost to [1] Gergana Topalova (BUL) 75 26 [10-5]

Elle Goranskaya
1st rd: lost to Anna Marie Weissheim (GER) 60 61

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Canucks This Week – Week ending April 17, 2022 (Saturday results)

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