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Another WTA 1000 in the Middle East, as Leylah Fernandez drew Elise Mertens in the first round, with just five ranking spots separating them. And went out on Sunday in singles and doubles.

In Doha, Félix Auger-Aliassime was unseeded but faced qualifier Quentin Halys in the first round. He barely squeaked through that – but then has had a couple of excellent breaks.

But the biggest concentration of Canucks is at a $40,000 ITF in Spring, Texas, where some of the women (except Marina Stakusic) made the commute from Cancún, Mexico for a much smaller event.

To freeze their shorts off.

Alexis Galarneau has zipped from Bahrain to … Pune, India this week. Grinding.

Canucks This Week – Week ending Feb. 16, 2025 (final results)

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Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships
Dubai, UAE (WTA 1000)

Singles

Leylah Fernandez
1st rd: lost to Elise Mertens (BEL) 62 62

Doubles

[2] Gabriela Dabrowski / Erin Routliffe (NZL)
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Linda Noskova (CZE) / Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) 46 63 [10-2]

Leylah Fernandez / Nadiia Kichenok (UKR)
1st rd: vs Peyton Stearns (USA) / Lulu Sun (NZL) 36 62 [10-5]

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Qatar ExxonMobil Open
Doha, Qatar (ATP 500)

Singles

Félix Auger-Aliassime
1st rd: def [Q] Quentin Halys (FRA) 46 62 76 (2)
2nd rd: def [SE] Hamad Medjedovic (SRB) WALKOVER
QF: def. [4] Daniil Medvedev (RUS) 63 retd
SF: vs. [5] Andrey Rublev (RUS) (Friday)

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Rio Open
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (ATP 500)

Singles

[3] Alejandro Tabilo (CHI)
1st rd: lost to [Q] Chun-Hsin Tseng (TPE) 62 75

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W50 Giammalva Elite Academy
Spring Texas (ITF W50)

Singles 

Carol Zhao
1st rd: def [8] Sachia Vickery (USA) 41 retd
2nd rd: def. Jazmin Ortenzi (ARG) 63 62
QF: vs. [1] Taylah Preston (AUS) (Friday)

[Q] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def [5] Astra Sharma (AUS) 61 10 retd
2nd rd: vs. [Q] Caty McNally (USA) (Friday)

[Q] Cadence Brace
1st rd: lost to [2] Iva Jovic (USA) 41 retd

Kayla Cross
1st rd: lost to [JE] Renata Jamrichova (SVK) 63 62

Carson Branstine

Doubles (cancelled because of weather)

Cadence Brace / Kayla Cross
1st rd: vs Madison Sieg (USA) / Fangran Tian (CHN)

Katherine Sebov / Diletta Cherubini (ITA)
1st rd: vs. [4] Aliona Bolsova / Yvonne Cavalle-Reimers (ESP)

Singles qualifying

[2] Cadence Brace
1st rd: def Dimitra Pavlou (GRE) 62 36 76 (3)
Final rd: def [14] Haruna Arakawa (JPN) 63 76 (4)

[3] Katherine Sebov
1st rd: def [WC] Fiona Crawley (USA) 64 61
Final rd: def. [10] Fangran Tian (CHN) 63 62

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Pune Metropolitan Region Challenger
Pune, India (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[8] Alexis Galarneau
1st rd: def [WC] Karan Singh (IND) 64 61
2nd rd: def [Q] Michael Geerts (BEL) 64 64
QF: vs. Valentin Vacherot (MON) (Friday)

Doubles

Alexis Galarneau / Kelsey Stevenson
1st rd: lost to Courtney Lock (ZIM) / Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha (IND) 64 76 (1)

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Terega Open Pau Pyrénées
Pau, France (ATP Challenger)

Doubles

[4] Cleeve Harper / David Stevenson (GBR)
1st rd: def Charles Broom / Mark Whitehouse (GBR) 76 (2) 64
QF: def Jiri Barnat / Filip Duda (CZE) 64 60
SF: vs. [1] Jakob Schnaitter / Mark Wallner (GER)

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Lexus Glasgow Challenger
Glasgow, Scotland (ATP Challenger)

Singles

[4] Liam Draxl
1st rd: def Adrian Andreev (BUL) 64 61
2nd rd: def Bernabe Zapata Miralles (ESP) 63 62
QF: vs. Nicolai Budkov Kjaer (DEN) (Friday)

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W35 Lexus British Pro Series Manchester
Manchester, UK (ITF $30K)

Singles

[2] Victoria Mboko
1st rd: def [Q] Amy Zhu (USA) 62 61
2nd rd: def. [Q] Vivian Wolff (USA) 64 63
QF: def. Sofia Costoulas (BEL) 62 63
SF: vs. Lu Jia-Jing (CHN)

Doubles

[1] Ariana Arseneault / Anna Rogers (USA)
1st rd: Bye
QF: def Sofia Costoulas (BEL) / Hong Yi Cody Wong (HKG) 46 63 [10-8]
SF: def Brooke Black / Mika Stojsavljevic (GBR) 64 64
F: vs. [2] Weronika Falkowska / Martyna Kubka (POL)

Singles qualifying

Ariana Arseneault
1st rd: lost to Clara Vlasselaer (BEL) 61 62

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6e Open Internacional Vila Real de Santo António
Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal (ITF $30K)

Singles

[Q] Justin Boulais
1st rd: lost to [7] Gastao Elias (POR) 36 62 62

Doubles

[4] Justin Boulais / William Woodall (USA)
1st rd: def Maximo Nagale (ESP) / Gabriel Sardo (ITA) 61 62
QF: vs. Benjamin Hannestad (DEN) / Adria Soriano Barrera (COL)

Roy Stepanov (ISR) / Sekou Bangoura (USA)
1st rd: def. Goncalo Da Rosa Castro / Salvador Monteiro (POR) 62 62
QF: vs. [2] Stefan Latinovic (SRB) / Pavel Verbin (RUS)

Singles qualifying

[1] Justin Boulais
1st rd: def Finn Murgett (GBR) 76 (2) 63
FInal rd: def Miguel Semedo (POR) 63 63

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Emilio Sanchez Academy Presented by BMW
Naples, Fla. (ITF $15K)

Singles

Taha Baadi (MAR)
1st rd: def [4] Lucas Bouquet (FRA) 64 64
2nd rd: def. Louis Tessa (FRA) 64 36 63
QF: vs. [7] Felix Corwin (USA)

Singles qualifying

Joshua Lapadat
1st rd: lost to [16] Joao Vitor Goncalves Ceolin (BRA) 63 46 [11-9]

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Egypt 4 Men’s / Women’s Future
Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt (ITF $15K)

Men’s singles

Filip Peliwo (POL)
1st rd: lost to [Q] Filippo Moroni (ITA) 75 76 (5)

Men’s doubles

Filip Peliwo (POL) / Matthias Southcombe (GBR)
1st rd: def. Adam Bajarko (POL) / Illya Beloborodko (UKR) 76 (2) 62
QF: lost to [3] Federico Bondioli / Carlo Alberto Caniato (ITA) 63 62

Men’s singles qualifying

Nicolas Ion
1st rd: def Andriy Poritskyy (UKR) 64 64
2nd rd: lost to [6] Michal Krajci (SVK) 64 63

Women’s singles qualifying

[9] Gabriella Vanessa Lindgren
1st rd: Bye
2nd rd: lost to Sofia Martianova (RUS) 36 60 [10-3]

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ITF M15 Villena 1
Valencia, Spain (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Alexandru Toubi Hebhang Balan
1st rd: lost to Noah Lopez Cherubino (ESP) 62 64

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W15 Manacor
Manacor, Mallorca (ITF $15K)

Singles qualifying

Justine Bryson
1st rd: lost to [WC] Paola Pinera Celorio (ESP) 46 62 [10-8]

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Canucks This Week – Week ending Feb. 9, 2025 (final results)

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