With the primary Masters 1000 occasion of the 12 months about to start, Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov have each cause to be assured after they land in Indian Wells. Each Canadian males have latest titles below their belts and put up a superb end result final week.
Now they are going to look to maintain their stage excessive in Tennis Paradise.
Right here’s what it’s good to know.
In Case You Missed It: Robust showings by Canadian males
Few gamers have been as strong on the ATP Tour during the last month as Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov.
Auger-Aliassime is the ATP Tour chief in match wins with 16, finals with three, and titles with two. He took over because the match wins and finals chief final week when he reached the title match in Dubai.
It was a tricky highway for the Canadian No. 1 as he wanted three units in every of his matches to get to the ultimate. He outlasted Alexander Bublik, Nuno Borges, Marin Cilic, and Quentin Halys however in the end ran out of gasoline within the closing towards Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Shapovalov picked up the place he left off in Dallas and tacked on three extra wins in Acapulco to stretch his successful streak to eight matches, his finest run on the ATP Tour. Nevertheless, he was stumped within the semifinals by Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.
On account of his semifinal run, the Canadian jumped again into the High 30 of the ATP rankings for the primary time since September 2023.
Gabriel Diallo additionally competed in Acapulco however misplaced within the first spherical to Tommy Paul.
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What to Watch: Massive Canadian Contingent in Indian Wells.
The primary mixed 1000 occasion on the calendar will get underway this week in Indian Wells, California; the BNP Paribas Open. It’s the first ATP Masters 1000 occasion of the 12 months and third WTA 1000.
Three Canadians acquired direct entry to the singles major draw: Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov on the boys’s facet and Leylah Annie Fernandez on the ladies’s. All three Canadians shall be seeded and may have a first-round bye. The principle draw shall be made in a while Monday.
Gabriel Diallo is the fourth seed in qualifying on the boys’s facet. He opens towards Hady Habib of Lebanon and would meet both American Ethan Quinn or twentieth seeded Aussie Tristan Schoolkate for a spot in the principle draw.
Alexis Galarneau joins his fellow Quebecois in qualies. He faces eleventh seed Arthur Cazaux within the first spherical and would play both fifteenth seed Pablo Careno Busta or Zachary Svajda within the second spherical.
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Each Rebecca Marino and Marina Stakusic had been competing within the ladies’s qualifying in Indian Wells however misplaced their first-round matches in straight units.
Gabriela Dabrowski will even be competing within the doubles.
Below the Radar: Three Extra Titles for Canada
Whereas Canada didn’t add any titles on the principle circuit this week, three extra had been claimed on the ATP Challenger and ITF excursions.
Cleeve Harper introduced house the doubles title on the ATP Challenger occasion in Lugano, Switzerland, alongside Brit David Stevenson. They beat the highest seeds Jakub Paul and David Pel 10-8 within the match tiebreak to assert the title. It’s Harper’s second Challenger doubles title of the season.
Kayla Cross picked up her first ITF singles title of the 12 months in Arcadia, California, claiming the W35 title. She additionally knocked off the highest seed within the closing, beating American Iva Jovic in straight units.
Alvin Nicholas Tudorica received his first skilled doubles title final week in Huamantla, Mexico, with American Ryan Fishback. The second-seeded pair beat third seeds Juan Sebastian Osorio and Elijah Strode 10-6 within the match tiebreak to assert the trophy. Tudorica additionally reached the singles closing however misplaced in straight units to his doubles associate Fishback.
One non-victorious results of be aware final week got here in Macon, France, the place Victoria Mboko lastly misplaced her first singles match of 2025. She was crushed within the first spherical by fifth seed Raluca Georgiana Serban of Cyprus in straight units, snapping the 18-year-old’s 20-match successful streak (22 together with qualifying).
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Regardless of the loss, that streak continues to be the longest by a Canadian girl because the ITF started preserving such information in 1994.
The primary home skilled occasions of 2025 on Canadian soil are going down this week in Quebec. Trois-Rivieres hosts a W15 occasion whereas the boys are competing at a M15 in Sherbrooke.
You possibly can comply with the Canadians in motion each week right here.
