Stéphanie Dubois played her second consecutive tournament in France, in Nantes, but against lost in the first round. This time, the No. 6 seed was beaten by Pauline Parmentier of France, 6-4, 6-4.

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Toronto's Sharon Fichman played a $25,000 tournament in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and upset No. 2 seed Alexandra Mueller in the first round (6-3 in the third set). She won another three-setter in the second round before losing to No. 8 seed Sacha Jones of New Zealand in the quarter-finals. In doubles, she and Anna Tatashvili of Georgia via Florida are the top seeds; they survived an 11-9 supertiebreaker in the first round then strolled to the final, where they'll face unseeded Americans Lauren ALBANESE and Jamie HAMPTON.

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Repentigny's Marie-Eve Pelletier wasn't on court this week, but last week she and French partner Julie Coin won the doubles at a $100,000 tournament in Poitiers, France, beating some good players along the way