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Canada’s Carson Branstine booked her place in a first-career Grand Slam main draw, while Victoria Mboko bowed out in gutting fashion Thursday in Wimbledon qualifying.
Branstine won 4-6, 7-6 (6), 6-2 over Raluca Georgiana Serban of Cyprus in the final qualifying round at the grass-court tennis tournament.
The 24-year-old fired 48 winners to 20 for Serban, who also hit 10 double faults.
Branstine, a California native who represents Canada through family ties in Toronto, also eliminated Roland-Garros semifinalist Lois Boisson and Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., in the first two qualifying rounds.
The 18-year-old from Toronto hit 11 double faults and four aces. She also converted only five of 17 breakpoint opportunities.
Mboko, who reached the French Open third round in May, will have to wait to compete in her second Grand Slam unless she’s drawn as the lucky loser.
Auger-Aliassime moves into Mallorca semis
Felix Auger-Aliassime rallied for a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 win over Serbia’s Hamad Medjedovic in Thursday’s quarterfinals at the Mallorca Championships.
The Montreal native fired 11 aces and broke Medjedovic three times on six chances.
Auger-Aliassime, seeded second and ranked 27th in the ATP Rankings, improved to 7-0 in tour-level quarterfinals this season. He’s now tied with world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz for the most semifinal appearances in 2025.
He’ll face Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands in Friday’s semi at the grass-court event.
Griekspoor beat Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo 6-4, 6-4 earlier Thursday.
Diallo had eight aces but couldn’t convert his lone break-point opportunity.
The six-foot-eight Diallo, who entered the tournament with a career-high No. 41 ranking, is due to make his Wimbledon main-draw debut at the All-England Lawn Tennis Club next week.