CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of March 26
March 19-April 1
Miami Open – Miami, Florida, USA
ATP World Tour 1000 and WTA Premier Mandatory event
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON)
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
http://miamiopen.com/2018-results
March 27-April 1
Open Region Guadeloupe – Le Grosier, Guadeloupe
ATP Challenger Tour event – €85,000
Samuel Monette (Repentigny, QC)
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/le-gosier/6244/overview
March 26-April 1
Cascais Next Gen Tour – Lisbon, Portugal
ITF Men’s Futures event – $25,000
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/?tourkey=M-FU-POR-06A-2018
March 26-April 1
Kofu International Open – Kofu, Japan
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event – $25,000
Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON)
Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC)
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/?tourkey=W-WITF-JPN-04A-2018
March 26-April 1
Lyttos Beach ITF Pro Circuit – Heraklion, Greece
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event- $15,000
Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC)
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/?tourkey=W-WITF-GRE-05A-2018
March 27-31
China Junior 6 – Chengdu, China
Grade 3 ITF junior event
Jessi Jiaxin Gong
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041312
March 26-31
2nd Qatar ITF Open – Doha, Qatar
Grade 4 ITF junior event
Sophia Qi Ho
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041363
March 26-30
Jurmala Open – Jurmala, Latvia
Grade 5 ITF junior event
Gleb Blekher
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041620
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of March 26, 2018:
WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 114
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 124
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON): 139
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 196
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 7
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 121
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 25
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 46
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 77
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 126
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 182
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 186
Doubles
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON): 72
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 74
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 185
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 321
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON): 468
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Leylah Annie Fernandez – age: 15 (Laval, QC): 22
Carson Branstine – age: 17 (Orange, CA): 54
Layne Sleeth – age: 16 (Markham, ON): 64
Alexandra Vagramov – age: 16 (Port Moody, BC): 119
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Chih Chi Huang – age: 17 (Port Moody, BC): 157
Gleb Blekher – age: 17 (Canada): 190
Liam Draxl – age: 16 (Newmarket, ON): 193
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Maude Jacques (Lac Beauport, QC): 62
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC): 66
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 92
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON): 135
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC): 220
Barry Henderson (Canada): 361
Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON): 12
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 34
Mitch McIntyre (Regina, SK): 56
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Girls
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 12
Megan Smith (Vancouver, BC): 19
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