CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of February 12
February 12-18
ABN Amro World Tennis Tournament – Rotterdam, Netherlands
ATP World Tour 500 event
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC)
https://www.abnamrowtt.nl/en/live-score
February 12-18
Qatar Total Open – Doha, Qatar
WTA Premier 5 event
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
http://www.qatartennis.org/tournaments/qatar-total-open-2018/
February 12-18
New York Open – Long Island, New York, USA
ATP World Tour 250 event
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
http://newyorkopen.com/
February 12-18
GD Tennis Cup – Antalya, Turkey
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event
Carson Branstine (Orange, CA)
Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC)
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/?tourkey=?tid=W-WITF-TUR-06A-2018
February 12-18
Surprise Tennis Classic – Surprise, Arizona, USA
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC)
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/?tourkey=?tid=W-WITF-USA-05A-2018
February 12-17
Asuncion Bowl – Lambare, Paraguay
Grade 1 ITF junior event
Ariana Arseneault (Richmond Hill, ON)
Taha Baadi (Montreal, QC)
Liam Draxl (Newmarket, ON)
Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC)
Alexandre Leblanc (QC)
Alexandra Vagramov (Port Moody, BC)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041390
February 15-18
Preston Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament – Preston, Great Britain
ITF 3 Series Wheelchair tennis event
Rob Shaw (North Bay, ON)
http://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041668
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of February 12, 2018:
WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 116
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 123
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON): 137
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 173
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 11
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 118
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 31
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 47
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 85
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 143
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 168
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 185
Doubles
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON): 61
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 71
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 230
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 265
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 434
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Carson Branstine – age: 17 (Toronto, ON): 24
Layne Sleeth – age: 16 (Marham, ON): 47
Alexandra Vagramov – age: 16 (Port Moody, BC): 111
Tiffany Lagarde – age: 18 (Montreal, QC): 140
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Chih Chi Huang – age: 17 (Port Moody, BC): 208
Gleb Blekher – age: 17 (Canada): 242
Liam Draxl – age: 16 (Newmarket, ON): 243
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC): 65
Maude Jacques (Lac Beauport, QC): 76
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 93
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON): 135
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC): 223
Barry Henderson (Canada): 368
Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON): 15
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 31
Mitch McIntyre (Regina, SK): 55
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Girls
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 11
Megan Smith (Vancouver, BC): 21
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