CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of February 5
February 10-11
Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II first round – Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Canada vs. Romania
Bianca Andreescu (Mississauga, ON)
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON)
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
http://live.fedcup.com/en/tie-detail.php/W-FC-2018-WG2-M-CAN-ROU-01
February 5-11
Ecuador Open – Quito, Ecuador
ATP World Tour 250 event
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/current/quito/7161/live-scores
February 5-11
Sofia Open – Sofia, Bulgaria
ATP World Tour 250 event
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/scores/current/sofia/7434/live-scores
February 5-11
Hungarian Challenger Open – Budapest, Hungary
ATP Challenger Tour event
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/budapest/7584/overview
February 5-11
Kunal Patel San Francisco Open – San Francisco, California, USA
ATP Challenger Tour event
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC)
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/san-francisco/7697/overview
February 5-11
Launceston International – Launceston, Australia
ATP Challenger Tour event
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/launceston/7203/overview
February 5-11
GD Tennis Cup – Antalya, Turkey
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event
Rebecca Marino (Vancouver, BC)
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/?tourkey=?tid=W-WITF-TUR-05A-2018
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of February 5, 2018:
WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 116
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 123
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON): 138
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): 48
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 85
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 141
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 167
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 188
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 60
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON): 61
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 232
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 265
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON): 474
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Carson Branstine – age: 17 (Toronto, ON): 24
Layne Sleeth – age: 16 (Marham, ON): 38
Alexandra Vagramov – age: 16 (Port Moody, BC): 111
Tiffany Lagarde – age: 18 (Montreal, QC): 141
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Chih Chi Huang – age: 17 (Port Moody, BC): 203
Liam Draxl – age: 16 (Newmarket, ON): 208
Gleb Blekher – age: 17 (Canada): 237
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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