CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of January 15
January 15-28
Australian Open – Melbourne, Australia
Grand Slam event
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC)
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON)
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
https://ausopen.com/scores/live
January 15-21
USTA National Campus Pro Tennis Classic – Orlando, Florida, USA
ITF Women’s Circuit event
Isabelle Boulais (Toronto, ON)
Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC)
Catherine Leduc (Montreal, QC)
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON)
http://itfprocircuit.tennis-live-scores.com/scoreboard.aspx?tid=W-WITF-USA-02A-2018
January 15-21
Anning Futures – Anning, China
ITF Men’s Futures event
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
http://itfprocircuit.tennis-live-scores.com/scoreboard.aspx?tid=M-FU-CHN-01A-2018
January 15-20
Coffee Bowl – San Jose, Costa Rica
Grade 1 ITF junior event
Alexandra Vagramov (Port Moody, BC)
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041334
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of January 15, 2018:
WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 112
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 121
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON): 145
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 181
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 15
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 115
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 23
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 50
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 105
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 139
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 159
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON): 183
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 55
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON): 60
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 234
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 269
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 428
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Carson Branstine (Toronto, ON): 11
Layne Sleeth (Marham, ON): 40
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 44
Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC): 88
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Taha Baadi (Montreal, QC): 195
Chih Chi Huang (Port Moody, BC): 262
Gleb Blekher (Canada): 317
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC): 62
Maude Jacques (Lac Beauport, QC): 75
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 92
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON): 135
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC): 222
Barry Henderson (Canada): 367
Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON): 15
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC): 18
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 31
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Girls
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 11
Megan Smith (Vancouver, BC): 21
About Tennis Canada
Founded in 1890, Tennis Canada is a non-profit, national sport association with a mission to lead the growth of tennis in Canada and a vision to become a world-leading tennis nation. We value teamwork, passion, integrity, innovation and excellence. Tennis Canada owns and operates the premier Rogers Cup presented by National Bank WTA and ATP World Tour events, eight professional ITF- sanctioned events and financially supports 15 other professional tournaments in Canada. Tennis Canada operates national junior training centres/programs in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Tennis Canada is a proud member of the International Tennis Federation, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympic Committee and the International Wheelchair Tennis Association, and serves to administer, sponsor and select the teams for Davis Cup, Fed Cup, the Olympic and Paralympic Games and all wheelchair, junior and senior national teams. Tennis Canada invests its surplus into tennis development. For more information on Tennis Canada, please visit our website at www.tenniscanada.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
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