CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of December 4
December 4-10
Tallahassee Futures – Tallahassee, Florida, USA
ITF Men’s Futures event
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC)
http://itfprocircuit.tennis-live-scores.com/scoreboard.aspx?tid=M-FU-USA-40A-2017
December 4-10
Orange Bowl International Tennis Championship – Plantation, Florida, USA
U16 and U18 draws
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100039666
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of December 4, 2017:
WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 82
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 124
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON): 146
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 190
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 18
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 113
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 24
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 51
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 109
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 139
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 162
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 184
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 56
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON): 62
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 178
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 227
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 424
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Carson Branstine (Toronto, ON): 8
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 49
Layne Sleeth (Marham, ON): 56
Leylah Annie Fernandez (Laval, QC): 107
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Taha Baadi (Montreal, QC): 284
Chih Chi Huang (Port Moody, BC): 362
Gleb Blekher (Canada): 431
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC): 63
Maude Jacques (Lac Beauport, QC): 66
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 87
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON): 133
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC): 223
Barry Henderson (Canada): 360
Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON): 16
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC): 20
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 31
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Girls
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 12
Megan Smith (Vancouver, BC): 21
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Boys
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC): 13
Tomas Bourassa (Delta, BC): 19
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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