CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of August 28
August 28-September 10
U.S. Open – Flushing Meadows, New York, USA
Grand Slam event
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC)
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
http://www.usopen.org/index.html
August 28-September 3
Trofeo “Intesa Sanpaolo” – Como, Italy
ATP Challenger Tour event
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC)
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/como/3473/overview
August 28-September 3
Noto Wakura International Women’s Open – Nanao, Japan
ITF Pro Circuit event
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
http://itfprocircuit.tennis-live-scores.com/scoreboard.aspx?tid=W-WITF-JPN-09B-2017
August 28-September 3
Calgary Futures – Calgary, Alberta
ITF Men’s Futures event
http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/tournaments/men’s-tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100040079
August 27-September 2
National Bank Canadian Junior Open Championships – Repentigny, QC
Grade 1 ITF junior event
https://itjr.ca/en
August 28-September 3
U14 Outdoor Rogers Junior Nationals – Mont Tremblant, QC
http://www.tenniscanada.com/tournaments/u14-outdoor-rogers-junior-nationals/
August 29-September 3
U.S. Open – St. Louis, Missouri, USA
ITF Super Series wheelchair tennis event
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON)
Robert Shaw (North Bay, ON)
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC)
http://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100039203
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of August 28, 2017:
WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 76
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 117
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 169
Katherine Sebov (Toronto, ON): 248
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 19
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 201
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 11
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 69
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 78
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 128
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON): 192
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 226
Doubles
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 42
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON): 56
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 113
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 161
Philip Bester (Vancouver, BC): 257
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Carson Branstine (Toronto, ON): 5
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 15
Layne Sleeth (Marham, ON): 98
Tiffany Lagarde (Montreal, QC): 201
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 46
Benjamin Sigouin (Vancouver, BC): 72
Taha Baadi (Montreal, QC): 263
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC): 48
Maude Jacques (Lac Beauport, QC): 62
Kirsten Sharp (Vancouver, BC): 118
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON): 111
Jean-François Sylvestre (Quebec City, QC): 169
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC): 297
Wheelchair Quad Division
Mika Ishikawa (Vancouver, BC): 18
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON): 20
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 31
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Girls
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 15
Megan Smith (Vancouver, BC): 21
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Boys
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC): 11
Tomas Bourassa (Delta, BC): 18
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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