CANADIANS IN ACTION THIS WEEK
Tennis Canada – A look at the key events for the week of May 7
May 6-13
Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid, Spain
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and WTA Premier Mandatory event
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON)
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON)
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON)
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON)
https://www.madrid-open.com/en/
May 7-13
Gimcheon Challenger – Gimcheon, South Korea
ATP Challenger Tour event – $50,000
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC)
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC)
Brayden Schnur (Pickering, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/gimcheon/7011/overview
May 7-13
Open du Pays D’Aix – Aix en Provence, France
ATP Challenger Tour event – €127,000
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON)
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/aix-en-provence/7009/overview
May 7-13
Braga Open – Braga, Portugal
ATP Challenger Tour event – €43,000
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC)
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/tournaments/braga/7913/overview
May 7-13
Future Internacional Pablo Arroyo Club Tres Marias – Morelia, Mexico
ITF Men’s Futures event – $15,000
Pavel Krainik (Toronto, ON)
Samuel Monette (Montreal, QC)
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/?tourkey=M-FU-MEX-01A-2018
May 7-13
Jerba Open – Jerba, Tunisia
ITF Men’s Futures event- $15,000
Alexander Day (Vancouver, BC)
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/?tourkey=M-FU-TUN-18A-2018
May 7-13
Vietravel Cup – Thua Thien, Hue, Vietnam
ITF Men’s Futures event- $15,000
Kelsey Stevenson
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/?tourkey=M-FU-VIE-02A-2018
May 7-13
Ukraine F1 Futures – Rivne, Ukraine
ITF Men’s Futures event- $15,000
Razvan Braiant
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/?tourkey=M-FU-UKR-01A-2018
May 7-13
Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer – Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event – $100,000
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC)
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON)
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/?tourkey=W-WITF-FRA-12A-2018
May 7-13
ITF Trinidad Women’s 15,000 – Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago
ITF Women’s Pro Circuit event – $15,000
Catherine Leduc (Montreal, QC)
http://live.itftennis.com/en/live-scores/?tourkey=W-WITF-TTO-01A-2018
May 7-12
Ozerov Cup – Ryazan, Russia
Grade 2 ITF junior event
Gleb Blekher
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041206
May 8-12
China Junior 8 – Beijing, China
Grade 3 ITF junior event
Natasha Sengphrachanh
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041318
May 7-12
Copa Badia – Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Grade 4 ITF junior event
Jada Bui
Raul Dobai
Christopher Heck
Bianca Jolie Fernandez
Daria Tomashevskaya
http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100041362
May 11-14
Kemer Turkuaz Open – Antalya, Turkey
ITF Futures Wheechair tennis event
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC)
http://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair/tournaments/tournament/info.aspx?tournamentid=1100042434
Here are the top Canadians in each category as of May 7, 2018:
WTA Rankings
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 118
Françoise Abanda (Montreal, QC): 128
Carol Zhao (Richmond Hill, ON): 137
Bianca Vanessa Andreescu (Mississauga, ON): 207
Doubles
Gabriela Dabrowski (Ottawa, ON): 10
Eugenie Bouchard (Montreal, QC): 136
ATP Rankings
Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON): 24
Denis Shapovalov (Richmond Hill, ON): 43
Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC): 88
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 125
Félix Auger-Aliassime (Montreal, QC): 189
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 192
Doubles
Adil Shamasdin (Toronto, ON): 76
Daniel Nestor (Toronto, ON): 98
Peter Polansky (Thornhill, ON): 202
Filip Peliwo (Vancouver, BC): 394
Steven Diez (Toronto, ON): 441
ITF Junior Rankings – Girls
Leylah Annie Fernandez – age: 15 (Laval, QC): 19
Carson Branstine – age: 17 (Orange, CA): 61
Alexandra Vagramov – age: 16 (Port Moody, BC): 114
Bianca Andreescu – age: 17 (Mississauga, ON): 117
ITF Junior Rankings – Boys
Chih Chi Huang – age: 17 (Port Moody, BC): 145
Taha Baadi – age: 16 (Montreal, QC): 159
Gleb Blekher – age: 17 (Canada): 179
Wheelchair Women’s Division
Maude Jacques (Lac Beauport, QC): 63
Tara Llanes (Vancouver, BC): 68
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 93
Wheelchair Men’s Division
Marko Golic (Oakville, ON): 135
Thomas Venos (Anmore, BC): 217
Barry Henderson (Canada): 363
Wheelchair Quad Division
Robert Shaw (North Bay ON): 11
Gary Luker (Stoney Creek, ON): 32
Mitch McIntyre (Regina, SK): 57
Wheelchair Junior Rankings – Girls
Puisand Lai (Toronto, ON): 11
Megan Smith (Vancouver, BC): 18
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