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The official draw ceremony was held on Thursday for the U.S. Open, the final Grand Slam event of the season. Six Canadians earned direct entry into the singles draws including Eugenie Bouchard (Westmount, QC), Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, ON) Sharon Fichman (Toronto, ON), Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver, BC), Milos Raonic (Thornhill, ON), and Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC).
They are used to battling it out on the tennis court, but there were some mixed results when stars of the ATP World Tour went head-to-head in an art showdown on Monday at the Rogers Cup in Toronto.
Tennis Canada announced Wednesday the wild card recipients for the 2014 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Toronto. Canadians Frank Dancevic (Niagara Falls, Ont.) and Peter Polansky (Thornhill, Ont.) will join countrymen Milos Raonic (Thornhill, Ont.) and Vasek Pospisil (Vancouver) to make it four Canadians in the singles draw.
Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC) qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon on Thursday thanks to a 6-4. 6-3 win over American Melanie Oudin. / Aleksandra Wozniak (Blainville, QC) a franchi avec succès la troisième et dernière étape des qualifications de Wimbledon en prenant la mesure de l’Américaine Melanie Oudin en deux manches de 6-4 et 6-3.
Was it Kei Nishikori, or was it the Tennis Gods? Consider this: Canada's three top singles players all went down in the Davis Cup tie with Japan. Milos Raonic wasn't even with the team due to an ankle injury. Vasek Pospisil had to pull out of the doubles with a back injury. That left singles duty to Frank Dancevic
The Canadian Davis Cup team was defeated 4-1 by Japan in their Davis Cup by BNP Paribas World Group first round tie on Sunday at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan.
Today wasn't the first time and it probably won’t be the last when the excruciating Melbourne heat became a major issue at the Australian Open. Tennis Australia and tournament supremo Craig Tiley put the entire tournament’s medical staff on high alert
Most of Canada’s line-up has Balkan connections. Lead player, world no.15 Milos Raonic was born in the city then known as Titograd
The Dallas Tennis Classic features an ATP-level of play despite it being a Challenger event. Most of the players in the draw are on their way to Miami and are getting some match practice before arriving there.
Top seeded Indian pair Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi defeat Frank Dancevic (CAN) and Stanislas Wawrinka (SUI) 3-6, 7-6, 10-4
Canadian Davis Cup team takes on the Dominican Republic in Toronto
Montreal, July 31, 2010 – It’s down to the final two at the $50,000 Granby National Bank Challenger and Milos
