Tennis Canada's National Tennis Centre presented by Rogers introduces its class 2022-2023

All the newest on the gamers transitioning to the skilled and school circuits

The 2023 season is nicely underway, and Tennis Canada is proud to current the members of the 2022–2023 class on the Nationwide Tennis Centre (NTC) offered by Rogers. Since its creation in 2007, the NTC has hosted some 60 gamers from throughout the nation and constructed a confirmed observe document that has helped its alumni attain the very best ranges in skilled tennis.

The brand new group is made up of members who arrived on the NTC just some months in the past from completely different provinces.

Boys: Keegan Rice – 16 years outdated (Regina, Saskatchewan), Adam Farag Cao – 15 years outdated (Calgary, Alberta) and Finn Muller – 14 years outdated (Toronto, Ontario).

Ladies: Emma Dong – 15 years outdated (Vancouver, British Columbia) and Addison Comiskey – 15 years outdated (Ottawa, Ontario).

To seek out out extra about them, watch these official movies.

“We’re thrilled that these 5 new athletes are becoming a member of the Nationwide Tennis Centre household,” mentioned Guillaume Marx, Head of efficiency at Tennis Canada. “Since its inception, the NTC has made Canada one of many world’s fastest-rising tennis nations, and lots of the Centre’s alumni—together with Félix Auger-Aliassime, Bianca Andreescu, Milos Raonic and Eugenie Bouchard—have joined the ranks of the worldwide elite. We see that very same kind of potential in Keegan, Finn, Adam, Emma and Addison, and we’ll do our utmost to help them in making their tennis ambitions a actuality.”

2022-2023 athletes

Adam farag cao

ADDISON COMISKEY

EMMA DONG

FINN MULLER

KEEGAN RICE

NTC gamers within the transition program

As new gamers arrive on the NTC, others start their transition to the skilled and school circuits, together with Victoria Mboko (Toronto, ON), Kayla Cross (London, ON), Marina Stakusic (Mississauga, ON), Cadence Brace (Toronto, ON), Mia Kupres (Edmonton, AB), Annabelle Xu (Montréal, QC), Jaden Weekes (Montréal, QC) and Christophe Clément (Montréal, QC). Collectively, they’d a stellar 2022 season, with the overwhelming majority attaining private bests within the junior rankings.

Junior {and professional} circuits

Victoria Mboko – No.491 within the WTA rankings: She might solely be 16 years outdated and nonetheless eligible to enter junior occasions, however Victoria Mboko of Toronto is gearing as much as compete in skilled tournaments. She is coming off a robust season on the junior circuit. She rose as excessive as No.8 after taking dwelling the title on the J1 Porto Alegre in Brazil, reached the semifinals of two junior Grand Slam championships (Wimbledon and the US Open) and fought within the doubles closing of the junior Australian Open. She additionally made her mark on the skilled tour when she secured her very first title on the ITF occasion in Saskatoon and performed within the Nationwide Financial institution Open and the Granby Nationwide Financial institution Championships.

See what she needed to say about her 2022 season and the targets she has set for herself right here:

Kayla Cross – No.392 within the WTA rankings: Although she remains to be eligible to compete in junior tournaments, Kayla Cross of London, Ontario, is getting ready to spend extra time on the skilled tour in 2023 and should be a part of the faculty circuit as early as this summer time. In 2022, she had lots of success in junior doubles. With Victoria Mboko, she received three titles and battled in two junior Grand Slam finals on the Australian Open and Wimbledon. On the skilled tour, along with taking part within the qualifying rounds of the Nationwide Financial institution Open offered by Rogers for a second yr in a row, she entered the principle draw of a WTA 250 event for the very first time on the Granby Nationwide Financial institution Championships.

Marina Stakusic – No. 375 within the WTA Rankings: Stakusic, who’s from Mississauga, started her transition to the professionals final yr and had a exceptional 2022 season She competed in her first two WTA Tour occasions: the Nationwide Financial institution Open offered by Rogers (wildcard) and the Granby Nationwide Financial institution Championships. Whereas Marina was capable of choose up a qualifying win in Toronto in opposition to an opponent ranked 83rd on this planet, it was in Granby that she really shined, reaching the second spherical of the principle draw of the occasion. It was the primary time in her profession that she performed – and received – a major draw match on the WTA Tour. Along with this accomplishment, Marina clinched a doubles title on the Saskatoon Challenger alongside compatriot Kayla Cross, incomes the primary skilled title of her younger profession.

Cadence Brace – No. 416 within the WTA Rankings: The 18-year-old Cadence Brace, from Toronto, has additionally begun her transition to the skilled excursions in 2022. Whereas she performed in a number of ITF occasions final yr, her finest outcome got here on the Granby Nationwide Financial institution Championships, a WTA 250 occasion, the place she not solely certified for the principle draw but in addition reached the second spherical (a private finest) by beating a Prime 100 participant for the primary time in her profession. Ranked 1277th on the finish of 2021, she continues to climb the rankings and is at present sitting on the highest rank of her profession.

NCAA school tennis circuitJaden Weekes (College of Kentucky), Christophe Clément (College of Kentucky), Mia Kupres (Texas A&M) and Annabelle Xu (College of Virginia) are all pursuing their tennis desires on the faculty circuit within the US.

The College of Kentucky at present ranks second within the males’s workforce standings. On the ladies’s facet, Texas A&M and the College of Virginia are not any.3 and no.7, respectively. Click on right here to view the rankings.