Whereas younger Canadian tennis stars have been centre stage throughout main cities like Toronto, Vancouver, and Calgary on the Fischer Junior Nationals occasions, a number of younger gamers have been leaving their mark on the ITF circuit throughout the globe.
In the meantime, a cohort of girls and boys’ opponents are getting ready to compete for Canada in group competitions and on the Junior Davis Cup and Billie Jean King Cup.
Let’s break down a few of the newest ITF success from Canadian juniors.
Genereux wins ITF singles crown
In singles competitors final week, it was 15-year-old Canadian Antoine Genereux persevering with his latest run of success. Within the semifinals, he defeated fellow Canuck Rafael Brown 6-4, 5-7, 6-0 in a tightly contested battle. That arrange an all-Canadian closing, the place Genereux defeated Jerry Han 6-3, 6-3 to win the J30 Le Diamant title from Martinique, France.
It’s his first profession junior ITF singles title; he and fellow Canadian Andy Tchinda Kepche gained a J30 doubles match in Baja California, Mexico final month.
A pair of Canadian women additionally had deep singles runs final week in numerous components of the tennis world. On the J60 Tacarigua in Trinidad and Tobago, Canadian Cookie Jarvis-Tredgett gained three matches on the occasion, earlier than falling to American Kayla Brianne-Moore 6-1, 6-3 within the closing.
In the meantime, on the clay courts on the J30 La Paz in Bolivia, Julia Ionescu of Alberta positioned runner-up in singles, incomes 4 consecutive straight units wins, earlier than falling within the finals 7-5, 6-3 to Peru’s Daniela Gonzales.
Junior Staff Competitors Approaches
Worldwide group competitors shall be entrance and centre subsequent week, as Canadians head to Orlando April 17-19 to compete within the closing qualifying stage of the Billie Jean King Cup Juniors and Davis Cup Juniors Finals in November.
Canada will compete alongside Mexico, america, and Bahamas in Davis Cup U16 junior competitors. Led by former Canadian tennis participant and Captain Frank Dancevic, the squad brings alongside Miko Lapalme of Quebec, and Felix Roussel and Quincy Yao of Ontario.
Lapalme not too long ago gained the U18 doubles title on the Indoor Junior Fischer Nationals, and final summer season defeated his teammate Felix Roussel within the finals to win the U16 out of doors singles nationals in Quebec.
Picture – Peter Figura
Lapalme and Yao collectively gained the doubles title on the U16 Nationals in Verdun again in February; Yao reached the semifinals within the singles occasion.
The Billie Jean King Cup Junior head to the identical venue. Hoping to repeat the magic of Canada’s historic win on the worldwide stage final 12 months in skilled competitors, the nation is in a bunch of 4 alongside america, Mexico and Puerto Rico, with the highest two nations advancing to the finals later this 12 months.
Former WTA doubles star Sharon Fichman will Captain the three-player squad that options Nadia Lagaev, Charlie Celebrini, and Clémence Mercier.
“I need the women to have an amazing expertise and to battle like loopy,” says Fichman.
“They’re all tremendous aggressive, very patriotic, they get alongside rather well, they usually’re all skilled in each singles and doubles so I believe we’ve a reasonably properly rounded group.”
Quebec’s Mercier not too long ago gained the U16 indoor nationals in Verdun, Quebec, whereas Celebrini of Ontario gained the U16 doubles. Lagaev, who ranks 1st within the nation in each singles and doubles U16 and 2nd for every class in U18, returns to the Billie Jean King Cup junior group for a second 12 months.
The ITF World Junior Tennis Competitors can also be slated for motion subsequent weekend in Orlando with Canada in qualifying alongside the US, Mexico, and Guatemala.
Captain Phillippe Courteau will lead the Boys discipline which options U14 indoor junior nationwide singles winner Callum Mackinnon, runner-up Julian Mahdavi, and BC’s Luca Vicol, who gained the indoor provincial championships in his class in February.
Within the Women division, Captain Noelle van Lottum brings indoor junior nationwide singles champion Amy Shen of BC, runner-up Rachel Wu, and doubles winner Isabella Ruyu Yan of Saskatchewan.
The highest two nations in each divisions will advance to compete within the ITF World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostejov, Czechia from August 5-10 this summer season.
Rankings Replace
Junior Keegan Rice of Saskatchewan remains to be the highest ranked Canadian on the ITF circuit and is at present 53rd on this planet. Vancouver’s Connor Church is the second highest ranked within the Boys division, sitting 117th total.
Nadia Lagaev is the highest ranked Canadian within the Women class at 113th on this planet. She not too long ago had a robust run on the J300 San Diego American Regional Championships, reaching the quarterfinals.
Take a look at the complete ITF junior rankings right here.
