The autumn ITF swing continues this week with its annual cease in Ontario. The W75 Tevlin Challenger returns with among the finest girls’s gamers competing at Sobeys Stadium in Toronto.
The occasion has been a mainstay on the ITF calendar since 2005 and has featured previous Canadian champions like Gabriela Dabrowski, Eugenie Bouchard, and Aleksandra Wozniak.
Fung, Sebov lead Canadian cost
Hamilton’s Stacey Fung is the highest ranked Canadian this week on the Tevlin Challenger. She is only one month faraway from profitable the ninth ITF singles title of her profession. The 27-year-old captured the W35 occasion in Santarem, Portugal in September, her first singles trophy of 2024.
She additionally had a robust exhibiting final week, reaching the quarter-finals of the W75 Saguenay Challenger. Fung, ranked No. 257, is seeded eighth this week.
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Toronto native Katherine Sebov is ready to compete at her dwelling event. The 25-year-old, who achieved a career-high rating of 136 in April 2023, is a four-time ITF singles winner. She’s 20-18 on her season, along with her strongest end result being a semifinal run on the Rancho Santa Fe W75 three weeks in the past. Sebov performs her opening spherical match towards fellow Canadian Scarlett Nicholson.
Lucija Ciric Bagaric is the highest seed on the Tevlin this week. The Croatian has loved a breakout season, profitable 4 ITF titles between January and March.
Richmond Hill’s Ariana Arseneault additionally takes the court docket in Toronto, and she or he’ll face fellow Canadian Isabelle Boulais in opening spherical motion on Wednesday.
19-year-old Kayla Cross can also be within the discipline. The London, Ontario native has captured six doubles titles in 2024, and her first profession win in singles on the Saskatoon Challenger in August.
Nadia Lagaev is the youngest participant within the discipline. The 16-year-old Canadian was identify Tennis Canada’s Junior Participant of the 12 months in 2023, and final week superior to the quarter-finals of Saguenay.
There’s additionally doubles motion this week, and Isabelle Boulais is partnering with veteran American Amy Zhu. Canadians Raphaelle Lacasse, Winnie Wing Yee Choi, and Nifemi Akinbiyi are additionally within the discipline.
Defending champion Marina Stakusic is not going to compete this 12 months, recent off the largest title of her profession at a WTA125 occasion in Mexico.
Motion runs all week at Sobeys Stadium, with finals day on Sunday. The occasion is free for spectators to return and watch.
