Between ITF junior occasions and the U15 prospect camps that befell over the past month, it has been a busy few weeks for the way forward for Canadian tennis.
Right here is your month-to-month junior replace introduced by Har-Tru.
U15 Prospects Take Centre Stage
Through the month of Might, Tennis Canada hosted three improvement camps for the members of the U15 prospect group.
The primary of the three camps led into the ITF J30 occasion in Halifax, the place many members of the U15 prospect group competed.
Prospect group member Eve Thibault, age 14, managed to select up a title in Halifax within the ladies doubles alongside fellow Canadian Emy Gauvin. It was the second ITF junior doubles title of Thibault’s profession.
Two different camps adopted in Toronto at Sobeys Stadium, the place former doubles world No. 1 Daniel Nestor stopped by for a clinic, and in Montreal at IGA Stadium.
Learn additionally: Rising star Joni Colburne joins the U15 Prospect Workforce camp in hometown Halifax
The camps are based mostly on the Entire Participant Growth Pathway and designed to bolster fundamentals and assist younger gamers attain their highest potential as they proceed their improvement as tennis gamers, with the last word purpose being a profitable skilled profession.
Home Occasions
It was a busy month for the ITF junior circuit in Canada with 5 stops on the ITF junior tour within the Nice White North, together with the one in Halifax
J60 Ile des Soeurs
Of the 5 occasions, the primary one was essentially the most profitable for the host nation as Canadians gained all 4 competitions on the J60 occasion in Ile des Soeurs, QC.
Each Mikael Arseneault and Anna Tabunshchyk doubled up, profitable their respective singles and doubles titles. It was Mikael’s flip to say a title on the ITF tour after his twin brother Nicolas gained a pair final month.
J30 Halifax
On prime of Thibault’s victory within the ladies doubles, Canadians received no less than one hand on each trophy in Halifax. Adam Patry gained the boys doubles together with his Mexican companion Patricio Jimenez Alcocer, whereas Felix Roussel and Anastasia Pleksun gained the singles for the host nation.
J60 Fredericton
Volodymyr Gurenko was the star for the host nation in New Brunswick, selecting up each the boys singles and doubles title, the latter with Eric William Wang.
Canada’s Bianca Ceroni gained the women doubles title along with her American companion Carrie-Ann Hoo.
J100 Calgary
Roussel held the fort for the hosts on the highest-tier occasion in Canada over the past month, profitable the boys singles title in Calgary. Each different competitors was gained by People.
J60 Edmonton
The Edmonton occasion noticed some acquainted doubles champions, with Gurenko and Wang selecting up their second boys doubles title on house soil over the past 4 weeks, whereas Brooke Feth and Tabunshchyk claimed their second ladies doubles title.
For each Gurenko and Tabunshchyk, it was their third title throughout each disciplines on house soil within the month.
Right here is the complete listing of champions on the Canadian ITF Junior occasions over the past month (all Canadian except in any other case famous):
Different ITF Occasions
A few J30 occasions in Christiansted in the US Virgin Islands noticed appreciable success for the Canadians.
Avery Alexander reached each ultimate she may, attending to the singles and doubles finals in consecutive weeks, profitable a pair of titles. A kind of wins got here in singles over certainly one of her doubles companions, Laurence Demers.
Cookie Jarvis-Tredgett doubled up on the second Christiansted occasion, profitable each the singles and doubles.
Andrea Cabio and Jasmine Li swept the titles at occasions in Mexico.
Roland-Garros
The second junior Grand Slam of the yr befell over the past week, with Keegan Rice serving as Canada’s lone consultant.
Rice managed to come back by way of qualifying to get into the principle draw on the French Open with out dropping a set. He then gained his opening match in straight units earlier than lastly succumbing to the second seed Joel Schwaerzler.
The Canadian misplaced within the first spherical of the doubles with Czech Petr Brunclik to the fourth-seeded American pair of Kaylan Bigun and Jagger Leach
Right here is the complete listing of Canadians who reached finals at occasions exterior of Canada over the past month (Titles in daring)
Avery Alexander: J30 Christiansted 1 ladies singles champion, J30 Christiansted 2 ladies singles runner-up, J30 Christiansted 1 ladies doubles champion (w/ Demers), J30 Christiansted 2 ladies doubles runner-up (w/ Tardiff)
Laurence Demers: J30 Chistiansted 1 ladies singles runner-up, J30 Christiansted ladies doubles champion (w/ Alexander)
Cookie Jarvis-Tredgett: J30 Christiansted 2 ladies singles champion, J30 Christiansted 2 ladies doubles champion
Jasmine Li: J30 Tabasco 1 ladies singles champion, J30 Tabasco 2 ladies singles champion
Andrea Cabio: J60 Veracruz ladies doubles champion (w/ Comiskey), J60 Veracruz ladies singles champion
Raphaelle Leroux: J200 St. Poelten ladies doubles champion
Clemence Mercier: J100 Plantation ladies doubles runner-up
Kayla Lorrimer: J60 Les Franqueses del Valles ladies singles runner-up
Lola Emilie Bean: J60 Santa Tecla ladies doubles champion (w/ Normandin)
Alexie Normandin: J60 Santa Tecla ladies doubles champion (w/ Bean)
Addison Yang Comiskey: J60 Vercruz ladies doubles champion (w/ Cabio)
Jacob Rouleau-Mailly: J60 Santa Tecla boys doubles runner-up (w/ Wiazowski)
Tyler Wiazowski: J60 Santa Tecla boys doubles runner-up (w/ Rouleau-Mailly)
Joshua Adamson: J60 Larnaca boys doubles runner-up
Antoine Genereux: J60 Santa Tecla boys singles runner-up
Fernandez Mendoza J30 Grand Cayman boys singles runner-up
Stasia Kryk: J30 Grand Cayman ladies doubles runner-up (w/ Spiers)
Kerrigan Spiers: J30 Grand Cayman ladies doubles runner-up (w/ Kryk)
Justine Tardif: J30 Christiansted 2 ladies doubles runner-up (w/
Antoine Martel: J30 Christiansted 2 boys doubles runner-up (w/ Pelletier)
Samuel Pelletier: J30 Christiansted 2 boys doubles runner-up (w/ Martel)
Rankings Replace
After the French Open, Rice fell out to the Prime 100 to No. 103 within the ITF junior rankings, though he stays the highest Canadian boy.
Nadia Lagaev is now the highest Canadian general, coming in at No. 87 within the ladies rankings.
Try the complete ITF junior rankings right here.
