Throughout all ranges {of professional} tennis final week, Canadians had been scoring huge wins, together with at Masters and wheelchair occasions.
Whereas the main target could have been on the Miami Open, some {hardware} is making its method again to Canada from some smaller occasions across the globe.
Right here’s what it is advisable to know.
Underneath the Radar: Extra Medals for the Masters
Per week after Canada picked up a gold and a silver medal on the Masters ITF World Crew Championships, they did it once more within the particular person occasion in Antalya, Turkey.
Chris Burr and Tim Griffin, who had been part of Canada’s gold-medal profitable over-75 crew the week prior, received gold within the over-75 doubles occasion. They didn’t drop a set on their technique to one other gold, defeating top-seeded Michael Beautyman of the US and Bernd Martin of Germany within the closing.
Griffin additionally reached the singles closing however needed to accept silver after falling in three units to the highest seed Jairo Velasco Ramirez.
Over on the ITF Wheelchair circuit in Lima, Peru, Thomas Venos received his first title of the season, claiming the doubles crown on the Peru Open.
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He and Costa-Rican accomplice Jose Pablo Gil cruised to the title, not dropping a set in three matches. They misplaced simply 4 complete video games of their first 4 units earlier than clinching the title with a 6-4, 6-4 win over the Colombian tandem of Eliecer Oquendo Barrios and Manuel Sanchez.
It’s the seventh ITF doubles title of Venos’ profession. He received two in 2023.
On the ITF males’s circuit, Benjamin Sigouin received his second ITF doubles title of 2024, claiming the M25 in Calabasas, California alongside American Finn Reynolds. It’s Sigouin’s sixth ITF doubles title total.
Sigouin and Reynolds didn’t drop a set on their technique to the ultimate the place they rallied from a set right down to in the end squeak out the title 13-11 within the match tiebreak.
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This week, Sigouin shifts his consideration to the ATP Challenger Tour, the place he joins Davis Cup crew members Vasek Pospisil and Alexis Galarneau in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in addition to Billie Jean King Cup crew members Marina Stakusic, Rebecca Marino, and Carol Zhao within the girls’s draw.
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In Case You Missed It: Shapovalov Scores an Upset
Rain stole the present in week one of many Miami Open, with a close to washout on Friday creating a really busy weekend.
All three Canadians competing in singles managed to get a minimum of one win beneath their belt, however none managed to achieve the second week in Florida.
Denis Shapovalov had essentially the most spectacular run, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas in straight units within the second spherical for his first Prime 20 win in two years. Sadly, he ran out of fuel within the third spherical in opposition to Matteo Arnaldi.
Félix Auger-Aliassime was in a position to get by way of his opening match in straight units but in addition had a brutal round-two draw. In contrast to his compatriot, he was unable to tug the upset and fell by the hands of Alexander Zverev.
Leylah Annie Fernandez had a bye and obtained by way of her second-round match in straight units earlier than going toe-to-toe with world No. 5 Jessica Pegula in spherical three, a conflict received by the American in two tight units.
Gabriela Dabrowski has been locked in with Erin Routliffe within the doubles. The second-seeded pair had been the primary crew to ebook their spot within the quarter-finals and did so with out dropping a set in two matches.
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What to Watch: Gaby Once more
As was the case within the first half of the Sunshine Double, Gabriela Dabrowski would be the lone Canadian competing in week two of the Miami Open.
She and Erin Routliffe could have to attend some time to seek out out who they’ll play within the quarter-finals, as there’s a first-round match being performed immediately to find out who will face Ashlyn Kruger and Sloane Stephens in spherical two. The winner of that match will meet Dabrowski and Routliffe within the final eight.
The very best-seeded crew left of their half of the draw is the No. 4 tandem of Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez, who’re a possible semifinal opponent.
