After making a pit cease in Toronto final week, the ITF World Tennis Tour has moved east this week to New Brunswick and Quebec the place one other $25,000 ladies’s occasion will probably be performed in Fredericton and a $25,000 males’s match will probably be performed in Montreal at IGA Stadium.
After Katherine Sebov was topped champion in Toronto, this week’s Canadian contingent will probably be trying to observe in her footsteps and win a title on dwelling soil.
In Fredericton, Stacey Fung leads the way in which for the host nation. The 26-year-old Vancouver native gained a $25,000 occasion in Santo Domingo on the finish of February after taking dwelling 4 ITF trophies in 2022. This week will even mark the return of Victoria Mboko who will probably be enjoying her first match since reaching the semifinals on the U.S. Open Junior Championships final September. The highest seed in Fredericton is American Kayla Day, ranked no. 186 on the earth. She is a former junior World No. 1 and in 2016, she was topped champion of the Junior U.S. Open and likewise reached the semifinals of Junior Wimbledon.
Singles and doubles predominant draw motion will get underway Tuesday in Fredericton.
In the meantime, in Montreal, Canadians Juan Carlos Aguilar, Duncan Chan, Keegan Rice, Benjamin Sigouin, and Marko Stakusic have all earned direct entry into the primary draw. The no. 1 seed on the high of the draw is Germany’s Henri Squire, ranked no. 325 on the earth, who already has one ITF singles title to his title in 2023 after successful the $25,000 match in Tub, Nice Britain final month. The second seed on the backside of the draw is American Sturdy Kirchheimer.
Singles qualifying wraps up Tuesday at IGA Stadium and doubles play additionally will get underway. The highest seeds in singles will take to the courtroom for the primary time on Wednesday.