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Marino takes inspirational step back from tennis

February 25, 2013 By Leave a Comment

By Melissa Boyd Former world no. 38 Rebecca Marino announced last week that she is stepping away from tennis for the second time in a year. The 22-year-old Canadian revealed that she has been dealing with depression for the past six years and was also a victim of cyber bullying. She felt this to be [...]

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Milos Raonic Leads Canada to an Historic Davis Cup Victory over Spain

February 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Milos Raonic won both of his singles matches, including earning the winning point on Sunday, to send Canada into the Davis Cup by BNP Paribas  World Group quarter-finals for the first time in the country’s history this weekend after defeating top-ranked Spain 3-2 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver. With Canada entering [...]

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Another Federer Quarter

January 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment

James Crabtree is currently in Melbourne Park covering the Australian Open for Tennis Grandstand and is giving you all the scoop directly from the grounds. By James Crabtree MELBOURNE – History was not on the side of Canadian Milos Raonic. In fact when the vast majority of the tour face Federer, statistics and history are not [...]

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Eugenie Bouchard eager for her next tennis transition

December 3, 2012 By 2 Comments

By Melissa Boyd Dec. 3, 2012 — Eugenie Bouchard has been on the Canadian tennis radar for almost as long as she has been swinging a racquet. Labeled early on as the potential ‘next one’ to follow in the footsteps of Carling Bassett-Seguso, Helen Kelesi, and Aleksandra Wozniak, Bouchard has begun carving her own path [...]

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Tennis Canada nominates olympic representatives for London

June 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Melissa Boyd Tennis Canada has announced the four players nominated for selection to the Canadian Olympic Team for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Daniel Nestor, Vasek Pospisil, Milos Raonic, and Aleksandra Wozniak will represent Canada in London. Raonic and Wozniak will play singles while Nestor and Pospisil will team up for doubles. In singles, [...]

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Rejuvenated Wozniak is Dreaming Olympic Big

April 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Following a tumultuous two seasons that were mired by injuries and coaching uncertainty, former world no.21 Aleksandra Wozniak has shown Top 25 form this season and is making her way back up the rankings with a renewed passion for her sport. Wozniak became the first Canadian in 20 years to win a WTA singles title [...]

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Wozniak Shows Winning Attitude in Loss to Venus at Miami

March 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Aleksandra Wozniak was a forehand away from scoring one of the biggest wins of her career in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida. The 24-year-old Canadian held match point against seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, but couldn’t close the deal, falling 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5)in a two-hour, 53 minute match [...]

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Raonic Joins the Ranks of the Andys in San Jose

February 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Milos Raonic received a bottle of Canadian maple syrup for the second consecutive year from SAP Open tournament director Bill Rapp on Sunday after he successfully defended his San Jose title. The 21-year-old native of Thornhill, Ontario defeated world no. 61 Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 7-6(3), 6-2 in the championship final to earn his third [...]

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Powerhouse French too much for Short-Handed Canadians

February 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The anticipation had been building for months following the announcement that Vancouver would host its first Davis Cup tie in 20 years. It also just so happened to be the biggest non-Rogers Cup tennis event to be held on Canadian soil in the last decade. In the end, the Canada-France first round World Group tie [...]

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10 Reasons to be Excited for Davis Cup Weekend

February 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The time has come!  While Andrea has done a great job breaking down the World Group match-ups, I thought I’d spell out for you the specific reasons why you should set your alarm for 5AM, skip work, cancel all of your social plans, and dedicate your entire Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to the wonder that [...]

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