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Getting to know Milos Raonic – the ATPs new top 20 player

August 15, 2012 By 1 Comment

By Lisa-Marie Burrows This week, Canadian Milos Raonic has been a continuous feature in tennis discussions this week after breaking into the top 20 of the ATP rankings for the first time in his career. The 21-year-old young gun moved up five spots to secure his No. 19 place, thanks to his quarter-final appearance at [...]

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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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Milos Raonic Talks About Biggest Fear, Pete Sampras, and Good-Looking Girls

March 23, 2012 By 1 Comment

Milos Raonic stands fervent among a slew of young ATP players hoping to break into the top 10 of the world rankings this year. At 21-years-old, this Canadian has stood as a gauge of what the next generation of tennis players has to offer. Today at the Sony Ericsson Open, I had the opportunity to [...]

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Canadian Tennis Roots Run Deeper than Raonic

February 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

It would seem that the emergence of Milos Raonic as a bona fide rising star on the ATP World Tour has inspired success from his fellow Canadian tennis compatriots at all levels of the game and this was put on full display last week. While Raonic was trying to win his second consecutive title in [...]

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Raonic, Haase Could Get Company From Compatriots in Top 100 in ‘12

December 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment

It can be lonely in the top 100, especially if you’re Andy Murray, Ernests Gulbis or Jurgen Melzer. They’re just three of the 21 players that are their nation’s sole representative among that ranking benchmark. But while some of them, such as Robin Soderling and Marcos Baghdatis, might not be getting any company from their [...]

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Emergence of Canadian Tennis: Raonic, Marino, Pospisil

November 14, 2011 By 1 Comment

For years, Canada’s tennis accomplishments could be found in one man’s trophy case, that of doubles legend Daniel Nestor. The country’s tennis community has been starving for its first bona fide singles player since the days of Carling Bassett-Seguso, Helen Kelesi and Canadian turned Brit Greg Rusedski. Over the past few seasons, Canadian tennis has [...]

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Around the Corner: Home Stretch – Valencia and Basel

October 31, 2010 By 1 Comment

While the WTA has almost wrapped up its season, the ATP World Tour still has a few more events to go before we have reached the elusive “off season.” As November is now upon us, the men’s tour will turn this week to two 500 level events in Valencia, Spain and Basel, Switzerland. Let’s have [...]

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Nadal & Djokovic To Play Doubles: Are You Kidding Me?

August 9, 2010 By 1 Comment

The song ‘Rain Drops Keep Fallin’ On My Head’ was unfortunately the most over-played tune from Sunday in Toronto as the Rogers Cup was forced to deal with plenty of precipitation as the qualifying tournament approached its end. The first match of the day on Centre Court between Yen-Hsun Lu of Taiwan and Marius Copil [...]

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