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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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Rogers Cup presented by National Bank to welcome 59 of the top 60 players in the world

July 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Melissa Boyd Tennis Canada has unveiled the official player acceptance lists for the 2012 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank in Montreal and Toronto. This year, 59 of the Top 60 players in the world will be descending upon Canada, including both current world No. 1s Maria Sharapova and defending Rogers Cup champion Novak [...]

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Kids’ tennis coming to Olympic Park in Montreal

May 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment

By Melissa Boyd The Sun Life Financial Esplanade, Tennis Canada, Tennis Quebec and Tennis Montreal have announced the implementation of a unique project, as they are combining their efforts to build kids’ tennis courts at Olympic Park in Montreal where the city’s Olympic Stadium is located. The new courts will allow kids from all over [...]

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The Rogers Cup Recognized for its Green Initiatives

April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment

The Rogers Cup in Montreal was recognized for its green initiatives last week at the first edition of the “Vivats” Awards which are meant to recognize the work of event organizers in the province of Quebec who have exemplary green initiatives in place. The tournament won the Transportation and Energy Efficiency award which acknowledges an [...]

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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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McIlroy calls Wozniacki his girlfriend, Ana Ivanovic and I are looking forward to the US Open and win another Virtua Tennis 4 goodie bag!

August 27, 2011 By 2 Comments

It has been a while since I last wrote a blog entry for TennisGrandstand. I have been on vacations and what good is a vacation if you take your laptop with workstuff with you? It’s just not a vacation.  Did you go on vacations? If so, how was the weather? I hope a lot less [...]

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Many Players miss US Open through Injury, the Seeds are Named and Evert Praises Serena

August 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Clijsters out of US Open: “Unfortunately, I will not be able to defend my US Open title this year,” the Belgian said in a statement.  “Two weeks of rehab was not enough. Obviously I’m very disappointed. I trained very hard this summer and felt in a good shape to play. If a gradual approach is [...]

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Serena Williams makes big statement by winning the Rogers Cup

August 15, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Serena Williams made a big statement in Toronto as she easily defeated Samantha Stosur to claim the Rogers Cup 2011 by a score of 6-4, 6-2. Williams looked every bit the champion that we have come to know over the years and is without a doubt the favorite as the U.S. Open approaches. Few gave [...]

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Novak Djokovic seems to have found a way to keep his magical results going all year long – Around the corner

August 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

As the Rogers Cup is set to wrap-up this weekend in Montreal with the men, the draw for the second consecutive Masters 1000 event has just been released in Cincinnati. With the U.S. Open just two weeks away now, players will be looking to fine-tune their games and round into form for the finalGrand Slam [...]

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It’s Sam Stosur versus Serena Williams in the finals of the Rogers Cup 2011

August 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Agnieska Radwanska’s attempt to go on a Novak Djokovic-like winning streak came to an end today at the Rogers Cup in Toronto. After nine consecutive victories she was defeated today by 10th seeded Samantha Stosur 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. Broken three times in the first set it was a tough-go for Radwanska initially. She had not [...]

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