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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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Milos Raonic Becomes Canada’s Ambassador for Kids’ Tennis

April 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Following in the footsteps of the USTA and their progressive tennis program endorsed by First Lady Michelle Obama, Tennis Canada has launched a new campaign to promote the active, healthy living of children through the sport of tennis. World no. 26 Milos Raonic will be the ambassador for Kids’ Tennis, a scaled-down version of the [...]

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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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Vancouver Stoked to Host Davis Cup Elite

February 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Two years removed from hosting the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the city of Vancouver will be all about tennis this week as many of the sport world’s eyes will be focused on the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre, which will host Canada’s biggest Davis Cup tie in the last decade beginning Friday. Canada will host [...]

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Pittsburgh Penguins Crosby Surprises Federer With Birthday Cake

August 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Sidney Crosby greets Roger Federer with a cake on his 29th birthday Sunday. Roger Federer and Sidney Crosby have missed out on their chance to play tennis together but can still share a birthday cake.The two sports stars met for the first time at the Rogers Cup on Sunday. They were set to play together [...]

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