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Marius_Hancu · 03-07-2005, 07:09 PM

Great news for the tennis in Quebec and Canada:

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Tennis Canada signs deal with National Bank

National Bank is sponsoring six new regional events: four Futures tournaments, worth $10,000 US each in prize money, and two Challenger tournaments worth $25,000 US each.

The deal also includes the WTA's Tier 3 tournament, the $170,000 US Bell Challenge, another Challenger in Grandby, Que., worth $50,000 US and the junior international tournament in Repentigny, Que.

sambapati · 03-07-2005, 07:42 PM

Have any of you ever been to the Repentigny tournament? I went one year, and I saw a young greek player named Eleni Danilidou. (wonder whatever happened to her?? )
and can someone tell me who is commentating on RDS now? Is it still Yvan moron and Helene Pelletier?

Marius_Hancu · 03-09-2005, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by sambapati

Have any of you ever been to the Repentigny tournament? I went one year, and I saw a young greek player named Eleni Danilidou. (wonder whatever happened to her?? )
and can someone tell me who is commentating on RDS now? Is it still Yvan moron and Helene Pelletier?

Guess you haven't watched tennis in while, if you don't know about Eleni:
http://www.wtatour.com/players/playe...PlayerID=40313

And yes, Yvan and Helene are still there, fortunately replaced from time to time by Sebastien Lareau, the former world #4 in doubles, the Sydney Olympics champion in doubles (with Daniel Nestor.)
http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/...yernumber=L226

And heeeree's ........... Ponton:
http://www.rds.ca/tennis/chroniques/174208.html

Marius_Hancu · 03-09-2005, 01:57 PM

Qualifiers in Indian Wells:
F. Dancevic b. Tsonga 61 62 v. good result, lots of noise about the
French juniors.
Dancevic needs to beat G. Lapentti to get into the main draw (I think he can do it).

Tsonga: Finished 2003 as No. 2 junior in world...Also reached SF at Wimbledon in 2003
(l. to Mergea)...Won US Open junior title (d. Baghdatis)...

Dancevic was never this high in juniors, but he's better now in seniors than Tsonga.

I met today F. Niemeyer at Jarry, talked to him, he's preparing for
Europe (he was being coached today by Lareau)

Pelletier lost 1st round in women's Q to Beygelzimer 6-4 in the 3rd).
Drake lost in 2nd, to Diaz-Oliva.
Kirilenko top seed in qualies, v. tough tournament.

raftermania · 03-09-2005, 02:00 PM

Hey TSNers, they are airing Masters Cup Uncovered with Roger Federer this monday at 4 pm. (In addition to Indian Wells actions beforehand, sweeeeeet)

Marius_Hancu · 03-09-2005, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by raftermania

Hey TSNers, they are airing Masters Cup Uncovered with Roger Federer this monday at 4 pm. (In addition to Indian Wells actions beforehand, sweeeeeet)

Yes, this is the full program:
http://www.tsn.ca/tennis/tv_schedule.asp?sport=TENNIS

sambapati · 03-09-2005, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Marius_Hancu

Guess you haven't watched tennis in while, if you don't know about Eleni:
http://www.wtatour.com/players/playe...PlayerID=40313

And yes, Yvan and Helene are still there, fortunately replaced from time to time by Sebastien Lareau, the former world #4 in doubles, the Sydney Olympics champion in doubles (with Daniel Nestor.)
http://www.atptennis.com/en/players/...yernumber=L226

And heeeree's ........... Ponton:
http://www.rds.ca/tennis/chroniques/174208.html

Actually, I was joking about Danilidou. I know she`s been playing on the WTA tour and had some pretty good wins, though dissapeared recently(injuries??)

Thannks for the other info though. I have a hard time picturing Lareau commentating. Is he any good??

Marius_Hancu · 03-09-2005, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by sambapati

I have a hard time picturing Lareau commentating. Is he any good??

I think so.

Marius_Hancu · 03-10-2005, 02:56 PM

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Qualifiers in Indian Wells:
F. Dancevic b. Tsonga 61 62 v. good result, lots of noise about the
French juniors.
Dancevic needs to beat G. Lapentti to get into the main draw (I think he can do it).

Couldn't. Lost 6-4 6-2 to Lapentti (who's 115).

pound cat · 03-10-2005, 03:34 PM

And the bad news is Frank lost to Lapentti 4-6 2-6

raftermania · 03-10-2005, 04:07 PM

Too bad Dancevic failed to get by Lapentti, he lost 2 sets to 1.

Marius_Hancu · 04-03-2005, 01:52 PM

Aleksandra Wozniak, which is presently the 3rd junior in the world, was the runner up in the
Luxilon Cup Girl's Singles
taking place during the Nasdaq 100 in Miami.

Philip Bester, another Canadian junior, was in the final of the Luxilon Cup Boy's Singles.

Congratulations to both of them!

West Coast Ace · 04-03-2005, 02:29 PM

When I saw the title of this thread I thought maybe Kim Clijsters and RF had gone to the Canadian Embassy and asked for political asylum.

Maybe having the pros show up will spur some interest. But it's going to take a lot of money for indoor facilities, coaching and travel (go to warmer clims in the winter to play outdoors and compete in junior tournaments) to actually grow pros. In addition to some cultural changes - I'm sure most bigger boys will be looked down on if they turn their backs on hockey for tennis.

raftermania · 04-03-2005, 09:14 PM

You didn't hear the latest news??? Kim and RF have been sworn in as Canadian citizens! Not only do we have to protect the states against Russian missile attacks, but Russian tennis players too!

pound cat · 04-04-2005, 03:45 AM

No Canadian looks down on Steve Nash for choosing basketball. Oh, right, he's one of the smaller boys. I think with everyone who follows any sport anywhere knowing who Roger Federer is, I think any bigger boy could chose tennis,,,esp. as the NHL has alienated so many fans by not even playng this year. Unfortunately for tennis, unlike hockey, you have to have more than 1 indoor court in a building to train tennis players, $$. & parental interest.

Marius_Hancu · 04-04-2005, 05:16 AM

I just confirmed this with Tennis Canada here in Montreal.

The two Futures tournaments which normally took place in Toronto (last year in Lachine) and Montreal during the summer are rescheduled this year for the autumn, probably after Oct 15.

Taking into account the weather in Canada, I'd say this is a quite unfortunate choice. Hope they won't disappear totally from the calendar ...

Marius_Hancu · 04-05-2005, 11:31 AM

Erik Chvojka, the former top Canadian junior ... great S-Volleyer, 18yrs old now ...

it took him 3 rounds of Q to get into the main draw at
USA F7 Futures
Dates : 04 Apr to 10 Apr 2005
Venue : Little Rock, AR, USA
Grade : 6.02
Surface : Hard

http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/T...05/229/FRR.pdf

he's based now in New York, has a sponsor and a coach there, and will
travel from there to various Futures, trying to establish himself

let's hope he gets more points .... he's presently 1440 or so on the
computer ... thus waiting for him it's hard work ... he has the talent.

Marius_Hancu · 04-05-2005, 08:09 PM

Frederic Niemeyer (who's now 2nd in the Canadian rankings), after 3 rounds of qualifying, just beat Ivo Heuberger of Switzerland (ranked 135, the 4th seed), in the Challenger at Tallahassee, in 3 sets:

http://www.atptennis.com/en/tournaments/challenger/

The top seed is Jonas Bjorkman.

Frederic is scheduled to play in the 2nd round Tsonga of France, thus another tough match.

Marius_Hancu · 04-06-2005, 05:38 PM

Frederic Niemeyer beat today Tsonga (Fra), the former #2 junior in the world: 6-2 1-0 ret.

He's on a 5 match streak including the qualies. He will be playing in the quarters Van Scheppingen (Ned).

In this Challenger at Tallahassee, several seeds were eliminated: Bjorkman (1), Gambill, Moodie (2), P. Goldstein.

Marius_Hancu · 04-07-2005, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Marius_Hancu

Aleksandra Wozniak, which is presently the 3rd junior in the world, was the runner up in the
Luxilon Cup Girl's Singles
taking place during the Nasdaq 100 in Miami.

She just beat Tatiana Poutchek (Blr), a former WTA #55, at Tunica Resorts, MS, USA:

http://www.itftennis.com/womens/tour...ent=1100067692

03-09-2005, 01:57 PM	#44
Marius_Hancu G.O.A.T. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 15,002	Qualifiers in Indian Wells: F. Dancevic b. Tsonga 61 62 v. good result, lots of noise about the French juniors. Dancevic needs to beat G. Lapentti to get into the main draw (I think he can do it). Tsonga: Finished 2003 as No. 2 junior in world...Also reached SF at Wimbledon in 2003 (l. to Mergea)...Won US Open junior title (d. Baghdatis)... Dancevic was never this high in juniors, but he's better now in seniors than Tsonga. I met today F. Niemeyer at Jarry, talked to him, he's preparing for Europe (he was being coached today by Lareau) Pelletier lost 1st round in women's Q to Beygelzimer 6-4 in the 3rd). Drake lost in 2nd, to Diaz-Oliva. Kirilenko top seed in qualies, v. tough tournament. __________________ Great fitness sites http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=15571 "Simon and Hiroko": My Novels on Amazon

04-03-2005, 01:52 PM	#52
Marius_Hancu G.O.A.T. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 15,002	Aleksandra Wozniak, which is presently the 3rd junior in the world, was the runner up in the Luxilon Cup Girl's Singles taking place during the Nasdaq 100 in Miami. Philip Bester, another Canadian junior, was in the final of the Luxilon Cup Boy's Singles. Congratulations to both of them! __________________ Great fitness sites http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=15571 "Simon and Hiroko": My Novels on Amazon

04-04-2005, 05:16 AM	#56
Marius_Hancu G.O.A.T. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 15,002	I just confirmed this with Tennis Canada here in Montreal. The two Futures tournaments which normally took place in Toronto (last year in Lachine) and Montreal during the summer are rescheduled this year for the autumn, probably after Oct 15. Taking into account the weather in Canada, I'd say this is a quite unfortunate choice. Hope they won't disappear totally from the calendar ... __________________ Great fitness sites http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=15571 "Simon and Hiroko": My Novels on Amazon

04-05-2005, 11:31 AM	#57
Marius_Hancu G.O.A.T. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 15,002	Erik Chvojka Erik Chvojka, the former top Canadian junior ... great S-Volleyer, 18yrs old now ... it took him 3 rounds of Q to get into the main draw at USA F7 Futures Dates : 04 Apr to 10 Apr 2005 Venue : Little Rock, AR, USA Grade : 6.02 Surface : Hard http://www.atptennis.com/en/common/T...05/229/FRR.pdf he's based now in New York, has a sponsor and a coach there, and will travel from there to various Futures, trying to establish himself let's hope he gets more points .... he's presently 1440 or so on the computer ... thus waiting for him it's hard work ... he has the talent. __________________ Great fitness sites http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=15571 "Simon and Hiroko": My Novels on Amazon

04-05-2005, 08:09 PM	#58
Marius_Hancu G.O.A.T. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 15,002	Frederic Niemeyer (who's now 2nd in the Canadian rankings), after 3 rounds of qualifying, just beat Ivo Heuberger of Switzerland (ranked 135, the 4th seed), in the Challenger at Tallahassee, in 3 sets: http://www.atptennis.com/en/tournaments/challenger/ The top seed is Jonas Bjorkman. Frederic is scheduled to play in the 2nd round Tsonga of France, thus another tough match. __________________ Great fitness sites http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=15571 "Simon and Hiroko": My Novels on Amazon