Update: the girls doubles final at Copa Yucatan, in Meida, Mexico, will showcase only Canadians
The ITF info (draws, OOP) is at
https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/ja-merida/mex/2021/j-ga-mex-01a-2021/
It's Quebec vs. Ontario all over again in this final:
CAN
Annabelle Xu
CAN
Naomi Xu
vs.
CAN
Kayla Cross
CAN
Victoria Mboko
[6]
Watch for these names in the years to come.
Annabelle is 17, Naomi is 15. They are sisters from Montreal.
Kayla is 16,
Victoria is 15. They are from Toronto.
Most of the time lately, they've been all training
as part of Junior Team Canada
at the National Tennis Center in Montreal, AFAIK,
under coach
Simon Larose and other coaches.
In this JA-category (highest, just under the Slams) prestigious tournament, and on clay, these Canadians were brilliant in doubles,
but, ahem, less so in singles, where they could't, unfortunately, overcome higher ranked juniors.
The Annabelle and Naomi Xu sisters were unseeded in doubles, but they fought through several seeded teams to get to the final.
This, while Kayla Cross and Victoria Mboko have more experience as a team in international competition.
Seeded [6] in doubles, they beat in the SFs the
[1] seeds, the powerful team of the Czech sisters,
Linda and Brenda Fruhvirtova,
who are both top ten in junior singles and have some considerable fame already.
The Canadians are top 50-70, with the exception of Naomi, who is 377, but climbing.
Unfortunately, this match won't be in the Stadium, thus not streamed.
