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First Day of the Preliminary Phase
St. John’s, NL – The tennis competition kicked off this morning at the Greenbelt Tennis Club for the first day of the Canada Games. The 11 participating teams are divided into three groups for the preliminary round robin phase, which will determine the matchups for the final phase.
Group 1 : Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Alberta
Group 2 : Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick
Group 3 : Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories, Newfoundland and Labrador (host)
Nova Scotia started its tournament strong with a 5-1 win over New Brunswick, thanks in part to convincing men’s singles victories from Jacob Propper and Simon Mujoomdar. Notably, Vanya Virmani of New Brunswick earned his province’s only win on this opening day, taking his match 6-2, 3-6, 6-1.
Quebec also got off to a great start with a 5-1 victory over Alberta. Despite the scoreline, two matches were hotly contested and could have changed the course of the tie. Volodymyr Gurenko and Clémence Mercier each needed a third set to secure their singles wins. Katharina Liu claimed Alberta’s lone point with an impressive 6-1, 6-1 win.
The third morning matchup also ended 5-1, this time in Ontario’s favour over British Columbia. The tournament’s top-ranked girl player, Nadia Lagaev, came back from 2-5 down in the first set to win in a tiebreak, then took the second set 6-4. Despite a strong start, Charlie Celebrini and Havana Kadi (B.C.) couldn’t convert their 6-2 first set into a win, falling 10-4 in the super tiebreak to Andrea Cabio and Lily Rochon (Ont.). Amy Shen earned B.C.’s only victory with a tight 7-5, 6-4 result.
In the afternoon, two more provinces made strong tournament debuts. Saskatchewan earned a 5-1 win over Manitoba, with all four singles players, Arya Guha, Ethan Yichen Guo, Isabella Yan, and Karina Berska, winning in straight sets. Manitoba’s men’s doubles team of Evan Deeley and Max Peters secured their province’s only point in a super tiebreak.
Finally, Prince Edward Island blanked the Northwest Territories. Special mention goes to the Northwest Territories women’s doubles team, Anna Uran and Orlee Duru, who came close to victory despite playing singles matches just minutes earlier. After winning the first set 6-2, they narrowly lost in a super tiebreak. It is worth noting that the Northwest Territories are the only team with just four players instead of eight.
The preliminary phase of the competition will continue on Monday, August 11, and Tuesday, August 12, starting at 8:00 a.m. local time.
