The final batch of ITF Tennis Masters Tour World Championships took place in October and the Canadians came home with some hardware. Canada’s 75+ men’s players were the stars, securing a bronze medal in the team event and a silver in the individual doubles championship.
Here is the monthly Masters Tennis update by ABRYSVO.
For the second year in a row, Chris Burr and Tim Griffin scored medals at both the team and individual world championships in the men’s 75+ division. This year, John Payne joined them to get on the podium in the team event.
Team Canada got off to a strong start in the competition, defeating South Africa 2-1 followed by Croatia 3-0 on the first two days of the event to quickly claim top spot in Group B and advance to the knockout stage.
In the quarter-finals, the Canadians defeated France 2-1 to advance to the final four, where they were beaten 2-1 by Germany. In the bronze medal match, Canada beat their neighbour Americans 2-1 to get on the podium.
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Canada’s women came up just short of the podium in the women's 80+ division, finishing fourth. The Canadians finished second in Group C, which sent them to the fourth-to-sixth play-off where they defeated Finland and Switzerland.
The following week at the world individual championships, Burr and Griffin ended up on the podium again in the men’s 75+ doubles, this time a step higher as they secured the silver medal. They were the top seeds and cruised into the final without losing more than three games in a set. However, they were beaten in the final by Brian Cheney and David Fish of the United States.
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In the men’s 85+ doubles, Raynald D’Aoust and Horst Dammholz reached the semifinals but lost to Bethold Landthaler and Werner Schlereth of Germany. There were no bronze-medal matches at the individual championships.
On the regular ITF Masters Tour, Canada had a couple of winners over the last month.
At an ITF MT400 in Mexico City, Monika Armstrong won her first ITF Masters singles title, claiming the women’s 55+ singles title without dropping a set. Over in Shanghai, Eunice Yi Kuen Ng was crowned champion in the 55+ women’s doubles with Jenny Su Chen Lin of Chinese Taipei. It was the 11th ITF Masters doubles title for Ng.
Here are the Canadians who reached finals over the last month on the ITF Masters Tour (champions are bolded):
- Monika Armstrong: MT400 Mexico City Women’s 55+ Singles Champion, MT400 Mexico City Women’s 55+ Doubles Runner-Up
- Eunice Yi Kuen Ng: MT400 Shanghai Women’s 55+ Doubles Champion
- Eduard Torres: MT400 Pattaya: MT400 Pattaya Men’s 50+ Singles Runner-Up, MT400 Pattaya Men’s Doubles Runner-Up (w/ McGuire)
- Oliver McGuire: MT400 Pattaya Men’s Doubles Runner-Up (w/ Torres)
- Robert Oleksiuk: MT400 Mexico City Men’s 45+ Singles Runner-Up
- Brian Fung: MT400 Shanghai Men’s 30+ Doubles Runner-Up
The ITF Masters Tour will make one more stop in Canada later in 2025. The Wilson Victoria Masters ITF will be taking place Nov. 6 to 9 in Victoria, BC.
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