It has been a busy few weeks since we last caught up with the Canadians on the World Tennis Masters Tour. Over the last five weeks, there have been four events in Canada, spread out across the country.
Here is the monthly Masters Tennis update by ABRYSVO.
First up, the World Tennis Masters Tour was in central Canada for the Canada Day Cup in Winnipeg, MB, which kicked up on the holiday itself. The MT100 was one of the smaller events, with just 11 draws being contested.
Of those 11, the hosts were victorious in 10 events. Only the men's singles was partly won by a non-Canadian. Ty Diello won the 30+ men's doubles with Indonesia's Randel Sitepu, but the rest of the draws were won outright by Canadians. Geoffrey Kirbyson (Men's 40+ and 50+ doubles) and Darrell Bushuk (Men's 60+ doubles and 70+ singles) were the two players to pick up multiple titles.
Here is the full list of winners from the Canada Day Cup. All players are Canadian unless indicated otherwise:
| Men's Singles | Women's Singles | Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles |
30+ | Ignacio Alarcon (CHI) | Clarissa Chen | Ty Dilello / | Xuehang Chen / |
40+ | Joseph Langan | No event | Geoffrey Kirbyson / | No event |
50+ | Trevor Borland | No event | Geoffrey Kirbyson / | No event |
60+ | Herve Fefer | No event | Darrell Bushuk / | No event |
70+ | Darrell Bushuk | No event | No event | No event |
Next up, the tour started to move east, making a stop in Ontario for the London Hunt Club Championships. With 23 draws being contested, this was the largest of the four events over the last few weeks.
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20 of the 23 draws were won by Canadians, including all 10 doubles competitions.
Charles Wright (Men's 55+) and Patricia Babcock (Women's 65+) doubled up in their respective age groups, winning both the singles and doubles titles. Jim Alexander also secured two trophies but did it across age groups, winning the 55+ men's doubles with Wright and reigning victorious in the 60+ men's singles.
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Here is the full list of winners from the London Hunt Club Championships. All players are Canadian unless indicated otherwise:
| Men's Singles | Women's Singles | Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles |
30+ | Andre Szilvassy | No event | Geoff Hiscox / | No event |
40+ | Egor Koleganov | No event | No event | No event |
45+ | Thiago Barbosa (BRA) | Judy Liwanpo | No event | No event |
50+ | Adam Baranowski | Olga Tsymbal (UKR) | Jason Erb / | Erin Boynton / |
55+ | Charles Wright | Janet Hofstra | Jim Alexander / | Helen Mcardle / |
60+ | Jim Alexander | Lisa Tooley | Kerry Mitchell / | No event |
65+ | Michael Tennessee Rose (USA) | Patricia Babcock | Richard Ochshorn / | Patricia Babcock / |
70+ | Joseph Novak | No event | David Maples / | No event |
75+ | Daryl Howes-Jones | No event | Peter Gonda / | No event |
80+ | Keith Hayes | No event | No event | No event |
The tour kept moving east, ending up in Quebec City. This event was almost completely swept by the hosts, with just a single non-Canadian getting their hands on a trophy. Even that draw was shared with a Canuck, as Canada's Marie-Claude Tremblay teamed up with American Lin Su to win the 60+ women's doubles.
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Tremblay was the lone player to double-up in Quebec City, winning both the singles and doubles in her age group.
Here is the full list of winners from the Quebec City Masters Event. All players are Canadian unless indicated otherwise:
| Men's Singles | Women's Singles | Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles |
30+ | Michael Lue | Sarah Turcotte | No event | No event |
40+ | Maxime Leclair | No event | No event | No event |
50+ | Patric Sachetelli | Anne-Pierre Bouffard | Richard Lacombe / | Carole Cantin / |
60+ | Yves Doyon | Marie-Claude Tremblay | Robert Foy / | Lin Su (USA) / |
70+ | Guy Montpetit | No event | No event | No event |
After working its way east, the tour turned around and went all the way to the west coast, landing in Duncan, BC, for the Vancouver Island Lawn Tennis ITF Masters.
This event was divided between the hosts and their neighbours, as Canadians won 11 of the draws, while Americans won four, with two doubles competitions won by a Canadian-American team.
Not only was it two countries taking all the titles, but a lot of the same faces ended up in the winner's circle. Six different players won two titles in Duncan: Jiaman Liu, Glenn Cleland, Greg Rash, Gary Jenkins, Jesse Schouten, and Ryan Pang.
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Here is the full list of winners from the Vancouver Island Lawn Tennis ITF Masters. All players are Canadian unless indicated otherwise:
| Men's Singles | Women's Singles | Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles |
30+ | Jesse Schouten (USA) | No event | Ryan Pang (USA) / | No event |
40+ | Jeremy Martino | Eva Koksalova | No event | Amy Fuller (USA) / |
50+ | Ryan Pang (USA) | Jiaman Liu | Glenn Cleland / | No event |
60+ | Greg Rash | Johane Mui | Glenn Cleland/ | Mary Potter / |
70+ | Peter Kearney | No event | Gary Jenkins (USA) / | Cerris Davies / |
75+ | Gary Jenkins (USA) | No event | Thomas Gunton / Dave Tooby | No event |
Duncan also featured one mixed doubles draw in the 60+ age group, won by Canada's Heather Tasker-Brown and Gregory Diemer.
There are no WT Masters Tour events in Canada in August. However, the Steve Stevens National Championships will get underway on Aug. 24.
The Davis Cup is coming to Quebec City September 18 and 19 as Team Canada hosts France in the Davis Cup Qualifiers Second Round. Tickets are on sale now. CLICK HERE TO BUY YOUR TICKETS!
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