Fernandez Denied by Rybakina in Ningbo Final
Leylah Annie Fernandez was beaten by world No. 1 Elena Rybakina in the final of the WTA 500 event in Ningbo on Sunday.
Harry Marpole
Hall of Fame Builder
BIOGRAPHY
Harry Marpole was the president of the Canadian Lawn Tennis Association in the mid-50s and was an English-speaking Quebecer. Marpole was also the prime inspiration and source of background knowledge for the writing of “Advantage Canada” a tennis centenary book prepared in 1990 by Tennis Canada.
Marpole was a member of the inaugural Committee of the International Lawn Tennis Club of Canada when it was founded in 1965. A number of other Hall of Famers, Laird Watt, Walter Martin, Gilbert Nunns, Don Fontana, Francois Godbout, Lorne Maine and Bob Bedard were also members of that Committee.
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