A 12 months in the past, Gabriela Dabrowski reached the mountaintop by profitable the US Open, her first girls’s doubles Grand Slam title.
Now in 2024, she is nicely positioned to get her fingers on one other trophy in New York, the place she is the one Canadian left on the last main of the season.
Right here’s what you should know.
In Case You Missed It: Diallo breaks by
When it got here to singles, the US Open didn’t go in addition to Canadian followers may need hoped. Nonetheless, there was one shiny spot that got here from an sudden supply.
22-year-old Gabriel Diallo acquired into the principle draw by profitable three qualifying matches, considered one of them saving match factors, after which made his alternative depend by reaching the third spherical of a serious for the primary time in his profession.
The 6’8 Montrealer, who participated in his first Grand Slam essential attract Could at Roland-Garros, salvaged a tough Tuesday for Canada together with his first main match win over Jaume Munar in 4 units. He then upset world No. 24 Arthur Fils, ranked 119 spots forward of the Canadian, in 4 units within the second spherical.
His run lastly got here to an finish in spherical three by the hands of world No. 14 Tommy Paul, though the Canadian was nonetheless in a position to take a set and really practically pushed the American to 5.
The opposite 4 Canadians within the singles attracts, Bianca Andreescu, Leylah Annie Fernandez, Denis Shapovalov, and Félix Auger-Aliassime, all misplaced within the first spherical.
Gabriela Dabrowski is off to a powerful begin in her title defence on the US Open as she and Erin Routliffe, the highest seeds on the 2024 US Open, reached the quarter-finals with out dropping a set.
That included a first-round win over Fernandez and Yulia Putintseva.
Denis Shapovalov additionally misplaced within the first spherical of the doubles to Flavio Cobolli and Dominic Stricker whereas partnering Soonwoo Kwon.
What to Watch: Dabrowski Going for Two
5 of the highest eight seeded girls’s doubles groups are nonetheless alive on the US Open, together with the highest seeds and defending champions Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe.
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They’ll meet tenth seeds Hao-Ching Chan and Veronika Kudermetova within the quarter-finals on Tuesday. A win would arrange a semifinal conflict in opposition to both seventh seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko, who’ve given the Canadian-Kiwi duo bother in 2024, or Anna Danilina and Irina Khromacheva.
The best-seeded potential finals opponent for Dabrowski and Routliffe are No. 3 seeds Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend, who beat the Canadian-Kiwi pair within the Wimbledon last.
They want to develop into the primary tandem to defend the US Open title in 20 years.
Beneath the Radar: Shaw Performs in Paris
Rob Shaw was the lone Canadian consultant within the wheelchair tennis occasion on the 2024 Summer season Paralympics in Paris final week.
He received his first-round quad singles match in opposition to Ymanitu Silva of Brazil, Shaw’s first match win in two makes an attempt on the Paralympics, however misplaced to world No. 2 Niels Vink within the quarter-finals.
It was a busy week on Canadian soil with the ultimate nationwide championships of the summer season wrapping up. Toronto performed host to the Steve Stevens Masters Tennis Championships whereas Laval was the venue for the U14 Fischer Outside Junior Nationals.
Click on right here to learn the U14 recap.
The most important ITF junior occasion in Canada on the calendar befell as nicely final week in Repentigny. Twins Mikael and Nicolas Arseneault have been the spotlight for the house nation, taking house the boys doubles title.
Click on right here to learn the Repentigny match recap.
Taha Baadi and Nicaise Muamba have been winners on the ITF Males’s World Tour final week, teaming as much as declare the doubles title on the M15 occasion in Bucharest. They opened up their marketing campaign with a double bagel after which proceeded to win three straight match tiebreaks, capping it off with a dramatic 13-11 win native pair Stefan Adrian Andreescu and Filip Gabriel Bara within the last.
It’s the first skilled title for each Canadians.
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