Masters Update by Abrysvo: Over 70s Bring Home the Hardware

Within the month of September, Canada’s finest Masters tennis outcomes got here courtesy of a few over 70s on the ITF circuit.  

Right here is the month-to-month Masters tennis replace by Abrysvo. 

Over 70s Reign 

Of the 4 titles gained by Canadians over the past month on the ITF Tour, three got here within the over 70 division. 

Sydney Azancot had a powerful efficiency on the MT400 occasion in Antibes, France, successful each the 70+ singles and doubles titles. Azancot dominated the singles, the place he was seeded second, by no means dropping greater than two video games in a set in 4 matches. He claimed the title by defeating high seed Gilles Didier of France 6-1, 6-0. 

He gained the doubles title with Italy’s Oscar Torretta with a close to an identical scoreline within the closing. Azancot and Torretta defeated high seeds Jean Marie Bodin and Pierre Boucher of France 6-0, 6-1. 

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The singles title was Azancot’s third over however first in a decade. His doubles win, the fourth of his profession, was his first since 2017. 

Nash Landha was additionally a winner at a 70+ occasion, claiming the singles title in Pattaya, Thailand. Landha solely needed to win one match to say the title, the 73-year-old’s eighth however first since 2011, beating Belgium’s Jean-Jacques Delporte within the closing 6-2, 6-3. 

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Daniel Larocque was additionally a winner on the ITF circuit over the past month, successful the 30+ doubles in Chamonix, France with Frenchman Francis Lozneanu. They misplaced simply eight video games of their two matches en path to the title. 

Kenneth Clarke additionally reached a closing at a MT100 occasion in Newquay, United Kingdon, upsetting the second seed Adrian Watts within the first spherical, however was crushed within the title match by high seed Linden Hardisty. 

Atlantic Masters 

The ITF Masters Tour will move by way of Canada for the primary time since early August with a cease on the east coast for the Atlantic Masters in Bedford, Nova Scotia simply exterior of Halifax. 

It’s an MT100 occasion that might be performed on clay indoors on the Sobeys Atlantic Tennis Centre. The occasion runs from Oct. 10 to 17. 

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