Monday Digest: Canadians Look for Reset in Miami

Indian Wells didn’t present the outcomes the Canadians had been in all probability hoping for, however the good factor in regards to the Sunshine Double is the Miami Open is true there to offer a recent slate. 

Whereas the same old suspects will kick off their campaigns after byes, a brand new Canadian face is on the brink of step into the highlight on the 1000-level occasion. 

Right here’s what it’s good to know. 

In Case You Missed It: Fast Week in Indian Wells 

The Canadian content material was restricted to only one match within the second week of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Solely Denis Shapovalov made it via and his marketing campaign got here to an finish in spherical three by the hands of Carlos Alcaraz on Monday night time. 

All the different Canadians in singles and doubles had been eradicated in week one. 

Click on right here for extra information and outcomes from the ATP and WTA Excursions.

What at Watch: Mboko Debut Highlights Miami Draw 

The second leg of the Sunshine Double will get underway this week with at the very least 4 Canadians competing within the singles draw. 

18-year-old Victoria Mboko will likely be making her WTA 1000 debut this week. The ITF’s 2025 match win and title chief was given a wildcard after her scorching begin to the season and will likely be competing in simply her second WTA Tour important draw, her first since 2022. 

Mboko will open in opposition to Camila Osorio and would face tenth seed Paula Badosa within the second spherical.  

Becoming a member of Mboko within the girls’s singles draw will likely be Leylah Annie Fernandez. The Lavalloise is the twenty sixth seed and has a first-round bye. She is going to face both Varvara Gracheva or Alycia Parks in her opening match. Two-time Miami Open runner-up and seventh seed Elena Rybakina looms within the third spherical. 

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Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov are the 2 Canadians assured to be within the males’s draw. Each will likely be seeded and have first-round byes.  

Auger-Aliassime is the 18th seed and can open in opposition to a qualifier. He might play fifteenth seed Lorenzo Musetti within the third spherical and will meet six-time Miami champion Novak Djokovic in spherical 4. They’re within the backside half of the draw with second seed Carlos Alcaraz. 

Shapovalov, the twenty seventh seed, is within the prime half of the draw. He’ll play both Nicolas Jarry or Mariano Navone in his opening match with third seed Taylor Fritz looming in spherical three. 

Gabriel Diallo remains to be alive in qualifying. Alexis Galarneau, Liam Draxl, Rebecca Marino, Marina Stakusic, and Carson Branstine all competed in qualifying however all misplaced within the first spherical. 

The doubles attracts haven’t but been introduced. 

Underneath the Radar: 

Per week after Dan Martin received the job achieved on dwelling soil, Raphaelle Lacasse adopted swimsuit, successful the ladies’s doubles title on the ITF W15 occasion in Montreal. Joshua Lapadat reached the lads’s singles ultimate and Nicaise Muamba received to the lads’s doubles ultimate, however each had been defeated. 

Click on right here for the complete Montreal match recap.

That was the one victory on the professional excursions for Canada final week. There have been two different shut calls, with Kelsey Stevenson dropping within the doubles ultimate at an ATP Challenger occasion in Hersonissos, Greece, and Alvin Tudorica falling within the singles ultimate at an ITF occasion in Huamantla, Mexico. 

The ITF Masters World Crew Championships for the 30+, 35+, 40+, and 45+ divisions came about final week in Antalya, Turkey, however no Canadian staff was in a position to convey dwelling any medals. Canada had squads competing in all 4 males’s divisions and within the 30+ girls’s occasion. One of the best Canadian outcome was the ladies’s 30+ staff, who got here fifth. 

Consideration shifts this week in Antalya to the Masters World Particular person Championships for a similar age teams. 

This week on the ITF World Tour, there are sizeable Canadian contingents competing at a pair of occasions in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. There may be additionally a trio of Canadians competing at an ATP Challenger in Merida, Mexico. 

You’ll be able to observe the Canadians in motion each week right here.