Tennis Canada is happy to announce the group of athletes who’re finding out on the Nationwide Tennis Centre introduced by Rogers (NTC) all through the 2023-2024 season. This proficient class of 11 contains 5 second-year college students and 6 new members. Because the NTC’s inception in 2007, the whole variety of athletes who’ve educated on the Centre now exceeds 60.
“We’re extraordinarily excited concerning the excellent class of junior athletes who’ve joined the NTC this season,” stated Guillaume Marx, Head of Efficiency at Tennis Canada. “They’ve proven an distinctive stage of dedication, dedication and ability, and we’re thrilled be capable of work with this nice group of gamers and take part of their improvement.”
Surrounded by a few of the finest employees and coaches within the sport, the NTC supplies its college students with unparalleled alternatives to develop and develop their skills. Marx continues to supervise the NTC and Tennis Canada’s high-performance packages. Noëlle van Lottum, who joined the group in 2023, leads the ladies’s professional and transition program and works carefully with Martin Laurendeau, the director of the boys’s transition program. Frank Dancevic, who additionally captain’s the Canadian Davis Cup workforce, is the pinnacle coach of the NTC, alongside his colleagues Sandric Barrere and Rodrigo Alvarez.
Class of 2023-2024
The NTC household grew considerably this 12 months with the arrival of six new members – Anastasia Malysheva (ON), Andrea Taylor (ON), Andy Tchinda (QC), Caden Colburne (NS), Joshua Adamson (ON), and Miko Lapalme (QC). They be a part of NTC sophomores Adam Farag Cao (AB), Addison Comiskey (ON), Emma Dong (BC), Finn Muller (ON), and Keegan Rice (SK) to type the most important class in NTC historical past, matching the group of 11 college students in 2013-2014.
- Adam Farag Cao
- Beginning 12 months: 2007
- Province: Alberta
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- Addison Comiskey
- Beginning 12 months: 2007
- Province: Ontario
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- Anastasia Malysheva
- Beginning 12 months: 2009
- Province: Ontario
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- Andrea Taylor
- Beginning 12 months: 2009
- Province: Ontario
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- Andy Tchinda
- Beginning 12 months: 2009
- Province: Quebec
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- Caden Colburne
- Beginning 12 months: 2009
- Province: Nova Scotia
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- Emma Dong
- Beginning 12 months: 2007
- Province: British Columbia
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- Finn Muller
- Beginning 12 months: 2008
- Province: Ontario
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- Joshua Adamson
- Beginning 12 months: 2009
- Province: Ontario
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- Keegan Rice
- Beginning 12 months: 2006
- Province: Saskatchewan
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- Miko Lapalme
- Beginning 12 months: 2008
- Province: Quebec
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Rice has already performed in 4 junior Grand Slam occasions, and most lately reached the quarter-finals in doubles on the Australian Open. He gained his greatest title to this point in 2023, on the J200 occasion in Villach, Austria. Additionally successful ITF junior titles in 2023 had been Dong (J100 Bruchköbel), Farag Cao (J100 Quebec Metropolis, J30 Kamloops, J30 Burnaby), Lapalme (J100 Quebec Metropolis, J60 Langley, J30 Woodbridge), and Taylor (J30 Halifax).
In 2024, the NTC college students will proceed to compete and achieve expertise on the junior {and professional} circuits. The primary Canadian ITF junior occasion – the J200 Woodbridge – is scheduled to happen from April 7 to 13. Previous to this, many of the NTC athletes are set to compete on the Fischer Indoor Nationwide Championships in March and April.
The NTC by numbers since its inauguration
- 64 gamers educated on the NTC (together with present gamers)
- 14 athletes play or performed on knowledgeable tour
- 26 athletes earned a level from an American college
- 7 gamers at present compete on the NCAA school tennis circuit
- 1,000 coaching hours yearly
- Over 600 hours of educational research yearly
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