Week one of many Australian Open for the Canadians had its highs and lows, aside from Gabriela Dabrowski for whom it was all success.
The primary main of the yr didn’t go nice for the singles contingent from the Nice White North, however there may be a lot to cheer for in week two at Melbourne Park.
Right here’s what it is advisable know.
In Case You Missed It: Singles Swept Apart
Competing in each ladies’s and combined doubles, Gabriela Dabrowski is 4-0 (plus one walkover) so far at the Australian Open and is thru to the quarter-finals of each attracts.
Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe, the fourth seeds, kicked off their campaigns with a straight-set win over Linda Fruhvirtova and Ashlyn Krueger after which bought a free go to the third spherical when Veronika Kudermetova and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova withdrew.
The US Open champion needed to battle within the final sixteen however managed to rally from a set all the way down to defeat the Chinese language pair of Hanyu Guo and Xinyu Jiang to ebook their spot within the quarter-finals.
Within the combined doubles, she and accomplice Nathaniel Lammons cruised by way of their first two matches with out being pushed significantly arduous in any of the 4 units they’ve performed.
All 5 Canadians competing in singles have been eradicated within the first week.
Félix Auger-Aliassime was the final one standing and the one one to succeed in the third spherical. He scored two gritty however spectacular wins over Dominic Thiem and Hugo Grenier however came up short once again against his nemesis Daniil Medvedev.
Leylah Annie Fernandez was the one different Canadian to get a singles win, kicking off her marketing campaign with a strong victory over Sara Bejlek earlier than crashing out to Alycia Parks in spherical two.
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Milos Raonic and Rebecca Marino each fell within the first spherical in opposition to Prime 10 opponents. Marino was crushed in straight units by No. 5 Jessica Pegula, whereas Raonic retired within the third set after splitting the primary two with No. 10 Alex de Minaur.
Denis Shapovalov was crushed in his first-round match by qualifier Jakub Mensik.
The junior competitions started over the weekend and Canada’s Keegan Rice gained his opening matches in each singles and doubles. In singles, he upset the 15th seed Pedro Rodrigues in straight units.
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What to Watch: Three Canadians left at Australian Open
Dabrowski has her eyes on a second straight ladies’s doubles Grand Slam title and a second and even third trophy in Melbourne. She gained the combined doubles in 2018.
She and Routliffe are the highest-seeded group left within the prime half of the ladies’s draw. Subsequent up for the fourth seeds are Cristina Busca and Alexandra Panova within the quarter-finals. With a win, they’d meet both the 11th seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok and Jelena Ostapenko or the all-French pair of Caroline Garcia and Kristina Mladenovic for a spot within the remaining.
All 4 groups left within the backside half of the draw are seeded, together with the second and third-seeded pairs.
Subsequent up for Dabrowski within the combined doubles is the all-Aussie wildcard pair of Olivia Gadecki and Marc Polmans. If she and Lammons win, they’d meet both the second seeds Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski or the all-British group of Heather Watson and Joe Salisbury.
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Keegan Rice will look to succeed in the third spherical of a junior Grand Slam for the primary time. In singles, he performs qualifier Anas Mazdrashki. A win might see him face second seed Nicolai Budkov Kjaer within the final sixteen.
In doubles, Rice and American accomplice Roy Horovitz face Timofei Derepasko and Daniil Sarkasian for a spot within the quarter-finals, the place they may face the third seeds Hayden Jones and Alexander Razeghi.
Rob Shaw joins the fray within the quad wheelchair competitors this week. In singles, he faces wildcard Finn Broadbent within the first spherical. He might play No. 4 seed Man Sasson within the quarter-finals and prime seed Niels Vink within the semis.
Seeded second in doubles with Heath Davidson, Shaw opens in opposition to Broadbent once more and his accomplice Gregory Slade within the three-round occasion.
Beneath the Radar: First Winner of 2024
On the ITF Wheelchair occasion in Arizona, Mitch McIntyre gained the quad doubles title alongside American accomplice Andrew Bogdanov. It’s the seventh ITF doubles title of McIntyre’s profession. He additionally reached the ultimate of the quad singles, butit was cancelled because of the rain.
Barry Henderson, Thomas Venos, and Natalia Lanucha all reached the quarter-finals of their respective singles occasions. Lanucha and Anne-Marie Dolinar reached the ladies’s doubles semifinals collectively, whereas Venos bought to the ultimate 4 with Japanese accomplice Shogo Takano.
On the junior circuit, Naomi Xu reached the ultimate of the J100 occasion in San Jose however misplaced to Krisha Mahendran in straight units.
Liam Draxl reached his first ATP Challenger quarter-final of 2024 final week in Buenos Aires, shedding to the eventual champion Facundo Bagnis. Isabelle Boulais had the most effective outcome on the ITF circuit by a Canadian, reaching the quarter-finals on the W35 occasion in Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe.
This week, Gabriel Diallo is again on the ATP Challenger Tour at an occasion in Quimper, France. Vasek Pospisil, who gained Quimper in 2022, is competing together with Benjamin Sigouin at a Challenger in California.
The wheelchair tour strikes to Indian Wells this week with McIntyre, Dolinar, Lanucha, and Venos all competing.
You’ll be able to observe the Canadians in motion each week here.
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