43 of WTA Tour’s High 44 set to participate at Sobeys Stadium, 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu to obtain most important draw wild card.
Tennis Canada has revealed the entry listing for the 2024 Nationwide Financial institution Open introduced by Rogers (NBO) in Toronto. The Better of Ladies’s Tennis are set to compete at Sobeys Stadium from August 4-12 after a sensational participant area was confirmed which incorporates 43 of the WTA Tour’s High 44.
“As a number one occasion on the WTA Tour, it’s no shock the Nationwide Financial institution Open introduced by Rogers will entice the world’s greatest gamers to Toronto but once more this August,” stated Karl Hale, Match Director, NBO Toronto. “The ladies’s recreation continues to get increasingly more thrilling, and it’s extra aggressive than ever. Our followers will get to benefit from the thrill of witnessing one of the best our nice sport has to supply from August 4 to 12, each on and off the court docket. We look ahead to welcoming the followers, gamers and our company companions to Sobeys Stadium and to internet hosting the world’s greatest week-long girls’s sporting occasion subsequent month.”
Followers can be thrilled on the return of top-ranked Canadian and 2021 US Open singles finalist Leylah Annie Fernandez, who will open her 2024 NBO marketing campaign through the evening session of Wednesday, August 7, and 2019 NBO and US Open champion Bianca Andreescu, who will obtain a most important draw wild card.
Additionally set to return to Toronto, World No. 1 and five-time Grand Slam champion Iga Swiatek could have her sights set on a primary NBO title. She can be joined by 2023 US Open singles and 2022 NBO doubles champion Coco Gauff (World No. 2) and back-to-back Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka (No. 3), who’s confirmed to play her first match throughout Thursday, August 8’s evening session.
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2022 Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina (No. 4), reigning NBO singles champion Jessica Pegula (No. 5), 2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova (No. 6), Jasmine Paolini (No. 7), 2024 Australian Open finalist Zheng Qinwen (No. 8), Maria Sakkari (No. 9) and three-time Grand Slam finalist Ons Jabeur (No. 10) full the complete roster of the world’s High 10 set to participate in Toronto.
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The three remaining most important draw wild playing cards can be confirmed within the coming weeks.
The entry listing for the Nationwide Financial institution Open in Montreal can be revealed on Thursday, July 11.
The official draw ceremony for the NBO in Toronto will happen at 5:00 p.m. Japanese on Saturday, August 3. Followers are reminded that, because of the Paris 2024 Olympics schedule, the NBO will begin and finish someday later than traditional this 12 months, with the primary day of qualifying on Sunday, August 4, most important draw as a consequence of begin on Tuesday, August 6 and the singles and doubles finals happening on Monday, August 12.
PWHL TORONTO vs. WTA BALL HOCKEY GAME DURING 407 ETR FAMILY WEEKEND
As fan expertise is a precedence for the NBO, the favored 407 ETR Household Weekend is about to return this 12 months and can happen on Sunday, August 4 and Monday, August 5. Admission is free for all followers on these days as varied family-friendly actions are hosted throughout the Sobeys Stadium web site.
One such occasion is the second-annual ball hockey recreation as we welcome athletes from the Skilled Ladies’s Hockey League’s (PWHL) Toronto crew to Sobeys Stadium to tackle a set of stars from the WTA Tour. Going down on Court docket 1 from 1:00-2:00 p.m. on Monday, August 5, followers can witness this collaboration between one among North America’s fastest-growing and much-celebrated sports activities leagues and the world’s greatest tennis gamers.
Individuals from PWHL Toronto and WTA Tour can be confirmed nearer to the occasion.
Additional particulars concerning 407 ETR Household Weekend can be confirmed within the coming weeks.
SOBEYS STADIUM SET TO CELEBRATE twentieth ANNIVERSARY
When the celebs of the WTA Tour take to the courts this August, it is going to mark the twentieth anniversary of Sobeys Stadium, the house of the NBO since its grand opening in July 2004. From its very first match between eight-time Grand Slam champion Andre Agassi and Tommy Haas, to internet hosting the primary Canadian NBO champion in 50 years when Bianca Andreescu lifted the trophy in 2019 (Faye City 1969), the stadium has been house to some iconic tennis moments.
Its various resume has included the 2015 Pan American Video games tennis occasion, Davis Cup ties in 2009 and 2010, the 2017 North American Indigenous Video games opening ceremony, York College’s annual convocation, Tennis Canada’s Nationwide Junior Coaching Program in Toronto and the ITF girls’s Tevlin Challenger. Extra lately, the venue has been the setting for a number of concert events, in partnership with The Feldman Company, with the likes of Barenaked Girls and Shaggy having graced the Sobeys Stadium stage. Click on right here to be taught extra in regards to the live performance collection.
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“The development of a state-of-the-art venue in Sobeys Stadium was essential in 2004, and it stays a key pillar of tennis in Canada in the present day and for the long run,” stated Gavin Ziv, Chief Government Officer, Tennis Canada. “Annually, our facility will get higher and higher due to enhancements for the NBO, but additionally year-round to service the numerous grassroots and youth tennis growth applications we run right here. Sobeys Stadium, together with IGA Stadium in Montreal, is really a beacon for tennis in Canada. We’re proud to rejoice its twentieth anniversary, and to proceed to increase its diverse portfolio of occasions.”
The WTA’s greatest return to Toronto this summer time for the Nationwide Financial institution Open August 4 to 12 at Sobeys Stadium. Tickets are on sale. Get your tickets in the present day!
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