Junior Replace by Har-Tru: Canadians Sweep Winnipeg, Kamloops

It was a busy month in Canada on the ITF Junior circuit, highlighted by some nice performances by the Canadians in Winnipeg and Kamloops. 

General, there have been 4 ITF occasions performed within the Nice White North during the last 4 weeks. 

Right here is your month-to-month junior replace introduced by Har-Tru.     

J30 Ottawa 

Victor Mayer was the lone Canadian to get his fingers on a trophy within the nation’s capital in early June. He gained the doubles title in Ottawa with American Connor Plunkett. Mayer additionally reached the singles semifinals, the place he misplaced to his doubles associate. 

On the ladies aspect, Canada’s finest shot at a title was additionally within the doubles the place Neda Rahimkhani reached the ultimate with American Sobee Oak, however they had been defeated in straight units. 

J30 Niagara on the Lake 

The host nation acquired swept by their neighbours in Niagara, with all 4 titles being gained by Individuals. 

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Canada did get two seems to be at titles in Southern Ontario. Cadence Benchetrit and Zackary Kimelman acquired to the boys doubles remaining however misplaced 10-4 within the match tiebreak to an American pair. Anna Tabunshchyk was the highest seed within the women singles and reached the ultimate however withdrew. 

J30 Winnipeg 

After two occasions dominated by the Individuals on Canadian soil, the hosts bounced again in Winnipeg with a sweep of their very own.  

Elicia Lin gained each the ladies singles and doubles (with Havana Kadi). Gary Jiang and Dani Farran met in each the boys singles and doubles finals and break up the titles. Jiang gained the singles, whereas Farran took the doubles with Jakob Gaudreau Barnes. 

J30 Kamloops 

The junior occasion in Kamloops initially of July was additionally a sweep for the host nation. In truth, each semifinalist on the BC occasion was Canadian. 

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Havana Kadi was the one individual to win in each Winnipeg and Kamloops, claiming the singles title on the latter. She and Lin nearly went back-to-back within the doubles however misplaced the Winnipeg remaining to the Amys, Lu and Shen. 

Boys prime seed Volodymyr Gurenko took the singles title with out dropping a set. Eric William Wang misplaced to Gurenko within the singles remaining however gained the doubles with Mustafa Raja. 

Right here is the complete checklist of champions on the Canadian ITF Junior occasions during the last month (all Canadian except in any other case famous):   

There’s one other ITF occasion happening this week in Vancouver. 

Dong Retains Rolling in 2024 

17-year-old Emma Dong has been on a tear in 2024 and the final 4 weeks had been her finest stretch but. 

Dong picked up three titles during the last 4 weeks, doubling her 2024 complete. She gained one singles title on the J100 occasion in Veracruz, Mexico, not dropping a set on her solution to victory. It was her third singles title in a row and a part of a 14-match successful streak. 

She added two J200 doubles titles, one additionally in Veracruz with fellow Canadian Zoya Chulak and one in Tampico Mexico with American Nancy Lee. She didn’t drop a set in both title run. 

Here’s a checklist of Canadians who reached finals at occasions exterior of Canada during the last month (Titles in daring)      

Emma Dong: J100 Veracruz women singles champion, J200 Veracruz women doubles champion (w/ Chulak), J200 Tampico women doubles champion 

Zoya Chulak: J200 Veracruz women doubles champion (w/ Dong), J100 Veracruz women doubles runner-up (w/ Celebrini) 

Abigail Gordon: J30 Noord women doubles champion 

Charlize Celebrini: J100 Veracruz women doubles runner-up (w/ Chulak) 

Kayla Lorrimer: J30 Niksic women singles runner-up 

Sophie Dement: J30 Trujillo women doubles runner-up 

Benjamin Azar: J30 Tsakhadzor boys doubles runner-up 

Rafael Brown: J30 Noord boys doubles runner-up (w/ Plante) 

Zachary Plante: J30 Noord boys doubles runner-up (w/ Brown) 

Rankings Replace 

Dong’s current success has seen her rating proceed to rise. She is now as much as No. 117 within the ITF rankings, second amongst the Canadian women. Nadia Lagaev is the highest-ranked Canadian at No. 88. 

Nicolas Arseneault is the highest Canadian boy at No. 109. 

Try the complete ITF junior rankings right here.