Milos Raonic will be a part of Workforce Canada for the Davis Cup Remaining 8 subsequent month, changing Félix Auger-Aliassime, Tennis Canada confirmed on Tuesday. Led by captain Frank Dancevic, Raonic is added to a roster consisting of Denis Shapovalov, Gabriel Diallo, Alexis Galarneau, and Vasek Pospisil for the knockout stage, which takes place from November 19-24 in Malaga, Spain.
Following an extended season on the ATP Tour, Auger-Aliassime will take the chance to get better and make investments his time in a worthy trigger near his coronary heart, the assist of academic initiatives in Togo. A protracted-term dedication which he began earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic, Auger-Aliassime was acknowledged for his philanthropic work in West Africa when he obtained the ATP’s 2023 Arthur Ashe Humanitarian Award.
“As knowledgeable tennis participant, I do know my impression goes far past the courtroom,” stated Auger-Aliassime. “The season may be very lengthy and, as gamers, we’re pressured to make tough decisions between ATP tournaments, workforce competitions, relaxation and coaching time in addition to humanitarian work. It has at all times been massively necessary for me and my household to present again to others and I’m very pleased with the assist now we have supplied to academic initiatives in my father’s dwelling nation, Togo.
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“I plan on persevering with that work this November and so, sadly, I’ve made the powerful choice to overlook the Davis Cup Remaining 8 in Malaga. I do know Frank [Dancevic] and the workforce have what it takes to return again from Malaga with a second Davis Cup title – and I’ll be their largest supporter whereas they’re in Spain. It means the world to me to put on the Maple Leaf for Workforce Canada, and I hope to try this many, many occasions sooner or later.”
“Representing his nation has at all times been a precedence for Félix,” stated Dancevic. “That has been demonstrated repeatedly over time, together with along with his essential position in successful our 2022 Davis Cup title and Canada’s first Olympic medal in tennis in over twenty years this summer season. We are going to miss him in Malaga, however his choice has the total assist and respect of his teammates and me. We look ahead to him representing Workforce Canada once more very quickly.
“Within the meantime, we’re excited to welcome Milos to an already extraordinarily robust group heading to Spain. Milos has at all times performed nice tennis when representing our nation, and he’ll little question assist us in our bid for title quantity two.”
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Ranked as excessive as world No. 3, Raonic has been sidelined for many of the season attributable to damage and is at present ranked 244th on the earth. Regardless of taking part in little tennis, he has been in nice type when on the courtroom, with three wins over High 50 gamers this yr.
Raonic might be representing Canada on the Davis Cup for the sixteenth time and holds a formidable report of 19 wins and 6 losses. His earlier Davis Cup look got here in final yr’s Remaining 8 stage, when he beat Finland’s Patrick Kaukovalta 6-3, 7-5.
“It’s at all times an honour for me to signify Canada on the worldwide stage, and I can’t wait to affix the fellows in Malaga for this yr’s Davis Cup Finals,” stated Raonic. “In 2022, I watched Canada win the Davis Cup from the consolation of my dwelling, and I couldn’t have been prouder of the workforce and our nation. I’d love nothing greater than to be on the courtroom for the following time we increase that trophy.”
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