2024 is formally within the books for the perfect tennis gamers on this planet.
Properly, the aggressive season is over a minimum of. There are nonetheless a lot of exhibitions occurring, however that’s one other dialogue.
The Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup Finals introduced an finish to the very best tier of tennis tournaments on the calendar final week. Staff Canada was in Malaga, Spain for each occasions, however didn’t repeat their success from the earlier years.
Right here’s what you want to know.
In Case You Missed It: One other Final Eight Exit of Staff Canada
Some historical past repeated for Canada’s Davis Cup group within the Ultimate 8 in Malaga, however not the elements they have been hoping for.
Canada was eradicated within the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup for the second yr in a row on Wednesday final week, falling to Germany 2-0. The Canadians have been hoping for a repeat of their 2022 quarter-final win over the Germans however as an alternative misplaced each singles matches to exit in the identical stage as 2023.
Gabriel Diallo and Denis Shapovalov have been the 2 opponents for Staff Canada. Diallo misplaced the opening match to Daniel Altmaier in straight units whereas Shapovalov as soon as once more misplaced to Jan-Lennard Struff in a third-set tiebreak.
The Canadian males additionally adopted their feminine compatriots out in the identical spherical. The Billie Jean King Cup group misplaced their quarter-final in Malaga final Sunday to Nice Britain.
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On Tuesday, the tennis world bid farewell to Rafael Nadal, whose profession formally got here to an finish with Spain’s loss to the Netherlands. The Spaniard performed his remaining skilled match within the opening singles encounter, shedding in straight units to Botic van de Zandschulp.
With the conclusion of the Billie Jean King Cup and the Davis Cup, each received by Italy, there are not any extra tournaments left on the principle excursions within the 2024 season. The 2025 season will get underway earlier than the calendar flips, with the United Cup starting on Dec. 29.
Underneath the Radar: Draxl Continues Canada’s Mexican Magic
Final week on the ATP Challenger Tour, Liam Draxl joined the membership of Canadians who posted huge leads to Mexico in 2024. He reached each finals on the ATP Challenger occasion in Puerto Vallarta, successful the doubles with countryman Benjamin Sigouin.
The Canadian pair have been the highest seeds and dropped only one set, within the quarter-finals, capping off the title run with a 7-6(5), 6-2 win over People Karl Poling and Ryan Seggerman.
It’s Draxl’s fourth Challenger Tour doubles title of 2024 and fifth total. For Sigouin, it’s his second doubles title on the Challenger stage. The pair beforehand teamed as much as win a Challenger in Little Rock in June.
Draxl additionally reached the singles remaining, his second on the ATP Challenger Tour, however misplaced to Nishesh Basavareddy in straight units.
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Kayla Cross continued the latest Canadian development of sturdy performances within the WTA 125 occasions, reaching the doubles remaining in Charleston, South Carolina with Liv Hovde, the primary WTA 125 remaining of the 19-year-old’s profession. The pair knocked off the highest seeds within the quarter-finals and fourth seeds within the semis earlier than lastly falling within the remaining by the hands of the third seeds Nuria Brancaccio and Leyre Romero Gormaz in straight units.
Canada had two different runner-up finishes final week, each on the ITF males’s circuit. Juan Carlos Aguilar reached the ultimate of an M15 occasion in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, whereas Cleeve Harper received to the doubles title match in Austin, Texas.
Not like the ATP and WTA Excursions, there isn’t any break on the ITF calendar. The boys’s and ladies’s world excursions will proceed to carry occasions via the month of December. Please observe Tennis Canada’s social media channels for updates on Canadian outcomes.
You may observe the Canadians in motion each week right here.
