Tennis Canada is happy to announce the group of athletes who’re finding out on the Nationwide Tennis Centre offered by Rogers (NTC) all through the 2023-2024 season. This gifted class of 11 contains 5 second-year college students and 6 new members. For the reason that NTC’s inception in 2007, the full variety of athletes who’ve skilled on the Centre now exceeds 60.
“We’re extraordinarily excited concerning the excellent class of junior athletes who’ve joined the NTC this season,” stated Guillaume Marx, Head of Efficiency at Tennis Canada. “They’ve proven an distinctive stage of dedication, dedication and ability, and we’re thrilled be capable of work with this nice group of gamers and take part of their improvement.”
Surrounded by among the greatest employees and coaches within the sport, the NTC supplies its college students with unparalleled alternatives to develop and develop their abilities. Marx continues to supervise the NTC and Tennis Canada’s high-performance packages. Noëlle van Lottum, who joined the group in 2023, leads the ladies’s professional and transition program and works intently with Martin Laurendeau, the director of the boys’s transition program. Frank Dancevic, who additionally captain’s the Canadian Davis Cup group, is the pinnacle coach of the NTC, alongside his colleagues Sandric Barrere and Rodrigo Alvarez.
Class of 2023-2024
The NTC household grew considerably this yr with the arrival of six new members – Anastasia Malysheva (ON), Andrea Taylor (ON), Andy Tchinda (QC), Caden Colburne (NS), Joshua Adamson (ON), and Miko Lapalme (QC). They be a part of NTC sophomores Adam Farag Cao (AB), Addison Comiskey (ON), Emma Dong (BC), Finn Muller (ON), and Keegan Rice (SK) to kind the most important class in NTC historical past, matching the group of 11 college students in 2013-2014.
Adam Farag Cao
Start yr: 2007
Province: Alberta
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Addison Comiskey
Start yr: 2007
Province: Ontario
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Anastasia Malysheva
Start yr: 2009
Province: Ontario
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Andrea Taylor
Start yr: 2009
Province: Ontario
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Andy Tchinda
Start yr: 2009
Province: Quebec
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Caden Colburne
Start yr: 2009
Province: Nova Scotia
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Emma Dong
Start yr: 2007
Province: British Columbia
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Finn Muller
Start yr: 2008
Province: Ontario
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Joshua Adamson
Start yr: 2009
Province: Ontario
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Keegan Rice
Start yr: 2006
Province: Saskatchewan
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Miko Lapalme
Start yr: 2008
Province: Quebec
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Rice has already performed in 4 junior Grand Slam occasions, and most just lately reached the quarter-finals in doubles on the Australian Open. He received his greatest title to this point in 2023, on the J200 occasion in Villach, Austria. Additionally successful ITF junior titles in 2023 have been Dong (J100 Bruchköbel), Farag Cao (J100 Quebec Metropolis, J30 Kamloops, J30 Burnaby), Lapalme (J100 Quebec Metropolis, J60 Langley, J30 Woodbridge), and Taylor (J30 Halifax).
In 2024, the NTC college students will proceed to compete and achieve expertise on the junior {and professional} circuits. The primary Canadian ITF junior occasion – the J200 Woodbridge – is scheduled to happen from April 7 to 13. Previous to this, a lot of the NTC athletes are set to compete on the Fischer Indoor Nationwide Championships in March and April.
The NTC by numbers since its inauguration
64 gamers skilled on the NTC (together with present gamers)
14 athletes play or performed on an expert tour
26 athletes earned a level from an American college
7 gamers presently compete on the NCAA faculty tennis circuit
1,000 coaching hours yearly
Over 600 hours of educational research yearly
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