Pretty exciting time for Canadian tennis

[Will]

Eugenie Bouchard has advanced to the finals at Wimbledon and Milos Raonic plays in the semi-finals tomorrow.

[Tau Ceti]

Really impressive run by both. Although I couldn't help but think... is this more a matter of Canadians doing well now or Canadians completely sucking in the past? I mean seriously, we've never had a finalist in a major previously?

[Mulder]

Eugenie Bouchard has advanced to the finals at Wimbledon and Milos Raonic plays in the semi-finals tomorrow.

I've made my opinion known about these 2. Eugenie does seem like the real deal.

On the other hand, we have Milos. Who the media seem to love despite the fact he hasn't beaten a higher ranked seed in the major tournaments in 3 years. (When he beat an 11th seed when he was ranked 40+)
Infact, I don't even think he's beaten anyone in the top 5. In the tournaments he's won, never was there top 7 in world show up. So IMO, the hype is unjustified, how can a player who doesn't beat anybody ranked higher than him move up in the rankings? Hopefully he proves me wrong, but as I said, I see though this manufactured hype.

[1argoholic]

Both are young and still learning what it takes to compete at the highest level. If they keep improving Canada could become a powerhouse. Too bad Eugenie hasn't had better commercials offered to her as of yet. Are we really supposed to believe she eats that Pinty's CRAP.

[Will]

I don't mind the Pinty's chicken fingers. They're better than what I get at Costco.

[argonaut11xx]

Eugenie Bouchard is way HOTTER than Carling Bassett ever was....so yea...

Its a very exciting time...oh yea..for tennis in Canada

[Double Dare]

She crapped out: http://www.montrealgazette.com/sport...436/story.html

[Argocister]

I think Milos is the only Canadian left in singles play.

[Will]

Milos Raonic advances to his first grand slam final.

Best of luck on Sunday!

[AngeloV]

Milos Raonic advances to his first grand slam final.

Best of luck on Sunday!

Good for him. Hope he wins.

[Argo57]

Haven't watched tennis since the Borg (my favourite all time player), McEnroe, Conners days, good on Raonic seems like a pretty reserved classy player.
Best of luck to him this weekend!

[Ron]

Haven't watched tennis since the Borg (my favourite all time player), McEnroe, Conners days, good on Raonic seems like a pretty reserved classy player.
Best of luck to him this weekend!

Ille Nastase was my fav of that era though the Borg/McEnroe feud was the best tennis ever.

[Double Dare]

Ille Nastase was my fav of that era though the Borg/McEnroe feud was the best tennis ever.

Nasty Nastese! I liked all the bad boys of tennis back then ... Conners, Mac, ... not so much the game.
Eugenie is turning into quite the little brat lately ... and her game is crapping negative.

[1argoholic]

But she's hot so nothing else matters.

[Double Dare]

But she's hot so nothing else matters.

... and she eats Pinty's. Yum ...

[jerrym]

Milos Raonic’s steady ascension means 2017 could finally be the year Canada wins a Grand Slam title

http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/tennis/milos+raonic+steady+ascension+means+2017+could+fin ally/12710120/story.html

[jerrym]

This could also be the year Bouchard wins a grand slam.

Tennis broadcasters Patrick McEnroe and Chris Evert were asked last week if anyone in the men’s draw could stop 2017 from being defined by the rivalry between Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic.
McEnroe said on a conference call with reporters that those two were “a couple of steps beyond everybody else” and he said he doubted the challenge would come from the tier of older players like Tomas Berdych and Kei Nishikori who have been near the top for a while but never quite broken through. “Raonic,” Evert said, succinctly. “Raonic has made some big steps,” McEnroe agreed. “He’s a guy that could do it.” ...


And while precisely no one would have her on their mostlikely-to-break-through lists, given a shaky finish last season brought on in part by injuries, Bouchard is just 22 and has the benefit of a women’s draw that is far less intimidating at the top end than the men’s side. There is the Big One, with Serena Williams chasing her record 23rd grand slam title, and then a whole bunch of others.
Where Raonic has run headlong into the immovable objects of Murray and Djokovic, Bouchard beat the current world No. 1, Angelique Kerber, last year in Rome. She’s also 2-0 against fifth-ranked Karolina Pliskova, 3-1 against sixth-ranked Dominka Cibulkova and beat 10th-ranked Johanna Konta in their only meeting last year, at Wimbledon.
The point is, for as much as Bouchard was being fitted for Icarus wings as she bottomed out in 2015, the Montrealer still has the game to hang with a lot of the best. Her biggest challenge — even when she stormed through the grand slam season in 2014 — is consistency. Where Raonic has to figure out how to beat the best players in the world, Bouchard has to figure out how to not lose as often to the lesser players.

http://epaper.vancouversun.com/epaper/viewer.aspx

[jerrym]

While Bouchard has been eliminated from the Australian Open, Raonic has got a big break with the elimination of his nemesis, Novak Djokovic.

Milos Raonic has accomplished a lot in his young career, but the most sought-after tennis prize still eludes him.
Coming into the 2017 season ranked No. 3 in the world, the Australian Open presents Raonic with an opportunity to win his first Grand Slam. But before he could get there, he was expected to find world No. 2 and 12-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic waiting for him in the semifinals.
Things have changed.
After Djokovic’s stunning second round loss to Denis Istomin — the 117th ranked player in the world — the uphill path to the Australian Open finals has tilted in Raonic’s favour.

The head-to-head numbers between Raonic and Djokovic are quite staggering. Raonic won a single set against the Serbian in 2014 and that remains the only set he has taken in their eight matches. It should be noted the 26-year-old Canadian was still developing his all-around game through many of these matchups, while Djokovic was at his peak level of greatness.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/tennis/raoni...stralian-open/

[jerrym]

Raonic has won his fourth match to reach the final 16 of the Australian Open.

Milos Raonic’s machine-like advance through the Australian Open hit a brief glitch against Gilles Simon but the Canadian re-booted to delete the dogged Frenchman 6-2 7-6(5) 3-6 6-3 and reach the fourth round on Saturday.
The third seed, who revealed he has been suffering from a “bad fever”, lost his first set of the tournament against the indefatigable Simon, whose hard running and sublime passing shots threatened to turn the game on its head.
The big-serving Canadian drowned out the Gallic cheers by capturing the decisive break in the sixth game of the fourth set and sealed the match with a big kicking serve to set up a clash with Spanish 13th seed Roberto Bautista Agut.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...ticle33696311/

[jerrym]

Canada has two new young rising tennis stars in Denis Shapovalov and Bianca Andreescu.

Shapovalov is currently ranked in the top 50 of the ATP rankings and was the youngest to crack the top 30 since 2005.^[3] His career-high ATP singles ranking is No. 23 in the world.

Shapovalov rose to prominence by reaching a Masters semifinal at the 2017 Canadian Open as an 18-year-old, beating grand slam champions Juan Martín del Potro and Rafael Nadal during his run.^[4] He has since reached another Masters semifinal at the 2018 Madrid Open and became the top-ranked Canadian on May 21 as part of his ongoing climb in the ATP rankings.

As a junior, Shapovalov reached a career-high ITF junior ranking of No. 2 behind a Wimbledon grand slam singles title in 2016, and a US Open grand slam doubles title with compatriot Félix Auger-Aliassime in 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Shapovalov

Canada's Bianca Andreescu jumped 45 positions to a career-high No. 107 in the world rankings Monday after her surprising run to the final at the ASB Classic.

The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., stunned former world No. 1s Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark and American Venus Williams en route to her first appearance in a WTA Tour final on Sunday in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

The 18-year-old then cruised past 28th-ranked Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan on Saturday 6-3, 6-3 in the semifinals at the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand. ...

Andreescu, who won three qualifying matches to enter the main draw, dropped a three-set decision to 14th-ranked Julia Goerges of Germany in the championship match. ...

After falling to Goerges on Sunday in her eighth match in nine days, Andreescu left Auckland for Melbourne on Monday to prepare for the Australian Open's qualifying draw, starting Tuesday.

https://www.cbc.ca/sports/tennis/bia...ings-1.4968450