Félix Auger-Aliassime delivered a clinic in power tennis as he dominated 15th seed Ben Shelton in their third-round clash at the French Open, which took two days to complete due to the incessant rain that has been wreaking havoc on the year’s second major.  The pair only completed nine games on Friday evening before the weather made them wait until morning. When they returned, it was one-way traffic for the 21st-seeded Canadian who won 13 of 16 games on Saturday morning to reach the last sixteen at Roland-Garros with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 win.  Auger-Aliassime is the last Canadian standing ..read more

Bianca Andreescu capped a perfect day for Canadians in Paris, rallying to beat Anna Kalinskaya 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 to advance to the third round of Roland-Garros. Competing in her first tournament since the National Bank Open in Montreal last August, Andreescu hit 32 winners and won 16 of 21 points at net for her second win on the clay courts in Paris. In this showdown, the 2019 US Open champion had to dig deep after a slow start. Kalinskaya, the 23rd seed at the event, took early control of the second-round encounter, breaking Andreescu at love to build a 4-1 opening set lead. With the Canadian st ..read more

For the first time in the Open Era, two Canadian men are into the third round of the French Open as Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov both advanced at Roland-Garros with gritty wins on another rainy day in Paris.  Both were scheduled to play on Wednesday but were washed out. When they came back on Thursday, Auger-Aliassime was able to find a way past qualifier Henri Squire while Shapovalov caused an upset by taking out No. 25 seed Frances Tiafoe, both in four sets.  It is the first time that both Auger-Aliassime and Shapovalov reached the third round at the same major since ..read more

It was a perfect day for the Canadian women on the red clay of Roland-Garros on Monday. Leylah Annie Fernandez was in flawless form, cruising past Jessika Ponchet 6-2, 6-0 in 69 minutes to advance to the second round of the French Open. The former US Open finalist fired 23 winners and converted five of 11 break points in a dominant display on Court 10 in Paris. The 21-year-old also won an impressive 82% of points on her first serve, and finished nine of 12 at the net in the decisive victory. Read more: Auger-Aliassime serves past Nishioka at French Open The Canadian came storming out of the ga ..read more

The second Grand Slam event of the season has officially arrived and the Canadians are looking to make their mark at the French Open.  While the wheelchair event at Roland-Garros doesn’t get underway until next week, there is plenty of hope for some good results after yet another big week by Canada’s quad athletes.  Here’s what you need to know.  In Case You Missed It: Diallo Qualifies for First Major  Gabriel Diallo took the next step in his burgeoning career last week in Paris, winning a trio of three-setters to book his place in the main draw of a Grand Slam for the firs ..read more

Canada had a dream day on Monday at Roland-Garros, with Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov both kicking off their French Open campaigns with straight-set wins.  It was the same story on the women’s side, as Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Annie Fernandez both took care of business in straight sets.  Both Canadian men were locked in on serve in their victories and overcame some challenging external factors as well as their opponents. Auger-Aliassime had to deal with two rain delays in his win over Yoshihito Nishioka, while Shapovalov contended with the partisan French crowd as he ..read more

All eyes will be on Bianca Andreescu when play gets underway at the French Open as the Canadian star will be competing in her first event in nine months.  She is one of five Canadians in the main draw at Roland-Garros over the coming weeks. Leylah Annie Fernandez joins her in the women’s singles, while Félix Auger-Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov, and Gabriel Diallo, who is making his Grand Slam debut having qualified for the first time, are in the men’s singles draw.  Rob Shaw is competing in the quad event.  Andreescu’s much-anticipated return to the court begins with meeting Sara ..read more

Carson Branstine and Mia Kupres wrapped up the NCAA season as national champions with Texas A&M taking home the title in the team tournament. The Aggies defeated Georgia 4-1 in the final.  Texas A&M was seeded 13th but managed to upset three Top 10 teams in a row to claim the title.  Branstine put a point on the board in the final for her school, teaming up with Lucciana Perez to win the No. 2 doubles match. The Canadian also was leading 5-0 in the third set of the No. 2 singles match when it was abandoned.   The 23-year-old senior returned to the Aggies late in the seas ..read more

Tennis Canada is saddened to learn of the passing of former Canadian No. 1 and Davis Cup player Dale Power. Power passed away on May 17 at the age of 74.  During his playing career, which began in the late 1960s and lasted until the early 1980s, Power was consistently ranked among the Top 10 Canadians and was the Canadian No. 1 in 1979. At the National Championships, Power won everything there was to win, being crowned national champion in singles and doubles, indoors and outdoors, at both the junior and men’s level.   He was inducted into the Tennis Canada Hall of Fame in 2006.  ..read more

The first balls at Roland-Garros have already been struck with qualifying underway, but Leylah Annie Fernandez and Denis Shapovalov have some business to attend to before landing in Paris.  This week provides one last chance for players to find some form ahead of the clay-court major and those two Canadians will be looking to pick up some confidence-boosting wins.  Here’s what you need to know.  In Case You Missed It: One and Done in Rome  Most of the Canadians were eliminated in the first week of the BNL Internazionali d’Italia in Rome, with only Leylah Fernandez getting t ..read more