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Saturday, August 28, 2010

Four Canadians in US Open Main Draw

NEW YORK - AUGUST 25: Peter Polansky of Canada poses for a heashot at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 25, 2010 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. (Photo by Nick Laham/Getty Images)
Canada's Peter Polansky

The Canadians had a great day today with Peter Polansky, Milos Raonic, and Rebecca Marino winning their matches and booking places in the US Open main draw.

Peter Polansky will have a tough first round match against the 30th seed, Juan Monaco of Argentina. Milos Raonic's first match should be a little easier than Polansky's as his next opponent will be Carsten Ball, the world number 146 from Australia. Both Canadians will be playing against opponents who are ranked significantly higher than them, especially in the case of Polansky, so they will need to play their very best to advance to the second round.

Aleksandra Wozniak did not need to go through qualifying as her ranking of 53 was high enough for her to be placed directly into the main draw. Her first round opponent will be Sally Peers, the 202nd ranked player from Australia. Wozniak has a good chance of winning her first round, but unfortunately she'll likely have to play Kim Clijsters in the second round. World number 181, Rebecca Marino, will play Ksenia Pervak from Russia who is currently ranked 100th in the world.

Congratulations to all of the Canadian players, and let's hope they can keep up their winning streaks for at least a few more matches!

Canadians Still Alive at the US Open

TORONTO, ON - AUGUST 10: Frank Dancevic of Canada returns a shot to Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzlerand during the Rogers Cup at the Rexall Centre on August 10, 2010 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

Quite a few Canadian players are still alive on the final day of the US Open qualifying tournament, and with one more match win they will earn a spot in the main draw.

The following matches featuring Canadians will take place on Saturday August 28th:

Valerie Tetreault (CAN) vs. Akgul Amanmuradova (UZB)

Stephanie Dubois (CAN) vs. Irina Falconi (USA)

Rebecca Marino (CAN) vs. Sharon Fichman (CAN)

Frank Dancevic (CAN) vs. Kei Nishikori (JPN)

Peter Polansky (CAN) vs. John Milliman (AUS)

Milos Raonic (CAN) vs. David Guez (FRA)

The match winners will join Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak in the USO main draw.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Wozniak, Dancevic Injured Just in Time for Rogers Cup

Awesome news Canada. Your top-ranked women's singles player, Aleksandra Wozniak, is suffering from tendinitis in her wrist and has pulled out of tournaments in San Diego and Cincinnati in the hopes that she'll be ready to play at the Rogers Cup in Montreal. Oh yeah, and Frank Dancevic (your only hope on the men's side) is still hurt after cutting his leg on that scoreboard in Atlanta. Something tells me this is not going to be the year that a Canadian wins the Rogers Cup. (Do you like how I pretended that if these two weren't injured that there was a chance a Canadian might win? Yeah, me too.)

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