Canadian art for Hartt
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| Bubbles by Canadian artist Kelly McNeil |
Congrats to this past week's winners:
Generali Open - S. Baez, Singles. L. Miedler/A. Erler, Doubles
Mifel Open - S. Tsitsipas, Singles. E.Roger-Vasselin/S. Gonzalez, Doubles
Mubadala Citi Open - C. Gauff, Singles (women. V. Zonavera/L. Siegemund, Doubles (women) D. Evans, Singles (men) M. Gonzalez/A.Molteni,) Doubles (men)
Prague Open - N. Hibino, Singles. O.Kalashnikova/N. Hibino, Doubles
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All eyes True North for Premier level tourneys for both women and men. This year the women are in Montreal and the men are in Toronto. Impressive field for both tourneys in spite of the withdrawals of some well known players.
National Bank Open
Sobeys Stadium
Toronto, Canada
August 7-13, 2023
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| Indigenous artist Andes Ernest Dominique |
Draws: Singles 56, Doubles 28
The Canadian Open began in 1881 as a men’s tournament, one
month before the precursor to the USO, making it the second oldest tennis
tournament, next only to Wimbledon.
Most titles: Ivan Lendl with 6.
2022 champion: Pablo Carreno Busta who
defeated Hubert Hurkacz.
Tennis fans are excited to see the return of Milos
Raonic, who has been away for nearly two years because of injuries.
Seeds (in order of seeding): Carlos Alcaraz, Daniil
Medvedev, Casper Ruud, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Holger Rune, Andrey Rublev, Jannik
Sinner, Taylor Fritz, Frances Tiafoe, Felix Auger-Aliassime, Cameron Norrie,
Tommy Paul, Alexander Zverev, Borna Coric, Hubert Hurkacz, Lorenzo Musetti
The top 8 seeds receive a first-round bye.
Wildcards: All Canadian players – Gabriel Diallo,
Alexis Galarneau, Vasek Pospisil, Milos Raonic
Protected ranking: Gael Monfils
Withdrawals: Marin Cilic, Roberto Bautista Agut,
Pablo Carreno Busta, Novak Djokovic, Karen Khachanov, Nick Kyrgios, Kei
Nishikori, Denis Shapovalov
Omnium Banque Nationale
IGA Stadium
Montreal,
Canada
August 7 - 13, 2023
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| Indigenous artist Andes Ernest Dominique |
Draws: Singles:
56, Doubles 32
Women players first took part in the Canadian Open in 1892.
Unlike the NBO for the ATP this is not a mandatory tourney.
The IGA Stadium is named for a supermarket chain, but be prepared for a lot of
jokes about Iga playing there.
Most titles: Monica Seles with 4.
2022 champion: Simona Halep who
defeated Beatriz Haddad Maia. As we know, Simona is unable to
participate this year because of an ongoing suspension.
Big news is Caroline Wozniacki coming out
of retirement, receiving a wildcard. This will be the first tourney she has
played since 2019 when she lost to teenager Iga Swiatek. Caroline won this
tournament in 2010.
Seeds (in order of seeding): Iga Swiatek, Aryna
Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula, Caroline Garcia, Coco Gauff, Petra
Kvitova, Maria Sakkari, Marketa Vondrousova, Daria Kasatkina, Beatriz Haddad
Maia, Belinda Bencic, Madison Keys, Karolina Muchova, Liudmila Samsonova,
Victoria Azarenka
The top 8 seeds receive a first-round bye.
Wildcards: Canadian players Bianca Andreescu, Leylah
Fernadez, Rebecca Marino, plus Venus Williams, Caroline Wozniacki
Protected ranking: Jennifer Brady, Elina Svitolina
Withdrawals: Ons Jabeur, Barbora Krejcikova,
Veronika Kudermetova
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| The Feeling of the Place - Canadian artist Mike Lathrop |
Did you know?
1. Canada has the longest road in the world? Yonge Street in Ontario starts at Lake Ontario and ends at the Minnesota border.
2. The longest coastline in the world is in Canada. It is over 202,000 kilometeres long and it would take four and a half years to walk the length of Canada's coastline. It borders three different oceans - Pacific, Atlantic and the Arctic.
3. The United States has invaded Canada twice - in 1775 and 1812. Haarrumph we love repetition eh? Uhmm they lost both times.....😲😏
4. Watch your toes in Canada. If you visit Dawson City in the Yukon you could become a member of the Sour Toe Cocktail Club. A Sour Toe cocktail is any drink with a REAL HUMAN TOE in the bottom. The rules are that you can have any drink you want and consume it at any pace but your mouth must touch the toe. The toes have generally been donated by people who have suffered from frostbite. If you swallow the toe there is a fine of $2,500. HARD PASS!!!! Am gonna remember that name - Dawson City in Yukon - right......
5. The lowest recorded temperature ever in Canada was as cold as Mars. On February 3, 1947 a temperature of -63 degrees Celcius or - 81.4 Fahrenheit was recorded in a small village in the Yukon called Snag. The same temperature as Mars. See? I told TennisMonkey I am not moving to Mars (or something like that) everytime he has invited me to visit.....😏😒😟
Thanks Hartt for being part of our team.
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