Junior Update by Har-Tru: Canadian Girls Shine in Montreal

It was again to the grind on the ITF Junior Tour final month for the Canadians after August was dominated by the national championships. 

Canada’s greatest kids had an opportunity to shine on house soil with a pair of ITF occasions in Quebec and the ladies specifically took benefit. 

Right here is your monthly junior update by Har-Tru.   

J200 Montreal 

Of the 2 ITF junior occasions in Canada over the past month, the event in Montreal noticed larger success for the host nation. 

The spotlight was the all-Canadian ladies ultimate between Nadia Lagaev and Emma Dong. Lagaev, the top-ranked Canadian junior, defeated Dong in straight units 6-1, 6-4 to win her fifth profession ITF junior singles title. It was her second title of the season, each on the J200 degree which is her career-best. 

Lagaev, the second seed in Montreal, didn’t drop a set on her strategy to the title and solely misplaced greater than 5 video games in a match as soon as, that being her first-round match. Dong, seeded fifth, had upset the highest seed Claire An of america in straight units within the quarter-finals. 

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The victory in singles was revenge for Lagaev in opposition to Dong, who had gained their conflict a day earlier within the doubles ultimate. Dong and An, the highest seeds, defeated the all-Canadian second-seeded pair of Lagaev and Raphaelle Leroux 6-4, 6-2 for the title, Dong’s fourth ITF doubles title of the yr and eighth total.  

On the boys facet, the hosts claimed the doubles title courtesy of a win by Miko Lapalme and Felix Roussel over People Simon Caldwell and Zachary Cohen 6-2, 5-7, 10-2. Lapalme and Roussel had upset the top-seeded pair 10-8 within the match tiebreak within the first spherical. 

Canada almost received a hand on each winners trophy in Montreal however got here up simply quick as Nicolas Arseneault was crushed by American Lachlan Gaskell within the boys singles ultimate. 

J100 Quebec Metropolis 

The host nation had a more durable run later in September up the street in Quebec Metropolis. The closest Canada got here to a title on the ITF J100 occasion was within the ladies doubles the place Clemence Mercier and Neda Rahimkhani reached the ultimate, having upset the highest seeds within the quarter-finals, however misplaced in straight units to the American group of Carrie-Anne Hoo and Kaya Moe. 

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In singles, Mercier and Brooke Feth reached the ladies quarter-finals. The boys got here a bit nearer with Volodymyr Gurenko and Xavier Massotte each reaching the singles semis however each misplaced to American opponents. 

Three all-Canadian groups reached the quarter-finals of the boys doubles however all three have been defeated within the final eight. 

Right here is the complete record of champions on the Canadian ITF Junior occasions over the past month (all Canadian until in any other case famous):   

ITF Outcomes 

With a lot of Canada’s juniors enjoying in Montreal and Quebec Metropolis, it was a much less busy stretch for Canucks at ITF occasions overseas. 

One spotlight got here originally of October when Judah McEachern-Brown doubled up on the J30 occasion in Managua, Nicaragua, profitable each the singles and doubles titles. The wins have been the primary in every self-discipline for the 16-year-old on the ITF Junior Tour. 

Here’s a record of Canadians who reached finals at occasions exterior of Canada over the past month (Titles in daring)    

• Judah McEachern-Brown: J30 Managua boys singles champion, J30 Managua boys doubles champion 
• Ashvini Tara Gopalan: J60 Tegucigalpa ladies doubles runner-up 
• Antoine Clavel: J30 Punta Cana boys doubles runner-up (w/ Yevdayev) 
• Maxim Yevdayev: J30 Punta Cana boys doubles runner-up (w/ Clavel) 
• Hubert Poirier: J30 Managua boys doubles runner-up 

Rankings Replace 

Following her victory in Montreal, Nadia Lagaev made an enormous leap within the ITF junior rankings. She hit a career-high of No. 52 after the win and presently sits at No. 55, making her the one Canadian, male or feminine, contained in the High 70 of the junior rankings. 

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Emma Dong sits 36 spots again of her fellow Canadian at No. 91. 

Nicolas Arseneault is the highest Canadian boy at No.78, having additionally reached a career-high rating of No. 75 in September after his finals run in Montreal. He’s the one Canadian boy within the High 100. 

Take a look at the complete ITF junior rankings here.