Tennis News: Canadian men’s tennis players made history at Wimbledon, even before the start of the 133rd edition of the Grand Slam on Monday (01/07), local time.
Milos Raonic, world number 15 tennis player; world number 19, Félix Auger Aliassime; and world number 29 Denis Shapovalov is among 32 seeds at Wimbledon this season, the most seeded Canadians ever at a Grand Slam. France has a few more high-level players represented by Gaël Monfils, Gilles Simon, Lucas Pouille and Benoit Paire. Meanwhile, the number of top Serbian tennis players is the same as that of Canada, represented by Novak Djokovic, Laslo Djere and Dusan Lajovic.
Auger Aliassime appears to have surpassed Raonic as the favorite among Canadians.
Auger Aliassime, 18, went 6-2 during the 2019 grass-court season, notably qualifying for the final in Stuttgart and the semi-finals at Queen’s Club. Meanwhile, Raonic’s fitness is still in question after he withdrew from the semi-final against Auger Aliassime in Stuttgart due to a lower back injury and lost in the quarter-final. final against Queen’s Club.
“I have better days, sometimes worse days because of it,” Raonic said of his back.
“I tried to overcome it as best as possible to be able to play the first match (against world number 94 Prajnesh Gunneswaran).”
This season, Auger Aliassime has beaten 12 players ranked in the top 50 and qualified for three finals, a feat which has seen his ranking skyrocket from 108th in the world at the start of the season to 21st in the world.
Meanwhile, Shapovalov went 0-2 in the 2019 grass court season. Both defeats suffered by the Wimbledon junior champion in the 2016 season came in Stuttgart (loss to world number 38 Jan Lennard Struff) and at the Queen’s Club (defeat against the world number). 12, Jan Lennard Struff). Juan Martin del Potro).
Last week at the exhibition held at Stoke Park West, London, Shapovalov received a dose of confidence by beating Fabio Fognini, Djokovic and Tomas Berdych.
Article keywords: Tennis, Wimbledon, Milos Raonic, Félix Auger Aliassime, Denis Shapovalov
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