Stories from the Vancouver tennis community
Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Quebec, lost a tight three-set match to top seed Elena Rybakina in the quarterfinal of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart on Friday.
Gabriel Diallo of Montreal lost 6-1, 6-2 to top seed Alexander Zverev in the round of 16 at the BMW Open in Munich on Thursday, ending his run at the ATP event.
Carlos Alcaraz will miss Wimbledon due to a right wrist injury sustained in April. The defending champion from 2023 and 2024 has now been ruled out of Madrid, Rome, the French Open, and the grass-court major.
Canadian doubles player Gabriela Dabrowski is donating $20 for every game she wins this season to the 1in3 Fund, which works to eliminate violence against women.
World No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz has withdrawn from Wimbledon and the Queen's Club Championships due to a right wrist injury sustained at the Barcelona Open in April. The Spanish star will miss two Grand Slams in the same year for the first time since 2020.
Canada's bid to reach the Billie Jean King Cup Finals ended with a 3-1 qualifying loss to Kazakhstan, eliminating the country from the world team competition.
Bianca Andreescu won her singles match on the opening day of Canada's Billie Jean King Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan in Astana, marking her return to competition for the national team.
Denis Shapovalov and Gabriel Diallo both lost their opening matches at the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday, ending their campaigns at the ATP 1000 event early.
Leylah Fernandez's run at the Charleston Open came to an end Thursday when she fell to Russia's Diana Shnaider 6-3, 6-0 in the third round, failing to advance to the quarterfinals in South Carolina.
Thomas Venos has been named the Sport BC Male Athlete with a Disability at the 2026 Sport BC Athlete of the Year Awards, recognizing his success in wheelchair tennis including three ITF titles in 2025 and victory at the National Bank Open wheelchair event.
Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime has climbed back into the ATP's top 10 after a three-month surge that included winning the Open Occitanie, his ninth career title. He arrives at Indian Wells seeded No. 9 following a run to the Dubai semifinals.
Canadian Gabriel Diallo lost to American Ben Shelton 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets at the Dallas Open. Despite winning 81 per cent of first-serve points, Diallo could not convert any of his three break-point opportunities.
