Stories from the Vancouver tennis community
Canada's Félix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the semi-finals of the ATP Mallorca Championships, rallying to defeat Hamad Medjedovic of Serbia 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 in a grass-court quarter-final. The match lasted two hours and six minutes.
Naomi Osaka's Wimbledon preparations are in doubt after she retired from the Bad Homburg Open final with a foot injury. It was Osaka's first career final on a grass court, and she conceded the match to Karolina Muchova while trailing 6-1, 1-0.
Forest Hill Swim & Tennis Club in Toronto is offering a range of summer tennis programs for players aged four and up, including Little Stars camps for young beginners, Junior Academy instruction for competitive youth, and drop-in clinics for adult players.
Pitt Meadows offers four locations with tennis and pickleball courts across the municipality. The District maintains courts at Mitchell Road Park, Pitt Meadows Athletic Park, Pitt Meadows Secondary School, and Somerset Park.
The Wimbledon draw has been released, with third-seeded Félix Auger-Aliassime facing Alexander Shevchenko of Kazakhstan in the first round. Five Canadians are competing at the All England Club, which begins Monday.
Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga has qualified for the Wimbledon main draw for the first time since 2024, advancing through three rounds of qualifying at Roehampton with a 6-3, 7-6(4) victory over Aliaksandra Sasnovich.
Novak Djokovic and former top-30 player Vasek Pospisil are co-founding a new organization to represent men's professional tennis players, signalling a shift in how the ATP tour may be governed.
Gabriela Dabrowski and Luisa Stefani defeated Miyu Kato and Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3, 7-6(5) in the doubles quarterfinal at the Lexus Eastbourne Open on grass.
Montreal's Gabriel Diallo was eliminated from the Eastbourne Open in the quarterfinals on Thursday, losing 6-1, 6-4 to Britain's Jack Draper. The loss cuts short Diallo's grass-court preparation ahead of Wimbledon.
World No. 4 Félix Auger-Aliassime will compete at the BNP Paribas Fortis European Open in Brussels this October, aiming to become the first three-time champion of the ATP 250 event.
Gabriela Dabrovski of Canada will play Miju Kato of Japan on June 25 at the Lexus Eastbourne Open. Dabrovski holds a strong head-to-head record against Kato.
Jack Draper defeated Canada's Gabriel Diallo 6-1, 6-4 at the Eastbourne Open on Thursday to reach his first semi-final in a year, continuing an encouraging return from a knee injury sustained in April.
