Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Japan Open in the first round, falling 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5) to Japan’s Yoshihito Nishioka in a three-hour 12-minute match at Ariake Tennis Park on Thursday. CBC | Sports News
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Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov, Fernandez exit U.S. Open after 1st-round losses
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov dropped their opening singles matches at the U.S. Open on Tuesday. And on the women’s side, Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Quebec, didn’t do much better despite being the 23rd seed in the Grand Slam tourney. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Leylah Fernandez gets Olympic 1st-round test in Karolina Muchova
Canadian tennis player Leylah Annie Fernandez will be facing a big challenge in the first round of the women’s singles competition at the Paris Olympic Games when she takes on Czech player Karolina Muchova. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Shapovalov follows fellow Canadian Fernandez at Italian Open with 1st-round elimination
Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., was ousted in the first round of the Italian Open on Wednesday, falling 6-7 (4), 6-3, 7-6 (4) to Luciano Darderi of Italy. CBC | Sports News
Read More »PWHL Toronto picks Minnesota as 1st-round playoff opponent
The best-of-5 series between Toronto and Minnesota will begin Wednesday evening in Toronto. Montreal will play Boston in the other semi-final series, which begins Thursday evening in Laval, Que. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘We’re looked upon as gods’: Maple Leafs’ Marner after another 1st-round playoff exit
Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner has taken heat from fans and media following the club’s first-round playoff exit at the hands of the Boston Bruins where he put up just three points in the seven-game series. He is eligible to ink a contract extension July 1. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Denis Shapovalov fires 16 aces en route to 1st-round win at Miami Open
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov downed Italy’s Luciano Darderi in three sets on Wednesday to advance to the second round of the Miami Open. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Leylah Fernandez cruises to 1st-round win over Bernarda Pera at Dubai Open
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez cruised into the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Bernarda Pera of the United States on Monday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Senators part with GM Dorion amid forfeiture of 1st-round pick for role in Dadonov trade
The announcement Pierre Dorion resigned as Senators GM was made during a press conference on Wednesday in the wake of the NHL’s ruling to strip the club of a first-round draft pick for its role in the voided trade of Evgenii Dadonov from the Vegas Golden Knights to the Anaheim Ducks in March 2022. CBC | Sports News
Read More »NBA Rumors: Grizzlies Willing To Trade Andre Iguodala To Bucks For Pacers’ 2020 1st-Round Pick
Since the 2019 NBA offseason, rumors have been continuously swirling around veteran small forward Andre Iguodala and his future with the Memphis Grizzlies. Though letting him play would increase their chances of returning to the Western Conference Playoffs, the Grizzlies looked determined to move Iguodala before the 2020 February NBA trade deadline. As of now, one of the NBA teams ...
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