Court in a crate ready for Davis Cup stars at UBC
You can’t play a Davis Cup match without a tennis court. The one Canada’s Milos Raonic, France’s Jo-Wilfred Tsonga and the rest of their teammates will be scrambling around on this weekend at UBC cost...
View ArticleCould Nadal grace Vancouver and the Davis Cup?
Take Our Poll Rafael Nadal is just about ready to return to the ATP Tour. Which could mean fabulous news for the Davis Cup tie between Canada and Spain. On Tuesday, Nadal tweeted that he’ll play an...
View ArticleBattered world No. 10 Almagro to lead Spain in Davis Cup vs. Canada at UBC
Clearly, Nicolas Almagro will be just fine. The world No. 11 has been named to lead Spain against Canada at the Davis Cup at UBC Feb. 1-3. Almagro hobbled through the second half of a five-setter...
View ArticleDavis Cup: Milos Raonic beats Albert Ramos, gives Canada 1-0 lead against Spain
Canada’s Milos Raonic kicked off the Davis Cup draw against Spain Friday afternoon, beating Albert Ramos in four sets, 6-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre in Vancouver,...
View ArticleCanada beats Spain in huge upset to make Davis Cup quarterfinals
Team Canada’s doubles team couldn’t get it done Saturday, but Milos Raonic came up big for Canada on Sunday, beating Guillermo Garcia-Lopez in straight sets, 6-3, 6-4, 6-2, to catapult Canada into...
View ArticleCanada’s Davis Cup quarterfinals challenge: plucky Italians
Now that UBC has been named host of the Davis Cup quarterfinal between Canada and Italy, April 5-7 at the Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Centre, just who is it that stands between Canada and a date in the...
View ArticleDavis Cup hero Raonic on how he won in San Jose
Tony Gallagher reports on Milos Raonic, who will be back in Vancouver April 5-7 to try to propel Canada into the Davis Cup semifinals for the first time … Canada’s best and very much improving tennis...
View ArticleNumbers Game: You can pinpoint Raonic’s struggles at the Round of 32
32 On Tuesday, at a Wimbledon warmup in Germany, fifth-seeded Canada’s Milos Raonic went quietly in the first round – the round of 32 – to France’s Gael Monfils. On some levels this isn’t a shocker –...
View ArticleVasek Pospisil coming home for Odlum Brown VanOpen tourney
The hometown hero is returning home. Vasek Pospisil, who’s helped lead Canada to stunning Davis Cup victories in 2012 and 2013, headlines the men’s draw released by the Odlum Brown VanOpen, which goes...
View ArticleThe 2 O’Clock: Pospisil’s stunning rise, and Wayne Rooney’s intriguing body...
Those of you who read the 10 O’Clock and 2 O’Clock on a regular basis are familiar with the fact that Mrs. McDonald can be quite fanatical in her drive to keep her husband alive. And I appreciate it, I...
View ArticleThe 10 O’Clock: Manning fights fear of ‘old folks’ allergies,’ drives Broncos...
So I was chatting with a guy last night who’s up there among the bigwigs of the Canadian tennis scene, and he mentioned that he was about to fly to Tokyo for this weekend’s Davis Cup tilt between...
View ArticleWeekend Warmup: Lions, Whitecaps, Davis Cup, PGA, Blue Jays … and Mark Messier?
Yeah, hockey! It’s not the NHL’s rookie camps that I’m excited about this weekend. It’s the launch of The 101 Greatest Canucks, our intensive project that kicks off Sunday at provincesports.com....
View ArticleDavis Cup expected to return to Vancouver: Canada hosts Japan in March
Canada’s Davis Cup team maximized its home court advantage in Vancouver in 2013 and appears set to return to UBC’s Doug Mitchell Arena for a March tie against Japan. Tennis Canada has announced a...
View ArticleHOC 2015 Spirit Week: Khristina Blajkevitch falling in love with tennis … all...
VANCOUVER — The symbolism of the moment was pretty hard to miss last week when Khristina Blajkevitch, in her new role as tournament director of this summer’s Leith Wheeler Stanley Park Open, so...
View ArticleGiants fans shouldn’t overthink a Mike Johnston visit Friday, but should pay...
Friday was another strange night in what’s been a peculiar season for the Vancouver Giants. The Giants, now out of the WHL playoff chase, dropped a 5-1 decision to the visiting Victoria Royals, but...
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