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Between the Lines View this email in your browser TENNIS CANADA | SUBSCRIBE STAY CONNECTED BETWEEN THE LINES A Provincial Tennis Association Marketing Newsletter Welcome to the first issue of Between The Lines! The purpose of the bi-weekly newsletter will be to keep all provinces connected and informed on what is going on in the marketing world, within this tennis world. NEWS OF THE WEEK: Be sure to bring your friends to the court The More you know As the winter freeze has finally seemed to pass for What sport team is her favourite? Where did she another year, community tennis courts are get her start? And she almost played who at becoming available for the public to use. Will you Wimbledon? These questions and more are be out on a court this summer? And who will you answered about Canada's latest budding female bring along to try this great sport for the first time star, Francoise Abanda. this season? READ MORE READ MORE Do we really know Nestor? We know the names Raonic, Bouchard, and Pospisil, but perhaps Canada's greatest tennis star is doubles specialist Daniel Nestor. Learn more about the Canadian great in a one on one with Peter Mansbridge of CBC. WATCH HERE Senior Indoor Nationals Action The indoor senior tennis season has wrapped up for another year, with nationals being completed across the country over the past several weeks. See some of the action from the Senior Men's and Women's Western Indoor Championships from Victoria, BC. You can also check out the action from the Senior Men's Eastern Indoor Championships held at the Club Sportif Cote de Liesse in Montreal. To see a list of full results from the Western Indoor Championships Click Here To see the results from the 60+ Eastern Indoor event Click Here To see the results from the Women's and the Men's 35-55 Eastern Indoor event Click Here Abanda and Shapovalov given Tennis Canada honour Tennis Canada wants to take the chance to recognize a highly successful 2014 season with the announcing of the Junior Male and Female Players of the Year. READ MORE Tennis Canada selects FISU Games team Three men and three women have been selected to represent Canada at the upcoming FISU Games to be held from July 3-14 in Gwangju, South Korea. The FISU games are one of the largest multi-event sporting events held in the world, dwarfed only by the Olympics. READ MORE KnowRoaming helps travelling athletes save on international roaming One of Toronto's tech firms is trying to help people save on travel costs, by allowing you to travel, and worry less about roaming charges. Click the link to read more or check out their website at http://www.knowroaming.com/ READ MORE Tennis has a strange history too Tennis is a great sport, and like all great sports it has its own set of quirks too. Here are nine fun facts ranging from a king's death to the origins of the use "love". READ MORE Robillard-Millette wins All-Canadian Junior Grade 1 Final Now that the tennis season is well under way, it is exciting to see some of Canada's top young talent playing at such a high level. Here is hoping more of the same is still to come. READ MORE Bedard and Dembe prepping for Parapan Am As Canadian athletes continue to prepare for the upcoming Pan Am and Parapan Am Games our tennis stars are no different. READ MORE Wheelin around the Court for a change While most tennis players might not consider the difficulties wheelchair players face, a group of coaches has learned just how tough it can be playing tennis sitting down. READ MORE Decorating in Style Home decorating can be a challenge for anybody, let us help you with some great tennis-themed suggestions that are sure to please any tennis enthusiast. READ MORE PORTAL: OUR PROVINCES: BLOG: The latest update to the portal includes With the summer just around the As spring starts to show its face around the new Tennis Canada 125 corner, nets are being dusted off, and the country, Catherine Cameron gives Anniversary logo, log into your account poles placed back in the ground. But before the beginning to the 2015 some ideas on how to help keep your to check it out. outdoor season, the indoor nationals kids active. have taken place first. Check out the READ MORE results from the U12, U14 U16, and U18 events. Think you can improve your tennis game without playing tennis? Join Blue Jay Bridge in exploring 5 sports to improve your game. READ MORE Join Tom Tebbutt as he explores all things tennis from the past week. This week includes notes on Genie, Stuttgart, and Novak's great start. READ MORE CANADIAN EVENTS THIS WEEK: No events this week PLAYERS IN ACTION THIS WEEK: BMW Open - ATP World Tour 250 Vasek Pospisil Adil Shamasdin Tallahassee Challenger - ATP Challenger Tour Event Frank Dancevic Charlottesville Challenger - ITF Pro Circuit Event Francoise Abanda Mexico F1 Futures - ITF Pro Circuit Event Pavel Krainik USA F14 Futures - ITF Pro Circuit Tour Alejandro Tabilo Turkey F17 Futures - ITF Pro Circuit Event David Volfson ITF World Junior Tennis, North/Central American Qualifying - U14 Junior team competition Ariana Arsenault Leyla Fernandez Nick Lagaev Alex-Antoine Marquis Viktoria Tabunshcyk Luka Vukovic Junior Davis Cup/Junior Fed Cup, North/Central American Qualifying - U16 team Competition Bianca Andreescu Charlotte Robillard-Millette Katherine Sebov Jack Mingjie Lin Denis Shapovalov Benjamin Sigouin Tournoi International Juniors de Tlemcen - ITF Junior Event Grade 3 Katarina Kopcalic Masera Open - ITF Wheelchair Futures Series Event Eric Gilbert Niteroi Open - ITF Wheelchair Futures Series Event Mika Ishikawa Share Tweet +1 Share Forward Copyright © 2015 Tennis Canada, All rights reserved. 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