ONcourt Weekly Edition: June 11 – June 17
Canada’s Two New Tennis Ambassadors: Viktoriya Tabunshchyk and Maria Tanasescu
***ONcourt has decided to start profiling two young players, Viktoriya Tabunschyk and Maria Tanasescu, who are on the Under 12 Canadian Team, which left to compete in Italy for a four-week period.***
We selected these two girls for various reasons. The most important one is that we can access their training and competitive programs easily.
Viktoriya Tabunshchyk was born in Ukraine on January 07, 2001 in the historical old city in the western part of Ukraine, Lviv. Viktoriya and her parents moved to Canada just before she turned two years old. She picked up a tennis racquet when she was 4, and her first shots were fed by her father, Kyrylo. When the family moved to Edmonton at the age of 5, she started to attend group and private lessons at Saville Sports Centre. Looking for a more competitive tennis environment, Viktoriya with her parents and her little sister moved to Burlington, when she was 7 to become a part of the ACE Tennis team – Viktoriya as a player and her Dad as a coach.
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Michael Emmett: “Catastrophe”
***Michael Emmett is the Director of Tennis Operations at all Mayfair clubs. He is a certified Tennis Canada Coach 3 with a Journalism degree from the University of Texas. Michael spent several years working in sports television at TSN and Sportsnet. Michael is a former National champion who finished his last year of junior tennis ranked #1 in Canada. Michael has coached several National champions when he worked for the All-Canadian Academy at the National Tennis Centre at York University in the early 90s. Michael spent 2 years traveling the world playing the ATP tour satellite circuit as a member of the Molson National Team in 1985 and ’86.***
The French Open is in desperate need of a makeover. There are so many problems I don’t know where to start. Yes, they had the good fortune to have witnessed history-changing moments on the final three days of their event. Sharapova winning a career Grand Slam in dominating fashion and Nadal capturing his all-time best 7th championship will be chronicled until the end of time. But that doesn’t change the fact that this tournament is stuck in the past.
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Federer Wishes You a Happy Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day to all tennis and non-tennis dads from Roger Federer, Ryan Lochte and Tyson Gay.
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