02-26-2020, 09:54 PM
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#821
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: DeWinton
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Crap. Vasek out.
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02-26-2020, 09:56 PM
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#822
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Marshmallow Maiden
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Calgary
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Oops, Vasek. We hardly knew you. He falls 4-6, 6-4, 4-6 to Zuk.
The journey from Europe on a tight turnaround probably wasn't easy.
Fantastic crowd tonight, nonetheless.
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02-26-2020, 10:18 PM
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#823
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: DeWinton
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Wife and I are now watching Nadal in Acapulco.
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02-26-2020, 10:26 PM
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#824
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by CedarMeter
Wife and I are now watching Nadal in Acapulco.
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Rafa is putting on a clinic thus far.
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02-26-2020, 11:20 PM
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#825
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Brayden Schnur sent the fans home happy tonight with a win at the Calgary Challenger.
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02-27-2020, 06:48 AM
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#826
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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02-27-2020, 07:07 AM
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#827
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Gaby and Jelena are into the doubles final in Qatar as they upset the #2 seeded team of Babos and Mladenovic 6-4 1-6 10-7
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02-27-2020, 11:05 AM
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#829
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Uranus
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
IIRC, total attendance for the entire week last year was 6000 - and was hailed as a massive success. I don't think they expected demand to be this high, especially for the weekday draws. They could probably expand the bleachers a bit though.
The problem with using Winsport is that this is a two-court tournament. So cutting the availability of ice in half for two weeks in February is likely a non-starter for the city.
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I think this level of event should continue to be held at the tennis center as it promotes the facility which is top notch in terms of lighting, court quality and keeping it an intimate experience that challenger events are really supposed to be. Hockey issues aside, you run into other issues as soon as you start building a tennis court in a non-tennis facility which would surely include far more expensive tickets to cover the added costs, and likely price many away from this level of tennis. Winsport would be a perfect facility for a large scale Canadian indoor 250 event in the fall though
For next year at ATC, I would say they need to remove 2 rows of box seating on one side of the main court and add larger bleachers to both sides in general. The box seating is basically empty on weeknights (aside from last night) and the revenue can be recovered by charging a little more, and the added capacity gained. Pushing the grandstand court over to the other side would be helpful as well so you can cram more fans over there, but they'd have to get rid of the players area in order to keep practice courts available.
Either way, it's good to see the popularity increasing. Although if it continues, I will certainly miss being able to show up and take in this event with very little fanfare while it lasted.
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02-27-2020, 11:12 AM
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#830
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NOT breaking news
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Calgary
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Wow, worse than even I thought.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1232508081906601985
Tournament is now wide open
Quarters are
Zarazula
Zidanski
Potapova
Fernandez
Watson
McHale
Zhu
Wang
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02-27-2020, 11:26 AM
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#831
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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The interesting thing about Leylah facing Potapova later today is that her last two opponents at this tourney (Stojanovic and Nibino) are higher ranked than Potapova. Battle of the teenagers as 17 year old Leylah takes on the 18 year old Russian.
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02-27-2020, 09:24 PM
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#832
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Leylah and Anastasia have just arrived on court for their match - Not sure if DAZN has this match, I've fired up my wtatv stream to watch the young Canadian.
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02-27-2020, 09:44 PM
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#833
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Leylah was broken to start the match, but just broke back to get back on serve at 2-2
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02-27-2020, 10:08 PM
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#834
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Halfway to the semi-finals for Leylah as she takes the opening set 6-3. Using the drop shot very effectively in that opening set and her court coverage is remarkable.
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02-27-2020, 10:25 PM
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#835
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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Leylah up a break in set 2 and Potapova is starting to unravel.
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02-27-2020, 10:45 PM
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#836
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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All of a sudden, Leylah's level drops and Potapova breaks back. Leylah serving at 4-5 in set 2.
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02-27-2020, 11:02 PM
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#837
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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woot!! Leylah into the semi-finals with a 6-3 7-5 win.
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02-27-2020, 11:04 PM
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#838
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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02-28-2020, 06:39 AM
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#839
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Maple Bay, B.C.
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02-28-2020, 07:28 AM
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#840
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#1 Goaltender
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So she’s got the shot reliability and some craftiness early on, which is fantastic...question is can she also develop the power needed at the top of the womens game? If so, future Leylah vs Bianca finals are in store.
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