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Originally Posted by isaidso
Speaking of amenities, how do the facilities in Toronto/Montreal stack up to the Majors? I've never been to the Canadian Open. From the outside, the facilities up at York University look depressing. Is it nicer inside?
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I've only been to the facilities in Montreal (planning on doing Toronto this August). Montreal isn't bad. The main courts are nice enough and the amenities are good enough. I haven't been to any other Masters-level tournaments but I have been to the World Tour Finals at the O2 and that was simply tennis in an arena. Montreal's Parc Jarry is easy to get to on the metro, is in a nice park setting, and has some decent-ish stadiums.
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Originally Posted by isaidso
I'm just hoping for a strong showing by Shapo as well. Raonic's time may have come and gone. He's such a big fella and injury prone. I do like his cerebral nature but looks like he's in danger of over doing it every time it goes beyond 3 sets.
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Agreed. I don't think Raonic is over the hill yet (Wawrinka wasn't really relevant until he was 28/29) but his window is getting smaller and smaller with every year he's injured.
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Originally Posted by isaidso
I'm excited about FAA too but no one to get excited about on the women's side unfortunately. Tennis seems to be mirroring men's track and field (sprints). We produce great men's sprinters but rarely any on the women's side. In soccer and swimming it's the opposite. Women at the top of their game but a dearth of top talent on the men's side.
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It's a shame Bouchard has constant abdominal issues. She has the talent to be very good. Zhao and Andreescu are good but I agree that they're nothing to get super excited over.
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Originally Posted by isaidso
Wimbledon (1877)
Canadian Open, US Open (1881)
French Open (1891)
Australian Open (1905)
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Canada has one of the dozen Masters 1000 tournaments which is the best we can hope for, anyway. I understand Australia being included over Canada.
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^ For those of us unfamiliar with the environs of York U., what is that part of town like?
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Suburban. It's at least connected to the TTC Subway now. Otherwise it's strip malls and long four-lane avenues everywhere. It would be far better if the tournament were down on the Exhibition grounds (similar to the Indy Grand Prix) but that simply isn't feasible.