LAUNCHING ON THE STREET OF TORONTO: 2015 PAN/PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES UNVEILS LOGO

THE TORONTO 2015 PAN/PARAPAN AMERICAN GAMES UNVEILS LOGO

Symbols rooted in history, culture and tradition to express the joy of sport

TORONTO, ON, September 29, 2010 -- The Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games today unveiled its official logo at a spectacular community-based street party with hundreds of participants from every community across the GTA and the Golden Horseshoe celebrating youth, sport and diversity

The vibrant, curved design of the logo, which will become the recognizable symbol of the Games, is inspired by the figurative styles of pre-Columbian aboriginal art forms throughout the Pan Americas. It also draws on ancient sport traditions – specifically the Mezzo-Americans (including Aztec and Mayan cultures), which are linked to the first use of rubber balls in sport as early as 1600 BC.

“Our new logo is the result of rigorous research, development and testing with key groups of stakeholders including Pan American community leaders, arts and cultural organizations and athletes. We are thrilled with the way it reflects our shared heritage, collaboration and commitment to the timeless passion and joy of sport – and our Toronto 2015 rallying theme: United We Play,” said Ian Troop, CEO of Toronto 2015.

“Today’s launch of the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games look is an exciting milestone as we prepare for the Games,” said the Honourable Gary Lunn, Minister of State (Sport). “The new look will be the face of the Games. Hosting international sport events like this brings significant benefits, not just to the region, but to the country as a whole. See you in Toronto in 2015!”
The Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games will be the first major, international multi-sport games in Canada’s most populous region in 80 years. Significantly larger than the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games will be staged throughout 17 municipalities from Oshawa to Toronto to Niagara Falls, where more than 50 sport venues will host 48 different sports and events.

“The new brand captures the spirit and excitement of the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games. It will inspire our efforts to make these Games an unforgettable experience — for the athletes and their families, Ontario's families and visitors to our province,” said Margarett Best, Ontario Minister of Health Promotion and Sport.

“With our diverse cultural richness, we will be able to truly create a Festival of the Americas to connect and celebrate the cultures, art, music and performance of the Americas and the Caribbean to elevate the Games and inspire and transform a generation to work together to create healthy, active communities of tomorrow.”

About the Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games
The Pan American Games is one of the world’s largest international multi-sport events, held every four years for athletes of the 42 member nations of the Pan American Sport Organization (PASO). The Games comprise a mix of Summer Olympic Games sports, as well as traditional Pan American sports. The Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan American Games will draw 11,000 athletes and officials and feature 48 sports in 17 municipalities across the Golden Horseshoe. The Toronto 2015 Pan American Games will take place July 10-26, 2015 and the Parapan Games August 7-14, 2015.





BROLL is available on CNW ON-DEMAND: http://cnw.pathfireondemand.com/viewpackage.action?packageid=394





Broll features clips of:



• Ian Troop, CEO, Toronto 2015 Pan/Parapan Am Games



• Animated version of the new Toronto 2015 logo



• 15 separate messages from participating municipalities



• Interview with champion swimmer Tara Van Beilen



• Track & field, swimming visuals


PAM AM 2015 IN A NUTSHELL




Buenos Aires, Argentina hosted the first Pan American Games in 1951. The most recent Games, in 2007 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, attracted 5,633 athletes competing in 34 sports. The 2007 Rio Games were also the first to hold the Parapan American Games in conjunction with the Pan American Games.

· The Pan Am Games are the world’s third-largest international multi-sport event; only the Olympic Summer Games and the Asian Games are larger.

· The Pan Am Games are held every four years for the athletes of the 42 Pan American Sports Organization member nations.

· Canada has hosted the Games twice – 1967 and 1999 – both times in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

· The next Games are in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2011.

· The combination of the Pan American and the Parapan American Games in Toronto will feature 48 different sports.

Toronto 2015 Pan American Games – 37 sports

28 Olympic Summer Games Sports

· Aquatics

· Archery

· Athletics (Track & Field)

· Badminton

· Basketball

· Boxing

· Canoe/Kayak

· Cycling

· Equestrian

· Fencing

· Field Hockey

· Football (Soccer)

· Golf

· Gymnastics

· Handball

· Judo

· Modern Pentathlon

· Rowing

· Rugby

· Sailing

· Shooting

· Table Tennis

· Taekwondo

· Tennis

· Triathlon

· Volleyball

· Weightlifting

· Wrestling





9 Traditional Pan American Games Sports



· Baseball

· Bowling

· Futsal

· Karate

· Racquetball

· Roller Sports

· Softball

· Squash

· Water Ski / Wakeboard

Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games – 11 sports

· Aquatics

· Athletics (Track & Field)

· Basketball

· Boccia

· Football (Soccer)

· Goalball

· Judo

· Powerlifting

· Table Tennis

· Tennis

· Volleyball

Guadalajara, Mexico will host the XLVI Pan American Games and Parapan American Games from October 14, 2011 to October 28, 2011. The Guadalajara 2011 Games are part of a large-scale urban transformation centred around the city’s historic downtown

Rosita Stone Music Launch and Eye For the Future Mental Health Fundraiser

Rosita Stone Music Launch

Thursday September 30th, 2010 at 8:30pm

Revival Club, 783 College Street, Toronto







Rosita Stone is Canadian-Hispanic recording artist and composer who has performed with artists such as Michael Buble, and has garnered awards for her music topping the charts in Latin America. On Thursday Sept. 30th, Rosita Stone will be premiering her new music CD "La Magia del Alma" (the magic of the soul). Featuring Jorge Lopez (on Grammy winning album "Canciones de mi Padre" by Linda Ronstadt), Armando Borg on percussion (Hilario Duran, I Mother Earth), and fabulous Spanish guitarist Alvaro Oyarce. The event will also celebrate the expansion and re-branding of Eye for the Future Magazine, in which Rosita will be an ongoing writer for Music and Health Education. Sting, Dr. Phil, Gino Vanelli and more have been interviewed by Elizabeth Rizzuto for the magazine. www.rositastone.com



This event is in conjunction with a Mental Health Fundraiser, in which triple award winning film "Eyes Beyond" will be screened, with 2010 Yuk Yuk's Comedy Award winner Patrick Haye performing a routine and a silent auction to help raise awareness against the stigma associated with mental illness. Spider Jones, award winning journalist and broadcaster will be presenting among many more special guests.



http://www.eyesbeyondmovie.com/event/email-fundraiser-party.html

THE LATIN AMERICAN BOB DYLAN IN TORONTO: LEON GIECO IN CONCERT: Friday October 22

THE LATIN AMERICAN BOB DYLAN IN TORONTO: LEON GIECO IN CONCERT

DATE: Friday October 22, 2010
TIME: 8 pm
VENUE: Phoenix Concert Theatre
ADDRESS: 410 Sherbourne St. Toronto
TICKETS: Seated $ 30 Gral Admitting: $ 20. By Marcelo Addax Entertainment,
WEBSITE: http://www.marceloaddax.com/


To listen Leon Gieco Music: http://www.dailymotion.com/relevance/search/leon+gieco

Author, singer-songwriter, and composer.


Leon Gieco was born in Cañada Rosquín (Province of Santa Fe) on November 20, 1951. Son of a family of rural immigrants, he inherited from his father a great passion for music. From a very young age, he formed his own music groups: Los Moscos and Los Nocheros. At the age of 18 he moved to Buenos Aires and recorded his first album, released in 1973 and produced by Gustavo Santaolalla. Many of his songs were censured in the decade of the 70’s by the military dictatorship in Argentina. Before his exile Gieco composed “Sólo le pido a Dios” (Only I ask God), that became a hymn and was translated into several languages. He has published more than 30 albums, among them being “De Ushuaia a la Quiaca,” his most ambitious project. Gieco has received many prestigious musical awards in Argentina as well as the Grammy 2006 Latin Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award.

He has performed in a number of countries in Europe and in America, accompanying Mercedes Sosa on several occasions. Because of his songs and his permanent fight and claim for the missing people, he was threatened of death by the military dictatorship government of 1976 and he was forced to go into exile living for 2 years outside Argentina. Nowadays, he is constantly working with Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Association, Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Association, the Organization H.I.J.O.S (SONS) of missing persons, Greenpeace, Peasants, and the Aboriginal Communities.

He has shared the stage and performances with artists of great renown, such as Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, David Byrne, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger and among others. Gieco has written the autobiographical book “Crónica de un sueño” (“Chronicle of a Dream”) and composed music for Argentine films. Twice he was awarded the highest distinction conferred by universities, receiving the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from de University of Lujan and Rosario, and the title of Honorary Professor of the University of Buenos Aires

Today Gieco continues touring throughout Argentina and the world. Over the last fifteen years Gieco has been meeting the main characters of MUNDO ALAS and now wonders if it was destiny or chance that their paths crossed At the end of 2006 he brought them all together for the first time, and there the idea of making this tour, film and TV series was born. His first experience as a film director became a success and Mundo Alas is the most awarded documentary at the Argentinean documentary history by these days.

It`s a show with many characters, in which Leon Gieco becomes the thread of a story to tell.

During the concert, Leon makes a musical journey that traces the last forty years, blending his personal and professional history with poetry, the faces, the songs, society and Argentina policy. Many of these moments are painful and joyful at the same time.

While Leon is telling us this story, we can appreciate on the screen some images that reflect the status table of each era and each space, making an accurate tracking of each of their stories.

As a rapporteur, Gieco also took refuge in personal anecdotes, bringing a touch of warmth and intimacy to the show.

 
Arriving at present time, Leon brings to the screen and also to our mind those songs of his repertoire that identified each of his albums, giving some space for the clips: from first to last, inviting the audience to manifest through them.


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Toronto, Canada






The concert is also a place for tributes. The protagonists are some of the greatest figures of Argentina and Latin-American Popular Music, and Leon dedicates his songs to them so as to be remembered. Some of these characters are Jorge Cafrune, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Víctor Jara, Mercedes Sosa, El “Cuchi” Leguizamón, Violeta Parra, Atahualpa Yupanqui and Charly García between others.

Human Affects Play in Manhattan, auditions in Montreal and New York

HUMAN AFFECT AUDITIONS




United Nations, New York, USA - September 23rd 2010

Human Affect is currently casting 10 principal roles for the Human Affect Broadway Play debuting in May 2011 in New York City on behalf of the UNCSD Women’s Group to raise awareness about the United Nations Forum “Commission on Sustainable Development 19” and “Rio +20” 2012. Auditions will be held in Montreal, Canada on Friday October 15th at 9am and in New York City on Saturday October 22nd at 8am. Human Affect is a United Nations-ECOSOC – NGO AD HOC UNIT: Human Rights Learning Through Art and Athletics International Artistic Advocacy Initiative. The Human Affect Broadway play is a musical theatre piece in 10 vignettes related to human rights issues, that include: domestic violence, socio-economic sustainability and the environment, racism, human trafficking, child soldiers, poverty, HIV/AIDS, climate change, indigenous issues and women’s/children’s health.

Human Affect is looking for actors and singers of all nationalities, between the ages of 18-35. Those auditioning must be completely fluent in English, well disciplined in acting as well as signing and must possess the ability learn dance and stage movement quickly. Human Affect will be casting 10 additional acting parts for the ad hoc unit: Human Rights Learning Through Art and Athletics Traveling Avocation-Implementation Initiative based on the same script as the Broadway play; the unit will tour developing countries beginning July 2011. Actors performing in the traveling initiative will understudy during the Broadway rehearsals and begin full rehearsals June 2011.

Human Affect features a fresh and contemporary soundtrack of all original compositions blending r&b, soul and hip hop; all singers auditioning must possess adequate vocal range and projection capabilities. During the rehearsal period the Broadway actors will live together in a house in Manhattan, their experiences will be filmed to form the basis of a documentary/reality-television mini-series; those actors may also be selected for roles in Human Affect, the feature length film. All actors selected to be part of the Human Affect cast will be required to complete an intensive training course on United Nations and Human Affect policies. Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to work with some of the industry’s finest theatre, music and film professionals while making a difference in human rights. For further information please contact Lea Boicel: humanaffect@hotmail.com with the subject heading: Human Affect Play.

www.humanaffect.orghttp://www.humanaffect.org/

BLASTED: one of the most controversial plays of the past two decades with Michelle Monteith

Blasted: one of the most controversial plays of the past two decades with Michelle Monteith and Dylan Smith

BY JUAN CARLOS CORDERO / UNO International News Service, Toronto, Canada.

BLASTED by Sarah Kane, directed by Brendan Healy, with David Ferry, Michelle Monteith and Dylan Smith. Presented by Buddies in Bad Times (12 Alexander). In previews, opens Tuesday (September 28) and runs to October 17, Tuesday-Saturday 8 pm, matinee Sunday 2:30 pm. Pwyc-$33. 416-975-8555, buddiesinbadtimes.com

Blasted is an early script by Sarah Kane, revised shortly before her suicide at 28. It includes scenes of rape, masturbation and cannibalism. When it premiered in London in 1995, some critics were outraged, one going so far as to call it “a disgusting feast of filth.” Playwrights like Caryl Churchill, Harold Pinter and Edward Bond came to the writer’s defence. Michelle Monteith's character Cate has a history of abuse and at one point simulates biting her partner, Ian’s, genitals, understands how some people could be disturbed by it.

Blasted


By Sarah Kane

Directed by Brendan Healy

Featuring David Ferry, Michelle Monteith and Dylan Smith

Set and Costume Design Julie Fox

Lighting Design Kimberly Purtell

Music and Sound Design Richard Feren

September 22 – October 10, 2010
buddiesinbadtimes.com



A middle-aged journalist and a young woman hole up in a hotel room. Outside, a war rages on. What begins as a sordid love story takes on a nightmarish dimension as violence between the couple escalates. An armed soldier appears in the room and brings with him the terrifying fragments of a world blown apart by war.

Sarah Kane’s landmark play, with its unflinching depiction of violence and sexuality, was lambasted by British critics when it was first performed in 1995 as “a disgusting feast of filth” (Daily Mail). The ensuing controversy that emerged from that production is legendary. Blasted prompted a fierce public debate about the function of art. Harold Pinter famously defended Kane in a letter, writing "to create something beautiful about despair, or out of a feeling of despair, is . . . the most hopeful, life-affirming thing a person can do."
Adding to Kane’s notoriety was her suicide in 1999, at the age of 28. Her death was deeply felt by the international artistic community and Kane became an icon. She continues to be the subject of intense fascination, speculation and academic scrutiny, as the world grapples to find hope beneath the violence and despair in her plays and in her death. Blasted is now widely recognized as one of the most important plays to come out of the English-speaking world in the last twenty years.
Blasted has never before been produced in English Canada. Artistic Director Brendan Healy states: “I am thrilled to be opening my first season with the Canadian premiere of this modern classic. Kane was motivated by a ferocious desire to challenge our culture’s complacency and desensitization. Her plays provocatively defy conventional theatrical form. In my opinion, the fearlessness of her rebellion against the status quo and the depth of her compassion for humanity embody the spirit behind Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Our production of Blasted is a bold reassertion of Buddies’ relevance as an artistic and political force in our city.”
This production features some of the country’s most accomplished actors: multi Dora and Genie Award-nominated actor Michelle Monteith (Crave, The Russian Play and TV series Haven) and Dora Award-winner and Genie-nominated actor David Ferry (Oleana, Someone to Watch Over Me, Eternal Hyrda) along with the multi-talented powerhouse Dylan Smith (Age of Arousal, Don Carlos). Dora Award-winning designers Richard Feren, Julie Fox and Kimberly Purtell bring this exceptionally intimate theatrical experience to life. Healy’s production moves deftly between hyper-naturalism and surreal abstraction. Fox’s set completely transforms Buddies’ mainstage, making the theatre almost unrecognizable. Seating for Blasted is highly limited (maximum capacity of 60 seats per show).

Some performances of Blasted have already begun to sell out.

BLASTED

September 22 – October 10, 2010

Previews September 22 – 26, Wed – Sat 8pm, Sun 2:30pm

Opening Night: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at 8pm

Runs to October 10, 2010

Shows Tues – Sat 8pm, Sun 2:30pm

Tickets PWYC - $33.

Tickets now available online through totix.ca

For tickets call Buddies’ Box Office at 416-975-8555

Visit buddiesinbadtimes.com for more info.

12 Alexander Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M4Y 1B4

Michelle Monteith

Michelle Monteith is a Scotland-born, Vancouver-raised, Toronto-based actor. Recent credits include: The Mill Parts 1 and 2 (Theatrefront), The Glass Menagerie, (Red Barn Theatre), Ubuntu:The Cape Town Project (Tarragon Theatre, Neptune Theatre, Theatrefront), Romeo and Juliet, Caesar and Cleopatra, Love's Labour's Lost, (Stratford Festival), The Russian Play (Factory Theatre, Summerworks, Harbourfront, The Magnetic North Theatre Festival), Revisited (co-creator 2b Theatre, Canadian and International tour), Crave (Nightwood Theatre), Leo (Great Canadian Theatre Company), Generous (Tarragon Theatre), Billy Nothin' (Theatre SKAM), Chekhov Longs...In the Ravine, (Factory Theatre, National Arts Centre, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre), The Diary of Anne Frank (Neptune Theatre), Hamlet and After the Orchard (NAC), The Glass Menagerie (Saidye Bronfman Centre, CanStage), Romeo and Juliet, The Tempest, As You Like It (Resurgence Theatre), After the Dance and Undiscovered Company (Montreal Young Company). Film/TV/Voice credits include: Pearlie, Scaredy Squirrel, Ruby Gloom, Braceface, Death and the Maiden (CBC), Tomorrow (Streel Films), M.V.P. (CBC), Murdoch Mysteries. (biographical information and photo courtesy of Human Cargo)

CANADA TO PLAY MEXICO IN 2011 DAVIS CUP BY BNP PARIBAS

CANADA TO PLAY MEXICO IN 2011 DAVIS CUP BY BNP PARIBAS


Team Canada will travel to Mexico for first round match-up in March

The 2011 Davis Cup by BNP Paribas official draw was held on Wednesday in Brussels, Belgium. Team Canada will play an away tie versus Mexico in the first round of the Americas Zone Group I from March 4-6, 2011. Team nominations, venue and court surface will be announced at a later date.



Both Canada and Mexico are unseeded. The winning nation will travel to Ecuador from July 8-10, 2011 for a second-round tie and a chance at a World Group playoff in September.



“Our objective for 2011 will be to make it into the World Group,” said Miele Canadian Davis Cup Team Captain Martin Laurendeau. “We will now have to win two away ties, against Mexico first and then Ecuador, in order to give ourselves a chance to play for a spot in the World Group. Our team gained valuable Davis Cup experience this past year and I believe we are ready for the challenge of getting two road wins and reaching that World Group playoff.”



Canada and Mexico have met 24 times in Davis Cup action since 1946 with Mexico holding an 18-6 record. However, Canada has been victorious in four of the past five ties between the two countries including a dominant 4-1 win the last time they faced-off in 2008.



In 2010, after receiving a first-round bye, Canada was defeated by Colombia 4-1 on the road in the second round of the Americas Zone Group I. The team went on to defeat the Dominican Republic 5-0 at home in a zonal playoff allowing Canada to remain in Americas Zone Group I for 2011.



Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team competition in sport with more than 130 nations competing. Only 16 countries entered in Davis Cup competition qualify for the World Group each year.





About Davis Cup by BNP Paribas

The Davis Cup by BNP Paribas is the largest annual international team sport competition in the world. A total of 133 nations entered Davis Cup in 2010 while only 16 countries qualify for the elite World Group each year.At other levels, the Davis Cup nations compete in Zonal Competitions, which are split into three zones: the Americas Zone, the Asia/Oceania Zone and the Europe/Africa Zone. In each zone there are four groups, Group I being the highest and Group IV the lowest. More information is available at www.daviscup.com.



About Tennis Canada

Founded in 1890, Tennis Canada is a non-profit, national sport association responsible for leading the growth, promotion and showcasing of tennis in Canada. Tennis Canada owns and operates two of the premier events on the ATP and Sony Ericsson WTA Tours; Rogers Cup men’s and women’s events that rotate annually between Rexall Centre in Toronto and Uniprix Stadium in Montreal. In addition, Tennis Canada owns and operates six professional ITF sanctioned events and financially supports six other professional tournaments in Canada. Tennis Canada operates national training centres at the Centre of Excellence in Toronto and at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal. Tennis Canada is a proud member of the International Tennis Federation, the Canadian Olympic Committee, the Canadian Paralympics Committee and the International Wheelchair Tennis Association, and serves to administer, sponsor and select the teams for Davis Cup, Fed Cup, the Olympic Games and all wheelchair, junior and senior national teams. Tennis Canada invests its surplus into tennis development. For more information on Tennis Canada please visit our Web site at: www.lovemeansnothing.ca.





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Media Contacts:

Sarah Grossman, Coordinator, Media and Communications, Tennis Canada, (416) 650-7922,

sgrossman@tenniscanada.com

Louis-Philippe Dorais, Communications (Montreal Office), 514-273-1515 ext.232

lpdorais@tenniscanada.com





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Le 22 septembre 2010





LE CANADA AFFRONTERA LE MEXIQUE AU PREMIER TOUR DE LA COUPE DAVIS PAR BNP PARIBAS EN 2011

Le Canada devra se rendre au Mexique au mois de mars



Le tirage officiel de la Coupe Davis par BNP Paribas 2011 a été effectué mercredi, à Bruxelles, en Belgique. Au premier tour du Groupe I de la zone des Amériques, le Canada affrontera le Mexique, au Mexique, du 4 au 6 mars. La composition des équipes, le site et la surface de jeu seront annoncés plus tard.



Le Canada et le Mexique ne font pas partie des têtes de série. Au deuxième tour, le pays vainqueur se mesurera à l’Équateur, du 8 au 10 juillet 2011, pour obtenir une chance de disputer une rencontre de barrage pour le Groupe mondial.



« Notre objectif pour 2011 est d’atteindre le Groupe mondial », déclarait Martin Laurendeau, capitaine de l’équipe canadienne Miele de la Coupe Davis. « Nous devrons donc remporter des victoires contre le Mexique, puis contre l’Équateur pour mériter la chance de jouer pour une place au sein du Groupe mondial. Cette année, notre équipe a acquis beaucoup d’expérience et je suis convaincu que nous serons prêts à relever le défi. »



Le Canada et le Mexique se sont affrontés 24 fois en Coupe Davis depuis 1946, le Mexique possédant une fiche de 18 gains et 6 revers. Cependant, le Canada a été victorieux quatre fois lors de leurs cinq dernières rencontres, notamment en 2008 alors que l’unifolié avait signé un gain de 4 à 1.



En 2010, après avoir bénéficié d’un laissez-passer au premier tour, le Canada s’était incliné 4 à 1 contre la Colombie. Récemment, l’équipe canadienne a dominé la République dominicaine 5 à 0 pour conserver sa place au sein du Groupe I de la zone des Amériques pour 2011.



La Coupe Davis par BNP Paribas est la plus importante compétition sportive annuelle par équipe. Bien que plus de 130 pays participent à la compétition, seuls 16 d’entre eux se qualifient pour le Groupe mondial.





À propos de la Coupe Davis par BNP Paribas

La Coupe Davis par BNP Paribas est la plus importante compétition sportive par équipe. Bien que 133 nations participent aux épreuves de la Coupe Davis en 2010, seules 16 se qualifient chaque année pour le Groupe mondial. Aux autres niveaux, les pays participants sont répartis en trois zones : la zone américaine, la zone Asie/Océanie et la zone Europe/Afrique. Quatre groupes forment chacune de ces zones, le Groupe I étant le meilleur. Pour obtenir plus de renseignements, visitez www.daviscup.com.



À propos de Tennis Canada

Tennis Canada, dont les origines remontent à 1890, est une organisation sportive nationale sans but lucratif responsable du développement, de la promotion et de la mise en valeur du tennis au pays. Tennis Canada possède et administre deux des plus prestigieux tournois de l’ATP et du Sony Ericsson WTA Tour; les volets masculin et féminin de la Coupe Rogers, dont la présentation alterne chaque année entre le Centre Rexall, à Toronto, et le Stade Uniprix, à Montréal. De plus, Tennis Canada possède et administre six tournois professionnels sanctionnés par l’ITF et soutient financièrement cinq autres tournois professionnels disputés au Canada. Tennis Canada administre des centres nationaux d’entraînement au Centre de l’excellence à Toronto et au Stade Uniprix à Montréal. Tennis Canada est membre de la Fédération internationale de tennis, du Comité olympique canadien, du Comité paralympique canadien et de l’Association internationale de tennis en fauteuil roulant. De plus, Tennis Canada administre, commandite et choisit des équipes pour la Coupe Davis, la Fed Cup, les Jeux olympiques et forme des équipes nationales pour les juniors, les vétérans et les joueurs de tennis en fauteuil roulant. Tennis Canada investit ses excédents budgétaires dans le développement du tennis. Pour obtenir plus amples renseignements sur Tennis Canada, visitez notre site Web sur www.vivelesechanges.ca.

Canada wins in singles 2-0 to Dominican Republic for Davis Cup in Toronto

TORONTO, Juan Carlos Cordero, UNO International News Service.-
Canada has won 2-0 in singles to Dominican Republic for Davis Cup in the city of Toronto. First it was Peter Polansky that gave the first point in a match to four sets against Jhonson Garcia. Then, the young Thornill star, Milos Raonic, put the second dart in the Caribbean team, winning his match against Victor Estrella, in more than 3 hours and five tense sets.

"Stay there, stay for the team, we have great goal, go for the Davis Cup World Group next year!", said Milos Raonic confessing that he felt that he could go over 72-70 in the final fift set against Victor Estrella, of Dominican Republic. The score was: 5-7, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3 in the tie break) and 9-7 in a dramatic final fifth set.

Tomorrow, Canada will play the doubles with Frank Dancevic and Daniel Nestor (World Champion in doubles many times) versus the Dominican Luis Delgado and Jose Hernandez. A victory will keep the Canadian team in the Americas Zone I.

Victor Estrella confessed that "to overcome the 2-0 advantage that Canada has would be really difficult. They are 2-0, play as local team with their public and fans, and they have a great team. We will do what we knows better: to play and try to win in doubles and overcome the difference, difficult, very difficult but not imposibles. Milos Raonic played really well today, congratulations. He got my hand in the fourth set, I missed two forehands and he came back. Well, today is today and tomorrow is tomorrow, we will give a 200% to win".

Milos Raonic was having a lot of pain in the 4th and 5th sets, how is he feeling now?" Well, very good. I had a heavy pain in my leg in the fourth set, then in my wrist, but I was able to continue. How do I put myself through? The moment took over, the pain passed and my coach told to focus on the ball, in the emotions and all we have trained and worked. The pain in the wrist affected in my serve, but being behind the ball and not focusing in the pain, I could win".

Canadian squad captain Martin Laurendau commented that "I told Milos to focus in the hours in all the training, the hours in the gym, that in the fifth set simply he gets the emotions involved. Tactically, I said to him that holding the serve and taking some few chances in the return, being a little bit agressive, he would win. He managed the pain and now he has put everything in the bag of experiences".