FELIX and DENIS
Canadian hot-shot Felix Auger Aliassime was a Wimbledon quarter-finalist in 2021 – and he’s nonetheless displaying loads of promise. There’s no purpose why Felix can’t be a robust contender for Wimbledon 2025. He’s a high 20 star and a category act by frequent consent. Nonetheless solely 24, Auger Aliassime shall be one to look at on the All England Membership subsequent time round.
In the meantime Denis Shapovalov made the semi-finals of Wimbledon 2021 – and he loves enjoying on grass. Regardless that he was injured in 2023, Denis nonetheless made the fourth spherical of Wimbledon that 12 months. By reaching the quarter-finals of the 2024 Citi DC Open in Washington, Shapovalov confirmed {that a} sudden return to his best type is at all times doable. He’s able to a deep run at Wimbledon 2025 as a result of he already has a lot expertise for his age.
FINALISTS
A Canadian goes to win Wimbledon a while quickly. They’ve come shut on a number of events. Huge-serving Milos Raonic reached the Wimbledon last in 2016 – and Eugenie Bouchard had carried out the identical in 2014.
Within the girls’s doubles, Gabriela Dabrowski reached the ultimate at Wimbledon 2024, simply as she had carried out in 2019. Gabriela and Kiwi associate Erin Routliffe had been finally edged out by fourth seeds Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova on tie-breaks. However it was nice to see a Canadian again within the combine.
LEYLAH and BIANCA
Leylah Fernandez is a fearsome Grand Slam contender on her day. She reached the US Open last in 2021 and got here so near taking the title. Solely Toronto-born Emma Raducanu pipped her on the publish. And Leylah reached the 2023 French Open last within the girls’s doubles alongside Taylor Townsend. It looks like glory is simply across the nook. Leylah has the expertise to attain nice issues at Wimbledon if the places her thoughts to it. And he or she isn’t the one one.
Bianca Andreescu already is aware of what it’s wish to win a Grand Slam title after her extraordinary success within the US Open last of 2019 in opposition to the good Serena Williams. Andreescu will at all times have the ability to say she was the primary Canadian to win a serious – however she needs extra silverware. In 2023 Bianca reached the finals of the blended doubles on the French Open with Michael Venus. And he or she confirmed nice promise by reaching the third spherical of the singles at Wimbledon in 2023 and 2024.
Canadians will see 2025 as a 12 months of alternative for his or her stars at Wimbledon – and with good purpose!
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