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Doug Burke
ACE Tennis President
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As we wind down with our hectic summer camps in both Burlington and Toronto - a lot of our players/families are looking forward to a week or two where they can exhale and enjoy some time with their families before the School & Academy year begins September 5th in Toronto and 5th and 11th in Burlington.
The last few weeks have been an exciting time for many of our young ACE Tennis enthusiasts, as they attended and participated in various activities at the Rogers Cup (see pictures below).
There is no "break" for some of our competitive players - as after competing in Provincials in July - they have qualified for the various age group Nationals that are underway in Quebec and Toronto.
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We are also very proud of our three girls (see below) that were selected to represent Canada on tours in Europe.
One of the climaxes to the summer is the upcoming City of Toronto Championships starting today, along with the Harold Green Open also at Toronto Tennis City next week. These events will be followed closely by the U10 Provincial Championships which we will host at the Burlington Tennis Club from September 1 - 4th.
Enjoy the remainder of the summer everyone - and make sure you register for our programs quickly (especially our New International Morning Program) to ensure your spot.
Doug Burke
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MALIK BHATNAGAR 2 - TIME GOLD MEDALIST
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Malik Bhatnagar was a two-time Gold medalist at the Canada Summer Games held in Winnipeg, Canada from Aug 5th -13th. Team Ontario won Gold, Team British Columbia finished with silver and Team Quebec finished with bronze. Malik defeated
Taha Baadi of Quebec 6-4, 6-3 in the individual U18 semi-finals and defeated
Nicaisse Muamba of Quebec 6-1, 6-0 In the gold medal match.
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RAHEEL MANJI AT THE ROGERS CUP IN MONTREAL
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| "Playing in the Coupe Rogers for the first time was an incredible experience. Competing and being around the best in the world, really opens your eyes. I fell to the number 72 player in the world, Norbert Gombos, 3-6, 7-6(1), 6-1. It was a tough 3 setter, that I felt I could have won with some more experience. However, it was such a learning experience, that I plan to grow from. Away from competing, I was the Bryan Brothers, Gael Monfils and Robin Haase's practice partner. They were great guys, who taught and helped me a lot. The Bryan Brothers, especially gave me a lot of advice and support. Finally, I got to meet the greatest hockey player of all time, Wayne Gretzky. Wayne was so down to earth, extremely easy to talk to and offered such great and simple advice. He is a big supporter of Canadian tennis. It was a priceless experience and I cannot wait to continue to surround myself with this level. -Raheel Manji |
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ACE PLAYERS REPRESENT CANADA IN EUROPE
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Jessica Alsola [3rd from right] participated in the 2017 U14 Europe Tour and played 2 tournaments in Austria - Jufa 2017 Europe Tour and Sparkasse Bambini Cup.
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Rachel Krzyzak [in the middle] participated in the U14 World Junior Tennis Finals in Prostejov, Czech Republic, where the top 16 countries in the world competed.
Rachel had some good wins in Singles against the number 2 ranked Australian girl and the 10th ranked girl from Slovakia.
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Vicky Mboko [2nd from right] was selected by Tennis Canada to participate in the ETA U12 Tour July 10th - August 7th. The tour consited of three ETA events in Belgium.
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ACE PLAYERS EXPERIENCE ROGERS CUP
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The group from ACE Toronto pictured here with coaches.
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| Jessica Alsola signing authogaphs to young ACE Toronto players. |
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| Alex Chee-Wong testing his serving speed. |
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| Kaden Wong getting the big authograph from Charlotte Robillard-Millette. |
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| Kannon Tamura at the Mini Tennis court. |
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Maria Perez testing her mental calmness. |
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| Deniz Karabulut with his Little Aces hat and autograph from Alexander Zverev from the Men's game in Montreal. |
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| Griffin Heyn, Charles Nixon and Luke Basiji - ACE Toronto players - enjoying the matches. |
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Elliana Buhagiar and Jenson Raybould- ACE Toronto Little Aces Walkout.
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Sophia Kosenko-Melnyk and Deniz Karabulut with Rogers Cup players
Bianca Andreescu and Timea Babos. |
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Sarah Liu and Jessica Alsola had the amazing opportunity of playing in an exhibition match on stadium court at the Rogers Cup.
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ACE PLAYERS QUALIFY FOR THE NATIONALS
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Congratulations to the following players who have qualified for the various
age group Nationals:
U18 - U16
Alexandra Mikhailuk
U18 - U16 Rachel Krzyzak
(did not play U18 as she was away in Europe]
U18 - U16
Sasha Gorchanyuk
U18 - Rita Colyer
U18 - Eric
Cherniy
U14 - Jessica Alsola
U14 - Sarah Liu
U12 - U14 Vicky Mboko
Special mention of Alex Mikailhuk who finished top 8 in the U18 last week, and good luck to our other players who will be competing in the next couple of weeks!
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| Winner Cameron Wong U12 Rookie. |
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| Leon Gagarin on the left U10 Rookie Winner. |
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Ilian Dover on the left and Vlad Andreescu on the right - at the "Grass Court Championships".
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| U9 Toronto Tennis City Rookie Champion Morris Ki Cheong Tank and finalist Luca Kostic - July 23rd. |
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Eva Sobol -
Mayfair U12 Rookie Champion - July 8th. |
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Eliana Buhagiar finalist Bolton Tennis U9 Rookie Tournament. Eliana was also U8 Mayfair East Champion June 10th. |
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| TTC Rookie Tour - Players from left to right: Simon Alexander Berin (Winner), Leon Gagarin (Finalist), Luke Basiji (Third) and Cooper Arroyave (Fourth). |
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Coach Mike Hall with Provincial U16 and U18 Winner Rachel Krzyzak [on the right] and Alex Mikailhuk U18 Runner Up on the left.
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GIRLS U16
Rachel Krzyzak - Winner
Viktoriya Tabunshchyk - Runner Up
Sasha Gorchanyuk - 4th Place
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GIRLS U14
Sarah Liu - 3rd Place
Victoria Mboko - 4th Place |
BOYS U18
Eric Cherniy - 6th Place |
GIRLS U18
Rachel Krzyzak - Winner
Alex Mikailhuk - Runner Up
Sasha Gorchanyuk - 4th Place |
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FAIR PLAY AWARD
Eric Cherniy, Vicky Mboko and Alex Mikailhuk received the OTA Fair Play Award in the U18, U14 and U18 respectively during the recent Provincials.
Pictured from left to right:
Eric with Kartik Vyas (Player Development Manager at the OTA) and Peter Kuszynski - Vicky with Doug Burke and Alex with Kartik.
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| Morgan Lee - ACE Toronto Futures player. |
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The red italian clay makes Toronto Tennis City a unique tennis experience..
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| Erika Perez pictured here with U9 Rookie Tour players. |
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In the U14 Competitive Camp in Burlington coach Brandon Alguire introduced a tie breaker tournament called "Champ of the Camp", and Enna Krnijc came out on the top as "Champ of the Camp" in weeks 3, 5, 6 and 8. Way to go Enna!!!! Sierra Ausman was "Champ of the Camp in week 4, and Josh Gandhi took the title in week 7.
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| Fitter kids will be hard to find! |
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| U7-U9 Camp at ACE Burlington |
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U14 Competitive campers in Burlington - a moment of chill!
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| ACE coach Flavia Nagayama and helper Angie with her campers at Burlington Tennis Club |
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| Players are learning the fundamentals in a Mini Tennis format. |
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UPCOMING TOURNAMENTS
The City of Toronto Championships
U10, U12-U18*** - which is part of the Super Series starts today with the U12 category and the Harold Green Open starts next week at the Toronto Tennis City club located at 185 Balliol Street in Davisville. ACE will also host the OTA U10 Provincial Championships at the Burlington Tennis Club on Drury Lane downtown Burlington September 1st - 4th.
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| ACE graduates from Bateman High School. From left to right: Malik Bhatnagar - heading to Stetson University in Florida, Kate Kubicz heading to University of Florida, Ines Milosovic heading to Penn State University in Pennsylvania and Roy Stepanov heading to Lamar University in Texas. |
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| Former ACE stand out Luke Smrek seen here with Doug Burke after finishing first year at Marquette University. |
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| Roy Stepanov saying goodbye to Doug and Pierre before heading off. |
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Bradon Alguire
Head Coach
Provincial Program
Coach 2
Course Conductor
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Despite the summer program only being 8 weeks long, I have seen great improvement in the players who were a part of it all summer. The reason is because they were training twice per day and playing the recommended number of hours according to Tennis Canada. For any of the parents out there who have young athletes and are new to the tennis world, a guideline for knowing how much to train is your child's age. If your child is 12 years old, they should train about 12 hours on court.
Another major reason for the vast improvement in the players is the variety of different training they receive during the summer. They do group training, private lessons, drills on the ball machine, hitting partner sessions, and play matches. This variety allows players to work on all the skills needed to become a great player but most importantly, it changes things up often enough that the training doesn't get too redundant causing them to get bored.
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Now that the summer is over, the question is how can we continue this momentum? It certainly becomes more difficult with all the players going back to school and fitting it all into our busy schedules. My recommendation is to get as much of a balance as you can from September to June with the different types of training mentioned above. Start with being in a group training program (because this is the most cost effective way to get a lot of training hours) and then add on with the private lessons, hitting sessions, etc.
At ACE, we offer many different levels of group training, and then there's many other complimentary training programs that you can add on in order to get your children playing the right amount. These options include our new international morning program (semi private training), Saturday morning competitive training, Friday match play program, and private lessons.
If you're ever confused or unsure of what your child needs, consult the coach in charge of their program and I'm sure they'll be able to help.
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ACE's International Team Program targets players wishing to reach their full potential by providing an option which meets the training requirements and integrated team approach of High Performance players. Players will participate in a semi-private training program designed to complement the afternoon group training content and address individual needs. Head coaches will assign an assistant coach to implement the structured Team Program, and will monitor the program with the player's private coach. Players will also receive tennis specific on court movement training, individual fitness, annual plans, coaching at selected tournaments, access to a mental training program and free use of ACE Replay. Extra individual training will be available. Minimum participation for the U18 and U12 group is 3 x per week (2 x tennis with 2-3 players and 1 x fitness with 2-4 players). Minimum participation for U9 players is 2 times per week. Programs can be customized to add additional training based on player needs.
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ACE TENNIS BURLINGTON operates out of Cedar Springs Health, Racquet and Sportsclub. The Cedar Springs Club boasts state of the art fitness facilities that compliment its 11 indoor tennis courts. It also offers full member recreational services including access to pools, a basketball gym, and a restaurant. Physiotherapy, medical services and massage therapy are also available on site.
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Toronto Tennis City is Toronto's most unique tennis destination located at Yonge and Davisville. The club provides its members with year round access to red Italian clay
courts with state of the art LED lighting, a beautiful club house and a complimentary REPLAY video analysis system. The club offers first rate adult programs and service
oriented staff. Toronto Tennis City is also home of ACE Tennis Academy, Canada's #1 school for junior players.
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Ace players and coaches benefit from the Ace Replay system which provides them with the opportunity to access a video replay of the player's practice, lesson or match play. The Ace Replay system provides an opportunity for match analysis, an understanding of player's behavior in pressure situations and evaluation through analytics.
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All Canadian Sports Management Inc. is a 40 year old company which has specialized mostly in the field of tennis through strategical planning for tennis development, creation and management of sport facilities, the creation and operation of events, research and development. All Canadian also operates Canada's top tennis developmental school ACE Tennis and has ownership in ACE REPLAY, a new video replay system.
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ACE has been a Gold Designated Tennis Development Center 16 years in a row. The TDC "Go for Gold" Program is a "support program" designed by Tennis Canada to work with junior competitive development programs across Canada. The TDC program is a key component of the overall player development plan of Tennis Canada and its mission of developing world class players. The TDC program designates indoor clubs/academy's meeting minimum program requirements with a gold, silver, bronze or basic designation.
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ACE TENNIS BURLINGTON
Cedar Springs Health, Racquet and Sportsclub
960 Cumberland Avenue
BURLINGTON
ON L7N 3J6
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ACE TENNIS TORONTO
Toronto Tennis City
185 Balliol Street
TORONTO
ON M4S 1C2
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