Monday Morning Halfback: Canadian tennis, McKenna’s benching and questioning an MLB lockout
Sports columnists discuss the current state of Canadian tennis, highlighting the recent success of Gabriela Dabrowski and the potential of Félix Auger-Aliassime. The conversation also touches on the performance of Toronto Maple Leafs rookie Gavin McKenna.
Why it matters
It provides a cultural snapshot of Canadian sports performance and the public discourse surrounding national athletic expectations.
Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Luisa Stefani of Brazil won their second doubles tennis title in a week after taking the Wuhan Open on Sunday. Dabrowski has been a part of six doubles titles this season and has 26 over her career. Di Yin/Getty Images
Jamie Ross is the Globe’s Sports editor; Cathal Kelly is the national sports columnist.
Jamie Ross: Cathal, Gabriela Dabrowski won her second doubles title in a week on the WTA circuit with her partner Luisa Stefani. They took the China and Wuhan Opens back-to-back. That gives her six titles this season and 26 over her career. Whatever happened to that golden era of Canadian tennis we were supposed to be enjoying, where did everybody else go?
Cathal Kelly: I think what you’re asking me is ‘Should Tennis Canada secede?’ As best I can tell, that’s the answer to everything these days.
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