4TH ANNUAL WATERLOO OPEN WOMENʼS TENNIS CHALLENGER WATERLOO, ON - JULY 2-10, 2011

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1 as of July 4, 2011 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION Site: Waterloo Tennis Club - Waterloo, ON Website: Qualifying Draw Begins: Saturday, July 2 Main Draw Begins: Tuesday, July 5 Main Draw: 32 Singles / 16 Doubles Surface: Clay / Outdoor Prize Money: $50,000 Tournament Director: John Bezear, (519) john@waterlootennis.com PRIZE MONEY / POINTS SINGLES Prize Money Ranking Points Winner!! $7,315!! 70 Runner-up! $3,990!! 50 Semifinalist! $2,185!! 32 Quarterfinalist! $1,235!! 18 Round of 16! $760!! 10 Round of 32! $475!! 1 DOUBLES Prize Money (per team) Winner!! $2,660! Runner-up! $1,425! Semifinalist! $760! Quarterfinalist! $380! Round of 16! $285! Day 3 at WOW Tennis Challenger For one of the qualifiers, The Fourth of July, American Independence day, was also a day for personal celebration. American Diana Ospina celebrated her birthday by gifting herself with a win into the main draw. The birthday girl and compatriot Elizabeth Lumpkin along with Viktoria Kisialeva, a Belarus-born player who lives and trains in Canada and Nicola Slater of Great Britain were the four qualifiers.. Ospina had another solid and impressive performance in ousting the no. 3 seed Danielle Mills, also from the U.S, 7-5, 6-0. Ospina was up 5-2 in the first set but Mills came back to tie it 5-5. Ospina said it was due to Mills raising her level of game rather than a drop in her own. Still, she was able to close out the set at 7-5 and did not allow Mills another look in. Ospina s game is solid and consistent rather than spectacular. She works the point until she has an opening. She has given up very few unforced errors. It is a mature game. This should not be unexpected as she started her pro career in Early in her career she had a rib injury at a time when she was doing well and climbing the rankings. Taking time off to recover resulted in her having to start all over again which was not easy as it meant entering the smaller tournaments when she had gotten accustomed to playing the bigger ones. So in 2007, when she contracted mononucleosis and also had surgery to remove a ganglion cyst from her wrist, and her ranking dropped from #230 to #800 in the eight months it took her to recover, it looked to be the end of her professional playing days. I didn t want to start from scratch all over again, she said, as I was at a different stage in my life. Because she did not want to repeat the previous experience she started coaching to stay in the game. During this time she fell in love and got married in September While coaching at The Sports Club of West Bloomfield in Michigan, she got hired so many times to practice with the top nationally-ranked junior boys that her own game started getting back good too. Her husband suggested entering some tournaments which she did, with

as of July 4, 2011 encouraging results. She doesn t play a full schedule and still has her coaching job but her love for the competitive game and support of her husband keeps her going. I feel good.

2 as of July 4, 2011 encouraging results. She doesn t play a full schedule and still has her coaching job but her love for the competitive game and support of her husband keeps her going. I feel good. I feel prepared, she said of her present form. Her main draw opponent will have to earn every point if Ospina form holds. The other American into the main draw was Elizabeth Lumpkin who put out Canadian Nikolette Budai in three sets in the second round. Lumpkin beat fellow American Elizabeth Ferris the no. 2 seed 6-2, 7-5. Lumpkin played with more intensity and aggression than Ferris and was rewarded with the win. With the wind swirling at times, the player who took the initiative won the point the majority of the time. The second set was close but Lumpkin played good defensive tennis - throwing up timely lobs and capitalizing on her own aggressive shots. Viktoryia Kisialeva, ranked #20 in Canada beat Whitney Jones the no. 6 seed from the U.S. 6-4, 6-1. Many of the games were close but Jones couldn t string enough points together to convert them into games. After losing the first set, Jones was able to hold her serve just once at 5-0. Kisialeva clinched the match when she held her own serve in a long and somewhat, tentatively played game. The last player to enter the main draw was Nicola Slater the no.8 seed. She beat Ellen Tsay the no.4 seed 6-3, 7-5. The only Brit in the tournament, Slater is no shrinking violet and she makes an interesting addition to the main draw. The Doubles event began Monday following the conclusion of the qualifying singles. Six first round matches were played with several Canadians featuring in four of them. The Canadian pair of Gabriela Dabrowski and Marianne Jodoin had the better of the Japanese pair Aiko Nakamura and Akiko Yonemura winning 7-6, 6-4; No.1 seeds Sharon Fichman and her Ukrainian partner Tetiana Luzhanska had a comfortable win over Chichi Scholl (USA) and Ling Zhang (Hong Kong) 6-4, 6-2; Guelph s Sonja Molnar and 16-year-old Carol Zhao from Richmond Hill lost 6-7, 6-7 to the no. 4 seeds Wen-Hsin Hsu of Taipei and Chanel Simmonds of South Africa; Elisabeth Abanda and her American partner Yawna Allen had a tough time losing 0-6, 1-6 to Julia Boserup of the U.S. and Kim-Alice Grajdek of Germany. KIA Kids Tennis Fair: On a bright and beautiful Monday Waterloo Public Square in downtown Waterloo was the scene of the KIA Kids Tennis Fair. As part of a promotional event for the WOW event and the game, four of the WOW participants along with the coaching staff of the Waterloo Tennis club were on hand to show off their skills and to introduce kids to tennis. As part of the entertainment the four women players Sandra Dynka, Petra Januskova, Emily Harman and Elizabeth Ferris played some doubles points with colour commentary provided by Gary Winter, WTC head pro. Two fitness trainers from the Columbia Lake Health Club had bodies performing Zumba moves to music provided by 91.5FM The Beat. A speed serving cage was set up to time the serves for Raonic wannabes. Prizes were handed out to youngsters for their participation and all had an enjoyable time.

3 as of July 4, 2011 Main Draw July 5. Seven Canadians are in action in both singles and doubles on Tuesday. First on court is Kimberley-Ann Surin who celebrates her 17 th birthday later this month. The Blainville, Quebec native has a world ranking of #797. She won the U16 national indoor singles title in She has already won first round matches in two $50,000 Challengers. She will be followed by Sonja Molnar of Guelph, a 21-year-old junior who plays no.1 at Iowa State. She has been named three years to the first team of the all Big-Ten team, the fourth player in that school s history to have achieved this honour. She has a world ranking of #894. Following Molnar on court is Sharon Fichman, #248 in the world and in 2006 was a winner of two junior Grand Slam doubles championships at the Australian Open and French Open. Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Quebec will be in doubles action later in the day. The 17-year-old Bouchard is ranked #8 in the world junior rankings and on Sunday July 3, won the Wimbledon junior doubles title with her American partner, Grace Min. She also reached the quarter finals of the singles event where she was seeded #5. A familiar face at WOW is 17 year-old Elizabeth Abanda. She had her best result on the Challenger circuit here in last year s WOW event where she reached the quarter finals in singles and won the doubles title. Elianne Douglas- Miron is ranked #12 in Canada. She and Surin will be playing doubles. Last, but certainly not least is Gabriela Dabrowski. She will play in the feature match of the day which is scheduled at 5 p.m. Dabrowski, a 19-year-old native of Ottawa had a stellar junior career. The highlight was winning the Orange Bowl U18 singles in The Orange Bowl is regarded as the premier junior tennis tournament in the world. She has already tasted success on the Challenger circuit winning the doubles title twice in the $50,000 Tevlin Challenger in Toronto in 2009 and 2010 with Fichman. Dabrowski s opponent in Tuesday s match is none other than Alison Riske, the 20-year-old from the U.S. who is ranked #118 in the world and is the tournament no.1 seed. Riske was given a wild card into this year s Wimbledon after a great showing at an event in Birmingham, England where she lost eventually to Maria Sharapova in three sets. At Wimbledon, Riske lost in the first round to the no.2 seed Vera Zvonareva in three sets 0-6, 6-3, 3-6. If both women play well, spectators will be in for a treat. Matches start at 10 a.m at the Waterloo Tennis Club in Waterloo Park.

4 The fourth annual Waterloo Open Women (WOW) tournament presented this year by Victoria Star Motors takes place July 2-10 at the Waterloo Tennis Club located in Waterloo Park. The tournament, which for the past three years has been at the $25,000 level is upgraded this year to the $50,000 level. Aside from the benefits to the players of a bigger pay day and more points for wins, spectators can expect to be treated to a higher standard of play. Action begins with a 32- player draw qualifying tournament on Saturday July 2 at 10 a.m. This event runs to Monday July 4. Included in the qualifying draw are 14 Canadians which includes the local wild card recipient Sandra Dynka. The last four players of this event will enter into the 32-player main draw. Four Canadians have been granted wild cards to the main draw singles. They are Carol Zhao, Elisabeth Abanda, Kimberley-Ann Surin and Sonja Molnar. They will be joined by fellow Canadians Sharon Fichman, Gabriela Dabrowski, and Eugenie Bouchard. The doubles event is a 16-pair draw. Last year, Canadians Elisabeth Abanda and Katarena Paliivets won the doubles crown. The draw ceremony takes place 3 p.m Sunday July 3 at the Waterloo Tennis Club. Main draw matches begin Tuesday July 4 at 11a.m. This year s WOW entry list features participants from twenty countries. While the tennis action will be on the Waterloo club courts, it won t be the only entertainment on offer. The KIA Kids Tennis Fair, an event to introduce the game to youngsters and also to promote the tournament, will take place Monday July 4 at the Waterloo Public Square from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mini tennis courts will be set up and a fast serve speed cage will be available for children to try their hand at the game and to win prizes. Gary Winter, head pro at the Waterloo Tennis club, along with a couple of the women pros will be on hand to lead the proceedings. The radio station, 91.5 FM The Beat will also be there to help keep bodies and feet moving. The Wildcraft Pro-Am tournament on Wednesday July 6 will see twenty amateurs taking turns partnering ten women pros in round-robin play. From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., the amateurs will have the privilege of testing their skills against the pros. The winner will be the Canadian Tire Jumpstart Program. Last year $2,000 was raised by the Pro-Am event to benefit this program. There will be a feature match in the evenings for the benefit of the after-work crowd. On Tuesday the match starts at 5 p.m, and Thursday and Friday at 5:30 p.m. The quarterfinals of the singles begin at noon on Friday; the semi-finals on Saturday will also start at noon, followed by the doubles final. The singles final is on Sunday starting at 12:30 p.m. Gates will open at 11:30 a.m. Admission is free to the public for the entire tournament. Singles WOW Past Champions Doubles Year Winner Finalist Year Winner 2010 Julia Cohen (USA) Fatima Al Nabhani (OMA) 2010 Elisabeth Abanda - Katarena Paliivets (CAN) 2009 Johanna Konta (AUS) Heidi El Tabakh (CAN) 2009 Alexandra Mueller - Allie Will (USA) 2008 Alexandra Mueller (USA) Sharon Fichman (CAN) 2008 Akiko Yonemura - Tomoko Yonemura (JPN)

PLAYERS TO WATCH Alison Riske (USA) Age: 20 (7/3/90) Ranking: 117 Riske enjoyed a breakthrough 2010, moving steadily up the rankings and bearing down on the Top 100.

Sharapova. (Her showing in Birmingham earned Riske a wild card into Wimbledon.

Overall, she improved her ranking more than 750 places from the start of 2009 to the end of 2010, finishing the season at a career-best No. 115. As a junior, Riske rose to No.

5 PLAYERS TO WATCH Alison Riske (USA) Age: 20 (7/3/90) Ranking: 117 Riske enjoyed a breakthrough 2010, moving steadily up the rankings and bearing down on the Top 100. Her year was highlighted by a semifinal showing at the Wimbledon tuneup event in Birmingham, England, where she defeated Ana Chakvetadze and Yanina Wickmayer before falling in three sets to Maria Sharapova. (Her showing in Birmingham earned Riske a wild card into Wimbledon.) After losing in the qualifying of the 2010 US Open, Riske returned to Circuit events and reached four consecutive ITF Circuit finals (all at $50,000 tournaments or better), winning three. Overall, she improved her ranking more than 750 places from the start of 2009 to the end of 2010, finishing the season at a career-best No As a junior, Riske rose to No. 2 in the USTA Girlsʼ 18s national standings and was a finalist atthe 2007 USTA Girlsʼ 18s National Championships. She also served as a practice partner for the U.S.ʼs 2008 Fed Cup semifinal against Russia. At Wimbledon this year she took the number 2 seed, Vera Zvonareva to three sets before losing Sharon Fichman (CAN) Age: 20 (12/3/90) Ranking: 248 Fichmanʼs best result of the the year was winning the $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Plantain, FL in January. She has made the finals of six doubles events in Fichman has been a member of Canadaʼs Fed Cup team since 2005 and has a win/loss record of 14/3. Sharon played in the inaugural WOW Tennis Challenger in 2009 and reached the finals. Julia Boserup (USA) Age: 19 (9/9/91)! Ranking: 303 Boserup had her breakthrough in December 2008, winning the prestigious Dunlop Orange Bowl for her first title on the ITF World Junior Circuit. She has built on that success over the past two-plus years, reaching the USTA Pro Circuit doubles final at the $50,000 event in Kansas City, Mo., with partner Laura Granville in 2009 and, in 2010, advancing to her first career USTA Pro Circuit semifinal at the $50,000 event in Indian Harbour Beach, Fla. As a junior, Boserup reached the second round at the 2009 US Open girlsʼ singles and the singles and doubles semifinals at the 2008 USTA Girlsʼ 18s National Championships. A two-time practice partner for the U.S. Fed Cup team, Boserup trains full-time at the USTA Training Center Headquarters in Boca Raton, Fla.

PLAYERS TO WATCH Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) Age: 17 (2/25/94) Ranking: 367 Bouchard made the semi finals of our tournament last year and at the time was ranked 785 in the world.

Bouchard is currently ranked seventh in the World Junior Rankings.

Bouchard played for the first time on the Canadian Fed Cup team this year.

6 PLAYERS TO WATCH Eugenie Bouchard (CAN) Age: 17 (2/25/94) Ranking: 367 Bouchard made the semi finals of our tournament last year and at the time was ranked 785 in the world. Sheʼs had a great year since and gone on to win two ITF Pro Circuit events: a $25,000 event in Burnie, Australia in January and a $10,000 event in Sibenik, Croatia in April. Bouchard is currently ranked seventh in the World Junior Rankings. She made it into the semi-finals of the Australian Open Junior Championships and the quarter-finals at the Junior Championships at Wimbledon. Bouchard played for the first time on the Canadian Fed Cup team this year. Alexandra Mueller (USA) Age: 23 (2/14/88) Ranking: 379 Mueller won the inaugural US Open National Playoffs in 2010, defeating former world No. 51 Alina Jidkova, 6-0, 6-3, in the final, to earn a wild card into the 2010 US Open Qualifying Tournament. In all, Mueller captured three USTA Pro Circuit titles last year, including both the singles and doubles titles at the $10,000 event in Landisville, Pa., and she reached the semifinals at the $50,000 event in Boston. She also reached the doubles final of three $50,000 events at Charlottesville, Va., and Raleigh, N.C., with Ahsha Rolle, and at Toronto with Brittany Augustine. Mueller first made waves in 2003, when she won the $10,000 ITF event in Mont Tremblant, Canada, at age 15, and played on the U.S. Junior Fed Cup team. She competed in the doubles main draw of the US Open in 2004 and Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN) Age: 19 (1/4/92) Ranking: 437 Gabriela was in her final year as a junior when she playing at the WOW Tennis Challenger last year. At the time she was ranked 1012 in the world. By playing consistently good tennis on the ITF circuit and reaching four quarterfinals she has increased her ranking to 437.

PLAYERS TO WATCH Lena Litvak (USA) Age: 22 (11/15/88) Ranking: 491 Born in the Ukraine. Played at Harvard for one year before turning pro.

In June, Litvak won a $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Bethany Beach, Delaware. Has competed in ITF Circuit events in Korea, Greece, Israel and Portugal.

2010 Season: Breakthrough year. In January, she was ranked no. 923 in the world and achieved a career-best mark of no.

7 PLAYERS TO WATCH Lena Litvak (USA) Age: 22 (11/15/88) Ranking: 491 Born in the Ukraine. Played at Harvard for one year before turning pro. Qualified for two $75,000 USTA Pro Circuit events in 2009 (Dothan, Ala., Vancouver). Reached the second round at the $25,000 event in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, in In June, Litvak won a $10,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Bethany Beach, Delaware. Has competed in ITF Circuit events in Korea, Greece, Israel and Portugal. Lena has played in every WOW Challenger , 2009, 2010, Carol Zhao (CAN) Age: 16 (06/20/95) Ranking: 736 Zhao joined the National Training Centre in September Season: Breakthrough year. In January, she was ranked no. 923 in the world and achieved a career-best mark of no. 146 in October Won an impressive total of three ITF singles titles all on home soil in Edmonton, Winnipeg and Vancouver Finalist at the World Ranking event in Montreal Also captured two doubles crowns and was a doubles semifinalist on four occasions Crowned champion in singles and doubles at the U18 Rogers Junior National Championships Reached her first quarter-final at the pro level at the $50,000 Tevlin Challenger in November where she upset Valérie Tétreault in the opening round to earn her first pro victory. Carol has received a main draw wildcard into this year s WOW Tennis Challenger. Kimberley-Ann Surin (CAN) Age: 16 (07/25/94) Ranking: 801 Surin joined the National Training Centre in September Season: Twice a finalist in singles and twice a champion in doubles on the ITF junior circuit Also reached one final and two semifinals in doubles Took home top honours in singles at the U16 Indoor Rogers Junior National Championships Scored her first professional victory in September at the $50,000 Saguenay National Bank Challenger and also reached the second round in November at the $50,000 Tevlin Challenger in Toronto. Personal: Started playing tennis at age 9 Has one younger sister named Katherine who also used to play tennis Her father is Olympic and World champion sprinter Bruny Surin Favourite tennis memory is when she and her sister used to have water fights on court after practice Tennis goal is to be a Top 50 junior and play professionally on the WTA Tour Favourite players are Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Gael Monfils, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Maria Sharapova and the Williams sisters. Kimberley-Ann will be playing in the main draw as she was granted a wild card by Tennis Canada into the WOW Tennis Challenger.

PLAYERS TO WATCH Elisabeth Abanda (CAN) Age: 17 (03/31/94) Ranking: 880 Abanda had her best result on the ITF Pro Circuit at last yearʼs WOW Tennis Challenger where she reached the quarter finals in

Sonja Molnar (CAN) Age: 21 (04/29/90) Ranking: 894 Attending the University of Iowa and competed at No. 1 position.

8 PLAYERS TO WATCH Elisabeth Abanda (CAN) Age: 17 (03/31/94) Ranking: 880 Abanda had her best result on the ITF Pro Circuit at last yearʼs WOW Tennis Challenger where she reached the quarter finals in singles and won the doubles title. Elisabeth is currently ranked 107 in the World Junior Rankings. In Sept, 2010 she won the U18 Canadian World Ranking Event. Sonja Molnar (CAN) Age: 21 (04/29/90) Ranking: 894 Attending the University of Iowa and competed at No. 1 position... unanimous first team all-big Ten selection, becoming the fourth player in school history to be named all-big Ten three times... finished the season ranked No. 96 nationally and No. 4 in the Central Region by the ITA. Sonja s hometown is Guelph, Ontario and was coached by local pro, Harry Greenan. Molnar has received a wild card into the main draw of this year s tournament.

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