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Hollyburn boasts deep field, beautiful views for Vancouver Open

23-year-old Vasek Pospisil is an important part of the Canadian Davis Cup team. He will challenge for the Vancouver Open at Hollyburn Country Club this week. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head.
23-year-old Vasek Pospisil is an important part of the Canadian Davis Cup team. He will challenge for the Vancouver Open at Hollyburn Country Club this week. Photo by Jason Kurylo for Pucked in the Head.

This weekend sees the Odlum Brown Vancouver Open Tennis Tournament open with qualifying rounds at the scenic Hollyburn Country Club in North Vancouver. While skeptics complain that the field doesn’t include the top personalities in world rankings — no Rafa or Roger, no Martina or Serena, as the OBVO schedule coincides with Canada’s only ATP World Tour event, the Rogers Cup co-hosted in TO and Montreal — but there is plenty of excellent tennis to be seen. And as a venue, Hollyburn is as good as they come.

Canadians Vasek Pospisil (Can #3, World #89), Frank Dancevic (Can #4, World #161) and Felip Peliwo (Can #7, World #434) are among the recognizable names in the men’s draw. Pospisil has taken part in Canada’s historic run to the Davis Cup semifinals, and will continue to play alongside Milos Raonic and Daniel Nestor when they take on Serbia in September. Dancevic, likewise, was a major part of the Canadian win over Spain at UBC; he has been a fixture for Tennis Canada since turning pro in 2003.  Peliwo, for his part, did nothing less than become the first Canadian male to win a single’s title at Wimbledon, bringing home the 2012 junior championship.

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