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Vancouver Open - 2014
Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus,
above, winner of
the 2009 event, beat Farrukh Dustov of Uzbekistan in straight set, 7-6, 6-3
to take the Men's Singles title on Sunday, August 3, at
Hollyburn Country Club.
Next up for
Marcos is another ATP Challenger event in Aptos, California, and the US Open in a couple of weeks.
There were no Canadians on the men's side of the main draw, doubles or
singles, and in the women's singles, this year. The tournament
offered North Vancouver's Felip Peliwo a wild-card entry, but Felip
decided to play an ATP event in Washington, D.C., instead.
Photo 1: Six-foot-five hard-serving Farrukh Dustov.
Photo 2:
Jermila Gajdosova, a Slovakian who now calls Australia home, topped
Lesia Tsurenko of the Ukraine in a thriller, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6, for the
Women's Single crown.
Photo 3: The 25-year-old Ukrainian, Lesia Tsurenko,
eliminated top seed Timea Babos, a Wimbledon doubles finalist, 6-3, 6-1
in the quarter-final.
Photo 4: In the men's doubles final,
the top-seeded American Austin Krajicek, left, and his Aussie partner John-Patrick
Smith took out the New Zealand duo of
Marcus Daiell and
Artem Sitak, 6-3, 4-6, 10-8.
Photo 5: In the
women's doubles final, Maria Sanchez, left, and Asia Muhammad, seeded
third, beat fellow Americans
Allie Will and
Jamie Loeb 6-3, 1-6, 10-8.
Photo 6:
South African Rik De Voest, winner of
the 2006 event,
with his wife,
Carolyn, and son Morgan. Rik announced his retirement after
he lost his second round match 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 to young Australian
Thanasi Kokkinakis.
Photo
7:
British number two
James Ward
and winner of
the 2011 event lost in the semis to Farrukh Dustov of Uzbekistan,
7-6, 6-3.
Photos by
Gerry Kripps and Mamood
Gouneili.
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