UPDATE

Released MTC T-Shirts & a MTC Hat -- lightweight MTC Jacking coming soon!

The incredible rise of Canada's own Bianca Andreescu

Bianca Andreescu has been all over the sports news headlines following her maiden WTA title at Indian Wells, beating Angelique Kerber in the final.

"When Kerber reached break point twice at 2-2 in the third set, Andreescu seemed, finally, to be out of ideas, and out of gas," wrote Steve Tignor at tennis.com.

"That’s when we found out what else she has. It’s commonly called the X-factor, and in Andreescu’s case, it comes in two parts - one athletic, one emotional, neither teachable."

"Andreescu has a remarkably complete game for a player of any age, much less an 18-year-old," observed Christopher Clarey in the New York Times. "Despite struggling physically at times against Svitolina in their semi-final and again versus Kerber, Andreescu was still able to display her full palette of all-court skills."

The legendary Martina Navratilova, a pundit for BT Sport in the U.K. during this tournament, likened the Canadian to Sir Andy Murray, saying: "Every time we thought, 'This is it – she doesn’t have the game or she doesn’t have the belief, the legs,' she just kept proving us wrong. It was a coming of age tournament. Bianca really came out of nowhere and she deserved to win. She played amazing tennis. This one is here to stay. I'm looking forward to seeing her develop into an even better tennis player."

British Fed Cup captain Anne Keothavong, on commentary duties for the same channel, said: "Just simply incredible. Bianca Andreescu, you are a star. What a performance...the tennis she produced - just outstanding."

"Andreescu has taken the tennis world by storm," noted Sports Illustrated. "All that’s left to do is wait for her next act."

Roger Federer claims Title #100!!!

Roger Federer has made history. Last week, the 37-year-old became just the second player in the Open Era to secure his 100th tour-level title, joining former World No. 1 Jimmy Connors, who lifted 109 trophies.

Federer accomplished the feat at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, defeating reigning Next Gen ATP Finals champion Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-4 in the final.

With his eighth title in Dubai, Federer owns eight or more trophies at four tournaments.

ATPTour.com looks back at the statistics behind Federer's 100 titles.

Roger's Titles: The Numbers

1 - Player with more titles (Jimmy Connors, 109)

3 - Titles on three surfaces from 4 July-1 August 2004

4 - Titles without being Broken

5 - Wins in finals vs. the World No. 1

8 - Doubles titles

15 - Wins in finals after losing the first Set

19 - Countries

20 - Titles without dropping a set

24 - Consecutive finals won (2003-05)

25 - Opponents now retired

31 - Tournaments

35 - Title defences

50 - Opponents

53 - Big Titles (Nitto ATP Finals, Grand Slams, ATP Masters 1000s)

57 - Wins in finals vs. Top 10 opponents

67 - Straight-set wins in finals

68 - Wins in finals over younger opponents.

On the Home Front, the winter program continues at Veneto Tennis Club this Saturday, March 16th at 7:00 p.m. The registration is full, but if you wish to be placed on the waiting list, please contact Mike at (416) 821-5555 or via email: headpro@martingrovetennis.com.

Thank you and we’ll see everyone in just over a month at Martingrove. Looking forward to a memorable season!