22/09/13
Marc McCarroll became the second British winner of the men's singles title since 2010 at the Tennis Canada International as he completed back-to-back ITF 2 Series events in North America with three titles from four events.
Second seed McCarroll beat Japan's Takuya Miki for the second week in a row after a third and final set tie-break in the final in Montreal to repeat his win over Miki in the semi-finals of the PTR Championships in the USA. McCarroll led top seed Miki by a set and 4-3 before having his serve broken late in the second set, but held on in a thrilling finale for a 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(3) victory to claim his fourth men's singles title of 2013 and his second at ITF 2 Series level.
McCarroll later partnered Miki to claim the men's doubles title. The top seeds took the first set of the final from French duo David Dalmasso and Lahcen Majdi 6-3 before Dalmasso and Majdi retired. Victory for McCarroll saw him follow up his PTR Championships men's doubles title with fellow Brit Gordon Reid, who claimed the men's singles title in Montreal in 2010. McCarroll and Reid were semi-finalists in the men's doubles in Montreal in 2011.
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21/09/13
Marc Marc McCarroll moved into the men's singles and doubles semi-finals on the second day of play in Montreal.
Second seed McCarroll secured a 6-3, 6-4 win over Frederic Cazeaudumec in his men's singles quarter-final and now plays another Frenchman, fourth seed Lahcen Majdi, for a place in the final.
McCarroll will face Cazeaudumec again in the doubles semi-finals after partnering Takuya Miki to a 6-0, 6-0 quarter-final win over Canada's Maxime Beliveau and Daniel Letiecq. Top seeds McCarroll and Miki will play USA's Steve Baldwin and Cazeaudumec for a place in the doubles final.
20/09/13
Marc McCarroll made a confident start to his men's singles campaign in Montreal, beating Canada's Philippe Bedard 6-0, 7-6(2) to move into the quarter-finals. The British No. 3 and second seed will play Frederic Cazeaudumec of France for a place in the semi-finals.
McCarroll and Japan's Takuya Miki, the player he is drawn to meet in the final of the men's singles, should they both progress that far, are the top seeds for the men's doubles and will begin their challenge against Canada's Maxime Beliveau and Daniel Letiecq.
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18/09/13
After reaching the men's singles final and winning the men's doubles at the PTR Wheelchair Tennis Championships in Hilton Head, British No. 2 Marc McCarroll stays in North America this week to play his second successive ITF 2 Series event.
McCarroll's opposition in Montreal is likely to include Japan's Takuya Miki, who McCarroll upset in the men's singles semi-finals at the PTR Championships.