{"id":866033,"date":"2026-08-21T09:30:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/866033\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T09:30:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T09:30:13","slug":"canadas-denis-shapovalov-name-to-toronto-team-for-world-team-tennis-relaunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/866033\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Denis Shapovalov name to Toronto team for World Team Tennis relaunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1787304613_671_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Denis Shapovalov of Canada returns the ball during his match with Zachary Svajda of the USA on day three of the National Bank Open tennis tournament in Montreal on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Christopher Katsarov<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tAug 20, 2026 | 10:24 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2014 Canada will be well represented in the relaunch of World Team Tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., was named to the Toronto North Racquet Club on Thursday, as the mixed-gender professional tennis league outlined three of its teams and their star players when it restarts this December. Jessica Pegula will represent the New York Empire and Tommy Paul will be a member of the Florida Flamingos.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal has always been to modernize WTT\u2019s incredible legacy and reshape our brands to create something as cool as it was back in the day,\u201d said WTT chief executive officer Stephen Amritraj. \u201cOur view is that tennis\u2019 popularity starts with the best players in the world, but has always extended well beyond the court into lifestyle and culture. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why we prioritized creative direction for our teams, developing unique identities that fans and players will connect with and want to be a part of.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Denis Shapovalov of Canada returns the ball during his match with Zachary Svajda of the USA on day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":866034,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-866033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=866033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=866033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=866033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=866033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}