Five more Canadians heading to Rogers Cup

TORONTO Rising star Felix AugerAliassime is among six Canadians who earned a wild-card berth into the 2018 Rogers Cup.

Tennis Canada announced Wednesday the final five wild-card recipients for the tennis tournaments in Toronto and Montreal.

Joining Montreal’s Auger-Aliassime in Toronto for the men’s tournament are 2013 Rogers Cup semifinalist Vasek Pospisil of Vancouver and Peter Polansky of Thornhill, Ont. They will be part of a main draw that includes fellow Canadians Milos Raonic of Thornhill, Ont. and Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont.

Richmond Hill’s Carol Zhao and Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., earned berths into the women’s tournament in Montreal. They join Eugenie Bouchard of Westmount, Que., whose wild card was confirmed last month.

Auger-Aliassime will play in the main draw of a Rogers Cup for the first time after skipping the event last year due to injury.

The world No. 134, who turns 18 next week, earned his first ATP win in March when he beat Pospisil in Indian Wells, Calif., before falling to Raonic in the second round.

He recently defended his crown at the Lyon Challenger in France to pick up his third title on that circuit.

Montreal’s Francoise Abanda, Vancouver’s Rebecca Marino and Toronto’s Katherine Sebov were given wild-card berths in the women’s qualifying tournament.

In Toronto, three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland, who is currently ranked No. 198 in the world after two knee surgeries, was given a qualifying wild-card spot along with Vancouver’s Filip Peliwo and Brayden Schnur of Pickering, Ont. A fourth wild card will be handed out later this week.