A big Canadian weekend at Wimbledon as Shapovalov, Auger-Aliassime join Raonic on Sunday

WIMBLEDON – Milos Raonic isn't the only Canadian who will play on Sunday at Wimbledon.

An hour before Raonic enters Centre Court for his men's singles final against Andy Murray, 17-year-old Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont. will head to No. 1 court for the boys' singles final.

Shapovalov will play Alex de Minaur of Australia, who eliminated his friend and doubles partner Félix Auger-Aliassime in three sets in a tough quarter-final match.

Later in the afternoon, Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime will face No. 2 seeds Kenneth Raisma of Estonia and Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the boys' doubles final. The Canadians are the top seeds.

Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime defeated the No. 3 seeds, Casper Ruud of Norway and Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia 7-6(1) 3-6 6-3 in one semi-final. It was a match they always seemed to have under control, even if it went the distance.

Their friend Ben Sigouin, the No. 4 seed in the doubles with Germany's Louis Wessels, dropped a tough one in their own semi-final against Raisma and Tsitsipas. The 7-6 (5), 7-6 (7) score reflects how close it was even though Raisma and Tsitsipas were the far more accomplished doubles players. Sigouin and Wessels led 4-1 in that first set tiebreak – and serving – before losing it.

The boys' final should be a cracker considering the aggressive, net-rushing game styles of all four players involved.

Here's what it looked like out on the show courts, during the Serena Williams - Angelique Kerber ladies' singles final. You could hear the cheers coming from Centre Court throughout the matches.

Shapovalov will try to do what Genie Bouchard and Filip Peliwo both did here four years ago, and take the title. 

He hasn't even seen the inside of No. 1 court yet. But it will easily be the biggest crowd he has ever played in front of; for Bouchard's match back in 2012, there were at least 7,000 fans in there.