Hockey is undoubtedly Canada’s number one national past-time and on Sunday, several WTA players were invited to sample the country’s hugely popular national sport at the 2015 Rogers Cup in Toronto.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova, Lucie Safarova, Jelena Jankovic & Timea Bacsinszky got to play on a proper hockey rink that was constructed inside the Aviva Tennis Centre center court just for the occasion. With Toronto currently being in the height of summer, the player’s were not asked to step on ice of course.
TORONTO, CANADA - AUGUST 9 : Monica Puig practices at the 2015 Rogers Cup WTA Premier 5 tennis tournament 
TORONTO, CANADA - AUGUST 9 : Monica Puig practices at the 2015 Rogers Cup WTA Premier 5 tennis tournament 
TORONTO, CANADA - AUGUST 9 : Eugenie Bouchard practices at the 2015 Rogers Cup WTA Premier 5 tennis tournament 
TORONTO, CANADA - AUGUST 9 : Jarmila Gajdosova in action at the 2015 Rogers Cup WTA Premier 5 tennis tournament 
TORONTO, CANADA - AUGUST 9 : Jarmila Gajdosova in action at the 2015 Rogers Cup WTA Premier 5 tennis tournament 
TORONTO, CANADA - AUGUST 9 : Jarmila Gajdosova in action at the 2015 Rogers Cup WTA Premier 5 tennis tournament 
TORONTO, CANADA - AUGUST 9 : Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in action at the 2015 Rogers Cup WTA Premier 5 tennis tournament 
TORONTO, CANADA - AUGUST 9 : Mirjana Lucic-Baroni in action at the 2015 Rogers Cup WTA Premier 5 tennis tournament 
TORONTO, CANADA - AUGUST 9 : Aliaksandra Sasnovich in action at the 2015 Rogers Cup WTA Premier 5 tennis tournament
Instead, the players were invited to play ball hockey, a variant that is played on carpet instead of ice and with balls instead of pucks.