Australian Tennis Awards 2024: Gamers hit the blue carpet | 9 December, 2024 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Stars of Aussie tennis walked the blue carpet at this yr’s 2024 Newcombe Medal awards at Melbourne’s Crown On line casino.

Amid posing for images and media interviews, they spoke with tennis.com.au. These are among the many highlights:

Sam Stosur, former Newcombe Medallist and Billie Jean King Cup captain

Who do you most look ahead to catching up with or operating into on the awards night time: “I believe the folks you don’t see that a lot, so that you come to one thing like this and also you at all times run into somebody you haven’t seen for a very long time, have an awesome catch-up and I believe it’s in all probability the folks you don’t see an excessive amount of. Having mentioned that, I like seeing my associates and everybody else right here as nicely, however I believe it’s a type of bump-in alternatives the place ‘Oh I haven’t seen you for a couple of months’. It’s beautiful.”

Matt Ebden, Newcombe Medal nominee and Olympic gold medallist

You’ve had a rare yr and you’ve got your Olympic gold medal right here with you. What would you like to realize in 2025? “The Grand Slams are clearly big, the Masters, however we need to win the Davis Cup for Australia. We haven’t fairly achieved that these previous couple of years. We’ve been so shut in order that’s the most important one.”

John Friends, Newcombe Medal nominee and Olympic gold medallist

Is there a participant or participant, previous or current, you most look ahead to catching up with tonight? “To be honest it’s all the fellows I don’t get to see who don’t journey as a lot anymore. I noticed Lucz [Peter Luczak]. I hadn’t seen him because the begin of the years a couple of of the previous gamers – Wayne Arthurs, Frommy [Richard Fromberg], Todd [Woodbridge] if he’s round. A whole lot of these guys we don’t get to see as a lot as we used to.”

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Ellen Perez, Aussie tennis star

What’s probably the most annoying a part of the night – the outfit, getting the socials en pointe or the anticipation round who wins the massive award? “For me, this time I’m presenting an award so I’m fairly harassed about being up on stage. I don’t actually love public talking. I believe the straightforward half is getting really prepared, they do it for us so it’s fairly cruisy. It’s thrilling, the anticipation of who’s going to win the Newcombe Medal, it’s good.”

Maya Joint, Aussie tennis star

It’s your first Newcombe Medal awards night time. You bought to spend extra time with the Aussie women because the orange woman for the Billie Jean King Cup staff. How as that have? “It was unbelievable. Everybody was so good and together with, and it was a lot enjoyable to look at them compete and get them prepared for his or her matches.”

Emerson Jones, junior world No.1

It’s your first Newcombe Medal awards night time so what are you most trying ahead to about it? “I haven’t been earlier than to this, so it’s fairly thrilling. It’s my first time right here. All of the older women are right here and I get together with them very well, so yeah it’s going to be fairly good.”

Hayden Jones, junior world No.13

You’re up for the junior male athlete of the yr. What are you most trying ahead to concerning the night time? “I believe it’s simply superior to be again across the legends of the sport for Australian tennis, meet some older gamers and simply have enjoyable, have a superb night time.”

Heath Davidson, Australian wheelchair tennis star

What does the Newcombe Medal night time imply for you, gathering round your compatriots and fellow gamers? “It’s superior. I like being at house. Tonight brings all of us collectively to have fun the yr we’ve had. I like seeing Peersy and Matty Ebden and all these boys. Additionally good all our feminine tennis gamers get an opportunity to get all glammed up, as an alternative of simply in sportswear, and simply benefit from the night time.”

John Fitzgerald, Aussie tennis legend

How particular is that this event for the game and to convey so most of the names out of your period again collectively? “I like seeing the fellows I performed Davis Cup with underneath Neale Fraser. At the moment, we consider him and speak about him lots. Darren Cahill, Todd Woodbridge, Wally Masur, who’s not right here, and Pat Money, who’s not right here both. They’re the fellows I like catching up with probably the most as a result of we had been in Davis Cup groups collectively.”

Todd Woodbridge, Aussie tennis legend

You may have co-hosting duties tonight with Casey Dellacqua. How a lot workshopping on the gags will get finished between you each or is every to their very own? “I don’t do a variety of the gags, no matter occurs is natural however on an evening like tonight it’s actually necessary to maintain issues transferring. My job is to make everyone take pleasure in it by getting on and getting off and conserving the present on time. We’ll make it work.”

Omar Jasika, Aussie tennis star

How particular is it attending the Newcombe Medal night time given the spectacular few months you’ve had? “It’s an unbelievable night time. It’s just like the Brownlow [Medal] for tennis, and there’s lots of people that come to this occasion. It’s good to see acquainted faces and it’s good to see everybody’s achievements all year long and meet up with folks you haven’t seen all year long. That is in all probability my sixth or seventh yr now. I at all times come again, I adore it a lot.”