Australia’s high wheelchair gamers set for nationwide championships | 7 November, 2024 | All Information | Information and Options | Information and Occasions

Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 7 November 2024 | Camille Russo

Defending champion Anderson Parker is ready to compete on the 2024 Australian Wheelchair Tennis Nationwide Championships, held at Melbourne Park from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 November.

Australia’s greatest wheelchair gamers will compete for nationwide titles in Melbourne over the following three days. In addition to competing for nationwide titles, winners may also earn wildcards for Australian Open 2025 and Australian Wheelchair Summer time Collection occasions.

Sydney’s Anderson Parker is the highest seed within the singles draw and is trying to defend his nationwide titles after successful the open males’s singles and doubles occasions in 2023.

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He’ll must beat a bunch of gifted rivals, together with his Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games doubles companion Benjamin Weekes and Victorian teen Yassin Hill. The 17-year-old from Melbourne is the world No.6 within the ITF junior wheelchair rankings and gained the junior singles title on the 2023 Australian Wheelchair Tennis Nationwide Championships.

The ladies’s area is headlined by world No.67 Hayley Slocombe who will probably be making an attempt to win her second straight nationwide title, whereas world No.21 Jin Woodman will probably be high seed within the quad singles and bidding for a wildcard into the Australian Open.

Final 12 months’s Australian Open debutant and world No.29, Finn Broadbent, will probably be hoping to do the identical in what’s shaping as much as be a aggressive occasion.

“We’re thrilled to host Australia’s most achieved wheelchair tennis gamers right here at Melbourne Park as soon as once more,” Event Director Daniel O’Neill stated.

“This match all the time guarantees good competitors and thrilling outcomes, with our defending champion and high seed Anderson Parker going through a area of remarkable expertise.

“To see his first win within the males’s singles ultimate occasion final 12 months after having solely simply returned to the game was spectacular.

“We even have a terrific group of junior gamers coming by the high-performance packages, so it’s nice to see their continued improvement and we’re excited to see what they’ll convey this 12 months.”