Canberra expertise Tommy Camus is thru to the boys’ singles semifinals on the 12/u Australian Junior Tour Masters.
Melbourne, Australia, 13 December 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Tommy Camus is proudly making a reputation for himself on the 2023 December Showdown.
The 12-year-old from Canberra has progressed to the boys’ singles semifinals on the 12-and-under Australian Junior Tour Masters.
The highest seed was examined in opposition to New South Wales’ Sebastian Lavorato in quarterfinal motion right this moment at Melbourne Park, earlier than prevailing 6-0 3-6 6-2.
“It feels fairly good,” Camus mentioned after securing his semifinal spot. “There are a whole lot of good gamers in Australia.”
That is Camus’ second December Showdown expertise, having completed seventh within the 12/u occasion throughout 2022.
“I believe I’ve improved so much,” Camus mentioned. “I’ve been taking part in higher tennis all yr.”
Camus is following within the footsteps of his older brother, Charlie, who’s at present Australia’s top-ranked junior boy at world No.36 within the ITF junior rankings.
His 17-year-old brother contested all 4 junior Grand Slams in 2023 and superior to the boys’ doubles semifinals at Roland Garros. The Nationwide Academy athlete was additionally the orange boy for the Australian Davis Cup crew in September.
These efforts noticed Charlie named the Male Junior Athlete of the 12 months on the 2023 Australian Tennis Awards on Monday evening.
> READ: Winners introduced at 2023 Australian Tennis Awards
Decided to forge his personal path, Camus mentioned he not often trains alongside his brother.
“We’re a bit too aggressive,” he defined.
Camus’ semifinal opponent is Victorian Yile Li, who eradicated fourth seed Ayush Salunkhe within the quarterfinals.
Within the women’ singles competitors, the highest 4 seeds have all progressed to tomorrow’s semifinals.
> FOLLOW: Stay scores from the 2023 December Showdown
12/U AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR TOUR MASTERS
TODAY’S RESULTS
Boys’ singles, quarterfinals
[1] Tommy Camus (ACT) d [7] Sebastian Lavorato (NSW) 6-0 3-6 6-2
[2] Aidan Chan (WA) d [6] Vivaan Nehra (Qld) 6-2 6-0
[3] Novak Palombo (Vic) d [8] Thaadhie Karunanayake (Vic) 6-1 6-3
[10] Yile Li (Vic) d [4] Ayush Salunkhe (Vic) 6-4 6-3
Ladies singles, quarterfinals
[1] Eleni Makantasis (Vic) d [6] Isabel Cairns (ACT) 6-3 7-6(4)
[2] Hannah Park (SA) d [10] Cleo Taylor (Qld) 7-6(5) 6-3
[3] Ami Dalla Pozza (NSW) d [9] Ana Maric (Vic) 6-2 6-1
[4] Musemma Cilek (Vic) d [12] Emma Esenova (NSW) 6-0 6-2
COMING UP
Boys’ singles, semifinals
[1] Tommy Camus (ACT) v [10] Yile Li (Vic)
[2] Aidan Chan (WA) v [3] Novak Palombo (Vic)
Ladies’ singles, semifinals
[1] Eleni Makantasis (Vic) v [4] Musemma Cilek (Vic)
[2] Hannah Park (SA) v [3] Ami Dalla Pozza (NSW)
Boys’ doubles, quarterfinals
[1] Tommy Camus (ACT)/Aidan Chan (WA) v Brody Denny (Qld)/Luke Modra (SA)
[4] Daniel Abar (Qld)/Ayush Salunkhe (Vic) v Yile Li (Vic)/Christopher Manton (Vic)
Jiacheng Andrew Chen (NSW)/Vivaan Nehra (Qld) v Minh-Khiem Nguyen (SA)/Elisha Wee (SA)
Rafael Fauster (Qld)/Cruz Stevens (Qld) v Jobe Dikkenberg (ACT)/Christian Joseph (Qld)
Ladies’ doubles, quarterfinals
[1] Musemma Cilek (Vic)/Hannah Park (SA) v Ana Maric (Vic)/Amaya Muench (Qld)
[2] Isabel Cairns (ACT)/Eleni Makantasis (Vic) v Emma Esenova (NSW)/Zoe Liang (NSW)
[3] Ami Dalla Pozza (NSW)/Mieka Gordon-Threatt (Vic) v Lily Fannin (Qld)/Jesline Lie (NSW)
[4] Nahla Salley (SA)/Cleo Taylor (Qld) v Ava Garner (Qld)/Hope Johns (Qld)
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