Novak Palombo, Ayumi Ito, Ethan Domingo and Emilie Chen have been topped singles champions on the 2024 12/u and 14/u Junior Tour Finals in Sydney, successful the inaugural De Minaur Junior Tour scholarships within the course of.
Sydney, NSW, Australia, 13 November 2024 | Camille Russo
Novak Palombo (VIC), Ayumi Ito (NSW), Ethan Domingo (NSW) and Emilie Chen (NSW) have been topped the singles champions on the 2024 12/u and 14/u Junior Tour Finals at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre.
Not solely did the winners take residence the coveted nationwide titles, however additionally they gained the inaugural De Minaur Junior Tour scholarships, awarded to the 2 winners of every age group.
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Within the 12/u women’ singles motion, third seed Ayumi Ito defeated fourth seed Emma Esenova 7-6(4) 6-1 in an nearly two-hour-long battle.
When requested the way it felt to take residence the title and the possibility to coach with top-10 Aussie Alex de Minaur, Ito mentioned: “It feels fairly good. I hope I don’t stuff up with Alex. He’s not the most important like me, so it’s fairly cool how he strikes actually fast, and hopefully I can do the identical.
“I feel it’s simply going to make me develop as an individual and simply encourage me in lots of alternative ways. I wish to be knowledgeable tennis participant, and I feel this is without doubt one of the steps to make it.”
Within the boys’ 12/u ultimate, prime seed Novak Palombo beat second seed Aleksandr Kharkov 6-4 6-3, ending the season in Australia with out shedding any singles matches all 12 months.
Going via his thoughts within the ultimate moments of the match was: “end it, end it, you actually need this scholarship!”
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“I’m more than happy with myself as a result of I put a number of laborious work into this match,” Palombo shared. “I wish to learn the way he [Alex] offers with crowds, everybody watching him and the way he goes in essential moments. I used to be undoubtedly extra motivated to win due to the scholarship.”
Within the 14/u boys’ singles ultimate, No.2 seed seed Lucas Han wasn’t capable of defeat No.1 seed Ethan Domingo.
“I gained this title, and I get to go to Spain subsequent 12 months and practice with Alex,” Domingo mentioned after his 6-2 6-3 win. “Feels good. It’s simply wonderful, I’m tremendous excited.
“My sport can be just like his sport after I’m older, as a result of my physique gained’t be as massive, so it’ll be good to see how he trains. It’s a as soon as in a lifetime expertise coaching with a top-10 participant.”
Emilie Chen claimed the 14/u women’ singles title, defeating Ami Dalla Pozza 6-3 6-1.
When requested about De Minaur and the scholarship, Chen mentioned: “I can study lots from Alex, hopefully the coaching week will assist me and I’ll do higher within the tournaments after it, so simply hoping to get an excellent lead to.
“Being a New South Wales participant, it’s fairly cool that we’ve that in frequent. I see lots of his highlights, he’s operating round in every single place, I don’t even understand how he will get it again. It’s fairly cool to have him as an inspiration.”
The 16/u and 18/u Australian Championships and Progress Collection Masters can be held on the Bendigo Tennis Affiliation in Victoria from 7-15 December.
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