Australia’s Ethan Domingo and Siyeon Sim of Korea, amongst 16 elite juniors from 11 nations taking part, claimed AO Asia-Pacific Elite 14/u trophies.
Melbourne, Australia, 24 January 2025 | Sean A’Hearn
Australian Ethan Domingo and Korea’s Siyeon Sim have been topped the Australian Open Asia-Pacific Elite 14/U champions on Friday at Melbourne Park.
Staged by Tennis Australia in affiliation with the Asian Tennis Federation and the Oceania Tennis Federation, that is the fourth instalment of the match. It sees 16 elite juniors from 11 nations taking part on the occasion.
“It’s an incredible alternative for the gamers to see themselves on the large stage right here in Melbourne taking part in with officers, ballkids and serve clocks, with their names on massive scoreboards – a few of these issues for the primary time,” stated match director David Boyes.
“It’s an virtually an identical expertise to our AO junior gamers, and given what we have now seen this week, I’m positive it is not going to be lengthy till we see these wonderful gamers again once more.”
In congratulating the winners, Boyes was not solely impressed with the excessive stage of tennis however the method through which they participated.
“All our gamers performed themselves very nicely and I noticed loads of friendships being cast,” he stated.
Assistant Minister for Overseas Affairs, Tim Watts was once more available to current the winners with their trophies.
“We’re glad to assist this system, not just for the person careers of those positive younger athletes but additionally for the event of the match throughout the Asia-Pacific,” Watts stated.
Domingo was spectacular all through the match, solely dropping one set en path to the title.
With goals of changing into world No.1 and profitable Grand Slam titles, there isn’t any scarcity of ambition for the 14-year-old.
Domingo has credited Rafael Nadal’s ‘preventing spirit’ with inspiring his personal recreation and hopes to proceed pushing himself to maintain bettering for the remainder of the 12 months.
Like Domingo, Sim had a equally dominant run to the title, solely dropping one set alongside the way in which.
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