Western Australia’s Aidan Chan has denied his doubles accomplice, high seed Tommy Camus, in a straight-sets singles remaining on the 2023 December Showdown.
Melbourne, Australia, 15 December 2023 | Dan Imhoff
Aidan Chan offers nothing away cheaply in terms of the crunch, so it comes as no shock Rafael Nadal is the inspiration behind his 12-and-under Australian Junior Tour Masters triumph on Friday.
The second seed from Perth channelled the 22-time main champion’s combat to upstage high seed Tommy Camus 6-1 6-4 on the 2023 December Showdown.
“It’s blended feelings. I used to be taking part in my finest pal nevertheless it’s fairly cool,” Chan stated. “That is my first win at nationals, in order that’s good.
“It was fairly shut within the second set, so simply placing that additional ball in each time annoyed him and it’s what bought me over the road in the long run.”
The 12-year-old Chan cites his mindset as arguably his biggest attribute – “most likely having the ability to outwork the opposite participant”.
It proved pivotal as he by no means wavered beneath the pump in opposition to his Canberra opponent, who sought to observe in older brother Charlie Camus’ footsteps as a champion within the under-12s.
“Rafa chases each ball, by no means offers up regardless of the rating. Principally he can do something he desires actually,” Chan says. “I type of replicate it going for each ball and by no means giving up.”
Chan joins the likes of Wimbledon 2022 finalist Nick Kyrgios (2008), world No.150 Marc Polmans (2009) and Philip Sekulic (2015), who gained his first ATP match at Chengdu this yr, as former winners of the occasion.
“Wow, that’s fairly particular,” Chan stated when informed Kyrgios had gained the occasion. “I’ve seen his face round right here (on posters) however didn’t know that.”
In an all unseeded doubles remaining, Victorian pair Yile Li and Christopher Manton downed the ACT’s Jobe Dikkenberg and Queenslander Christian Joseph 7-5 6-3.
Li and Manton earlier beat high seeds Chan and Camus 6-3 6-7(3) [10-3] within the doubles semifinals, whereas Dikkenberg and Joseph eased previous South Australians Minh-Khiem Nguyen and Elisha Wee 6-3 6-3.
12/U AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR TOUR MASTERS
TODAY’S RESULTS
Boys’ singles, remaining
[2] Aidan Chan (WA) d [1] Tommy Camus (ACT) 6-1 6-4
Boys’ doubles, semifinals
Yile Li (Vic)/Christopher Manton (Vic) d [1] Tommy Camus (ACT)/Aidan Chan (WA) 6-3 6-7(3) [10-3]
Jobe Dikkenberg (ACT)/Christian Joseph (Qld) d Minh-Khiem Nguyen (SA)/Elisha Wee (SA) 6-3 6-3
Boys’ doubles, remaining
Yile Li (Vic)/Christopher Manton (Vic) d Jobe Dikkenberg (ACT)/Christian Joseph (Qld) 7-5 6-3
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