Daria Saville wins her first singles title in seven years within the final Australian Professional Tour occasion of 2024, whereas Matthew Dellavedova scooped the boys’s singles title.
Melbourne, VIC, 2 December 2024 | Jackson Mansell
Daria Saville has had a profitable return to the Australian Professional Tour, after she gained the Gold Coast Tennis Worldwide over the weekend.
Her first ITF singles occasion in Australia in 9 years, No.1 seed Saville defeated Brisbane QTC Worldwide finalist Lizette Cabrera 7-5 7-6(3) to win the final Professional Tour occasion of 2024.
Matthew Dellavedova gained the boys’s occasion, defeating Australian Open 2023 doubles champion Jason Kubler within the closing.
Saville’s triumph on the Gold Coast – her first singles title of any sort for the reason that WTA Connecticut Open in 2017 – has seen the Australian No.2 climb 14 spots to to world No.106, her highest rating in 9 weeks.
Saville’s 2024 season has been riddled with damage. The previous top-20 participant has had ongoing stints on the sidelines within the second half of the 12 months because of plantar fasciitis, enjoying simply three tournaments since Wimbledon.
As for Cabrera, she endured a troublesome highway to the ultimate. The Queenslander defeated world No.140 Talia Gibson within the quarterfinals, earlier than prevailing in straight units towards Emerson Jones within the semifinal.
Jones, present junior world No.1, misplaced simply three video games in her first two matches. Nevertheless, she was no match for Cabrera, shedding within the penultimate match 6-3 6-2.
In the meantime, world No.359 Dellavedova gained his second ITF match of the 12 months, defeating Jason Kubler. A set down within the closing, Dellavedova shifted the momentum, finally successful the match 3-6 6-3 6-2.
It capped off a stellar week for the Victorian who didn’t lose a set previous to his match with Kubler. Dellavedova avenged his quarterfinal loss to the Australian Open 2023 doubles champion on the Brisbane QTC Worldwide, the place he went down 6-3 6-3.
That is Dellavedova’s first title on the Australian Professional Tour.
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