Qualifier Cruz Hewitt’s breakout run ended by the hands of a resurgent Jason Kubler on the Professional Tour occasion in Launceston, whereas Lizette Cabrera gained the ladies’s title.
Launceston, TAS, Australia, 3 March 2025 | Matt Trollope
Queenslanders Jason Kubler and Lizette Cabrera accomplished a triumphant week in Launceston as the lads’s and ladies’s singles champions on the newest Australian Professional Tour occasion.
Kubler ended the breakout run of 16-year-old qualifier Cruz Hewitt, who gained six consecutive matches to succeed in the ultimate.
As soon as there, Kubler’s expertise shone via, with the 31-year-old claiming a 6-2 6-4 victory for his second consecutive title after triumphing in Burnie the earlier week.
Kubler has dominated the Australian Professional Tour of late, additionally reaching the ultimate in Brisbane – an ATP Challenger-level occasion – earlier in February.
He has gained 14 of his earlier 15 matches, improves his 2025 win-loss file to 15-4, and is anticipated to return to the world’s prime 400 when the factors from his Tasmanian titles are added to his rating.
It’s been an encouraging return to type for Kubler, who performed simply 4 tournaments throughout an injury-ravaged 2024 season.
There was additionally a lot to rejoice for Hewitt, who at simply 16 years of age superior to his first professional-level closing.
After qualifying for the primary draw with two straight-sets wins, {the teenager} upset two seeded gamers – No.7 Dane Sweeny and second seed Yu Hsiou Hsu of Chinese language Taipei – en path to the ultimate.
He outlasted three opponents in three units throughout every week that’s anticipated to spice up his rating greater than 300 locations, and properly inside the highest 1000.
Launceston marked Kubler’s twenty third skilled title – eight at Challenger degree plus 15 ITF Futures trophies – whereas it was a seventh for Cabrera.
The 27-year-old, who had completed runner-up in her previous 4 finals, gained her first title in nearly two years with a 7-5 6-2 win over Japan’s Sakura Hosogi in Sunday’s closing.
Cabrera dropped only one set all week in Launceston, rebounding from a set right down to beat Korean Yeon Woo Ku 1-6 6-2 6-4 within the semifinals.
At present ranked world No.286, Cabrera is projected to return to the brink of the highest 250 along with her newest success.
She attained a career-high rating of 119th in February 2020.
In the meantime, Elena Micic – whom Cabrera beat within the first spherical of the singles occasion – in the end triumphed in doubles.
Micic, the No.2 seed alongside New Zealand’s Monique Barry, beat Japanese pairing Miho Kuramochi and Erika Sema 6-2 6-4 within the closing, their second straight doubles title after prevailing in Burnie.
One other Aussie, Kody Pearson, reached the lads’s doubles closing with American Joshua Sheehy, the place they fell to Hsu and Tsung-Hao Huang 7-5 6-1.
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