Eleven Nationwide Tennis Academy athletes are amongst a powerful contingent of Australian gamers competing at an ITF event in Caloundra this week.
Sunshine Coast, Australia , 2 August 2023 | Leigh Rogers
Eleven teenage athletes from Tennis Australia’s Nationwide Tennis Academy are competing at an Australian Professional Tour occasion on the Sunshine Coast this week.
Chris Mahony, Head of the Nationwide Tennis Academy, believes the Caloundra Worldwide is a useful alternative for these promising gamers to check themselves in opposition to world-class gamers.
“These entry-level skilled 15K occasions are actually instrumental within the skilled pathway, as a result of you’ve got this actually fascinating mixture of a few of our up-and-coming juniors which can be in search of expertise in opposition to older gamers,” Mahony stated.
“You additionally get among the gamers who’ve simply exited from juniors and that is their first or second 12 months attempting to transition into the larger tournaments with extra prize cash and extra rating factors.
“And then you definitely get some veterans that is likely to be taking part in at the next stage, however they’ve simply dipped again down into the 15K stage to get some additional matches or some confidence.”
The rising Australian stars competing on the Sunshine Coast Regional Tennis Centre this week embody 15-year-old Emerson Jones, who’s presently the highest-ranked 2008-born participant on this planet, and 18-year-old Zara Larke, who superior to her first skilled doubles remaining final week.
| Caloundra Worldwide #2 Nationwide Tennis Academy rivals | |
| Males | Ladies |
| Derek Pham (19, WA) | Zara Larke (18, Qld) |
| Edward Winter (18, SA) | Lily Fairclough (17, WA) |
| Zachary Viiala (17, WA) | Melisa Ercan (17, Qld) |
| Pavle Marinkov (17, NSW) | Lily Taylor (16, Qld) |
| Charlie Camus (16, ACT) | Emerson Jones (15, Qld) |
| Hayden Jones (16, Qld) | |
With no cost for spectators wishing to attend the occasion, Mahony says it’s a golden probability to see tomorrow’s stars in motion.
“The Grand Slams are everyone’s purpose right here, each participant within the qualifying and the principle draw,” Mahony stated.
“They’re all attempting to build up sufficient expertise and rating factors to maneuver up by way of that pathway to hopefully in the future play within the Grand Slams, the place you’ve received to be within the prime 200 on this planet to get a run.”
> VIEW: Caloundra Worldwide 2 ladies’s singles draw
> VIEW: Caloundra Worldwide 2 males’s singles draw
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