Destanee Aiava and Blake Ellis had been topped champions of the Brisbane QTC Tennis Worldwide over the weekend.
Brisbane, QLD, 18 November 2024 | Jackson Mansell
Destanee Aiava and Blake Ellis are the newest champions on the Australian Professional Tour after their triumphs on the Brisbane QTC Tennis Worldwide.
Aiava capped off a stellar week in Brisbane profitable each the singles and doubles titles.
That includes in an all-Australian singles last, the world No.228 defeated 2016 champion Lizette Cabrera 7-6(4) 4-6 6-3 in nearly two-and-a-half hours.
Aiava didn’t drop a set till the semifinals, the place she got here from a set all the way down to prevail towards sixth seed Jia-Jing Lu.
The Brisbane QTC Tennis Worldwide is Aiava’s second Professional Tour title for 2024, after she efficiently defended her 2023 Cairns Worldwide crown in October.
She then paired with Maddison Inglis to take dwelling the doubles championship. After dropping the Sydney last final week, Aiava and Inglis convincingly defeated fourth seeds Ankita Raina and Yuki Naito to reign in Brisbane.
Queenslander Blake Ellis had his maiden breakthrough in Tennyson, profitable the lads’s singles title. Winless in his first six finals, Ellis reigned victorious towards fellow Aussie Blake Mott 6-1 6-3 to lastly style silverware.
He will probably be hoping to proceed that kind as the highest seed at this week’s Sunshine Coast Tennis Worldwide, the following cease on the Australian Professional Tour.
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In the meantime, Emerson Jones will return to the Professional Tour circuit this week after her maiden ITF Futures title in Sydney, the place the 16-year-old final performed and wreaked havoc by beating three seeded gamers.
Jones will probably be joined by high seed Priscilla Hon, in what will probably be Hon’s first Australian Professional Tour occasion in 9 months.
Hon just lately competed within the Asian swing, enjoying in the primary draw of Beijing, Tokyo and Hong Kong. Earlier than that she achieved foremost draw standing on the US Open for the primary time in 5 years.
The world No.193 is aiming for her first title since claiming the Burnie Worldwide in February.
The Sunshine Coast Tennis Worldwide will probably be performed in Caloundra from 17-24 November.
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