Australia is one in every of eight nations competing on the 2024 Grasp’U BNP Paribas Championships - broadly recognised as “The World Occasion of College Tennis” in Reims, France from 29 November to 1 December.
Reims, France, 25 November 2024 | Camille Russo
The 2024 Grasp’U BNP Paribas Championships is as soon as once more bringing collectively college gamers from throughout the globe to compete in a world competitors broadly recognised as “The World Occasion of College Tennis.”
In its seventeenth version, the occasion will probably be held in Reims, France from 29 November to 1 December.
Australia will make up one in every of eight nations, alongside Germany, Belgium, United States, France, United Kingdom, Eire and Switzerland.
The competitors options most of the top-ranked scholar athletes from each Nationwide Collegiate Athletic Affiliation (NCAA) establishments in addition to different college programs from world wide. Workforce Australia was invited to the occasion in 2022 and has completed third and fourth within the earlier two years respectively.
Representing Australia in 2024 will probably be Maya Joint (College of Texas), Petra Hule (former Florida State College), Lily Fairclough (College of Southern California), Jeremy Jin (College of Florida), Casey Hoole (College of South Carolina) and Derek Pham (Oklahoma State College).
“I’m so excited to play for Australia within the Grasp’U BNP Paribas occasion. Will probably be my first time formally sporting the inexperienced and gold which implies the world to me,” mentioned Joint.
“This yr has been a tremendous transition from junior to senior tennis for me and I’ve gained a lot expertise, nice buddies and reminiscences.”
Teaching the group will probably be David Hodge, Director of Athletes Company Worldwide, and Chris Mahony, NTA Coach and Head of US School.
“Australia has such a proud historical past in school tennis and this pathway has produced a few of our sport’s nice ambassadors,” mentioned Hodge.
“This would be the seventeenth version of the Grasp’U BNP Paribas and the ‘RacquetRoos’ will probably be making our third consecutive look having gained bronze in 2022 and putting fourth in 2023.
“I’m excited to work intently with somebody as skilled as Chris and the gifted group we’ve put collectively to characterize and carry out for our nation.”
Mahony is simply as excited to be a part of the occasion for the primary time, working alongside Hodge and the gamers.
“This occasion kinds a part of Tennis Australia’s School Program that we launched earlier this yr underneath the NTA umbrella,” mentioned Mahony.
“David has an unimaginable ardour for this house and was instrumental in getting Australia a spot on this competitors again in 2022.”
Notable gamers who’ve competed on this occasion embrace:
- Adam Walton (AUS)
- Danielle Collins (USA)
- Chris Eubanks (USA)
- Ena Shibihara (USA, Japan)
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