21 August 2018 | Tennis ACT

The past month was highlighted by a  trip to the Newcastle and Gosford Platinum AMT events. Tennis Australia coach Todd Larkham took a group of 10 ACT players including Ash Simes, Tallulah Farrow, Nornaaah Sharma, Matina Ujdur, Alyssa Simoncini, Luke Sarris, Damon Ilitch, Josh Kindamaan, Jimmy Fu and Jack Tallarida-Lyons.

Sarris and Simes both took out the 18/u singles titles at the Gold JT in Gosford, with Sarris coming through qualifying winning seven matches to take the title.  In the final he defeated fourth seed Matthew James Scheers 6-1 4-6 6-2.

After surviving a scare in her opening round match, second seeded Simes got better and better taking out fifth seed Sahra Dennehy in straight sets in the semifinals before winning the final 6-3 7-6(4) over Ayda Guler.

Other notable results over the two events include

Last month, Canberra players had the opportunity to play at home with the Tennis World Canberra Junior Open and AMT Indoor Championships.

Isabella Andrews won the 12/u girls singles title, defeating three higher ranked players along the way, while Madison Sutherland made the final of the 16/u girls singles.  In the AMT singles the local women dominated the event, with Ashleigh Simes defeating Belen Barcenilla Coll, and Leah Willliamson and Matina Ujdur also making the semifinals.  Charles Kinaadman made the final of the AMT men’s singles.

Other results included