13 May 2014 | Tennis Queensland

Australia has finished on top at the Junior Fed Cup Asia/Oceania qualifying competition in Malaysia over the weekend, securing its place in September’s finals.

The Australian team featuring Queenslanders Priscilla Hon & Kimberly Birrell, joined by Western Australia’s Maddison Inglis, finished No.1 after defeating China 2-0 in Saturday’s final. Hon secured the team’s place with a 16th birthday victory 7-6(4) 6-1 over Wu Shuang Zheng following Birrell’s straight sets win over  Ma Shu Yue 6-3 6-2.

Australia earlier recorded 2-1 wins over India and Japan in the respective quarterfinal and semifinal stages of the play-offs, after having gone undefeated in round robin play with victories over Singapore, Hong Kong and Uzbekistan.

The top-seeded Aussies were so dominant during their week in Kuching that they did not even relinquish a set in their round robin group stage.

Sixteen teams were competing for the four available spots at the Junior Fed Cup finals in San Luis Potosi in Mexico on 23-28 September 2014; joining Australia from the Asia/Oceania zone are China, Japan and Thailand.