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12 April 2018 | Tennis SA

Day 4 saw three South Australians move through to the semifinals at the 2018 12/u and 14/u Australian Grasscourt Championships.

In the 12/u Boys, the top four seeds of [1] Mudiwa Munyimani (Vic), [2] Jeremy Zhang (NSW), [3] Cooper Errey (Vic) and [4] Charlie Camus (ACT) have all made their way through to the semis. In the doubles, South Australia’s unseeded pairing of David Reutlinger/Michael Smith will look to continue their superb run when they take on [4] Cooper Errey (Vic)/Nicolas Tremblay (NT) in the final.

In the 12/u Girls, top seed Sarah Rokusek (NSW) continued her impressive form taking a 6-1 6-1 win over Rhea Makesar (WA). Incredibly, Rokusek has lost just four games in the tournament so far. Meanwhile, second seed Jessie Culley (WA) was defeated by [6] Roisin Toireasa Gilheany (Vic) 7-6(3) 6-4. The doubles final will see Rokusek pair with Lily Fairclough (WA) and Culley pair with Taylah Preston (WA).

Two South Aussies will feature in the 14/u Boys semifinals with second seed Edward Vo taking a 7-5 6-1 victory over [5] Alex Braund (Qld) 7-5 6-1 and fourth see Edward Winter taking convincing 6-2 6-3 victory over Max Weir (WA). The doubles final will be between [3] Haru Sonton/Lathan Treacy (Qld) and [2] Alec Braund (Qld)/Derek Pham (WA).

In the 14/u Girls, Mia Tsoukalas will lead the South Aussie charge following a 7-5 7-5 win over Shannon Spencer (NSW). Tsoukalas will now take on top seed Taylah Lawless (NSW) in the semifinals. In the doubles, [3] Hana Sonton/Ameliija Swaffer-Selff (Qld) will take on [2] Talia Gibson (WA)/Jessica-Jade Haylo (Qld).

Day 5 will see main draw singles semifinals take place at 9.00 am, with doubles finals from 1.00 pm.

Updated singles draws, doubles draws and schedule for Friday 13 April now available here.