Seventeen-year-old Amber Marshall (Gulfview Heights, SA) is Australia’s top ranked junior girl after reaching a major career milestone entering the International Tennis Federation (ITF) junior top 100 for the first time with a junior world ranking of 88.
Marshall defeated Carol Young Suh Lee (NMI) 6-1 6-4 in the final of the Oceania Closed Junior Championships (Lautoka, Fiji) to claim an impressive fourth ITF junior singles title in a row.
Marshall also claimed the doubles title, partnering Valentina Ivanov (NZL) to defeat Grace Schumacher (NSW) and Megan Smith (Qld) 6-3 3-6 [10-5].
Marshall is in outstanding form, extending her singles win-loss record for 2018 to 26-6, including a current winning streak of 22 singles matches and 16 doubles matches that stretches back to June.
Marshall has cemented her position as Australia’s highest ranked junior girl taking out the singles and doubles titles at the last three ITF events held in the country including the ITF Darwin Junior International, the ITF Rod Laver Junior Championships and the ITF Mapei Gold Coast Junior International.
“It is really cool and exciting that I have been able to do so well, but there’s a lot of pressure now, so I just need to try and put the pressure aside and keep playing,” said Marshall.
“Now that my ranking is high enough, it will give me the opportunity to play the junior grand slams, so I am hoping next year that I will be able to play all of them. That has been a goal of mine for ages.”
Marshall is now competing in the ITF Australian Winter Championships (Sydney, NSW) where she will play in the quarterfinals today. Marshall then will return to Adelaide before a tour to Asia in the coming weeks.
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