11 December 2018 | Tennis SA

Each December the country’s best players assemble at Melbourne Park for the December Showdown. In 16 days, more than 1500 matches will be played to find out who is the best player across each age group.

The Australian Open Play-off is the centrepiece of the December Showdown. The play-off sees players from around Australia battle it out for a golden ticket into the Australian Open.

SA’s Luke Saville had a cracking match against James Duckworth (NSW) in the Men’s Singles Final, but wasn’t able to win the golden ticket into the Australian Open.

J. Duckworth (NSW) [3] def L. Saville (SA) (WC) 6-3 7 – 5 5 – 7 6 – 7 [2-7]

Congratulations to the following SA players who also played their way in to the finals and will come home with some shiny silverware from the National Team and Individual Championships in Melbourne.

14/u Girls’ Final

[3] Talia Gibson (WA) def. [1] Charlotte Kempenaers-Pocz (SA) 6-2 6-7(2) 6-4

18/u Girls’ Doubles Final

[2] Amber Marshall (SA) / Annerly Poulos (ACT) def. [1] Lisa Mays / Ivana Popovic (NSW) 6-7(3) 6-1 [10-6]

14/u Boys’ Doubles Final

[1] Derek Pham (WA) / Edward Winter (SA) def. [7] Billy Bougoure/ Kanika Jayathilake (Qld) 6-0 6-0.

16/u Girls Doubles Final

[2] Natasha Russell (SA) /Roopa Bains (QLD) def. [1] Anastasia Berezov (NSW)/ Tina Smith (QLD) 7-6(1) 1-6 [10-6].

14/u Boys Australian Teams Championships

SA defeated QLD in the final.

1. Edward Winter
2. Doni Gashi
3. Alex Despoja
4. Ralph Catipay
Team Manager: Craig Mousley

December Showdown 2018 calendar