22 August 2023 | Tennis Victoria

Over the last few weeks, our Victorians have been excelling in overseas tournaments and events.

 

With the US Open next week, Marc Polmans, Jaimee Fourlis and Arina Rodionova will be battling it out in the qualifying draw this week.

 

Daria Saville has qualified and will be in the main draw of the US Open, a remarkable effort since returning from injury.

 

John Peers: The 35-year-old recorded his best result of the season at ATP Masters 1000 level, advancing to the doubles quarterfinals with Croatia’s Nikola Mektic. This was Peers’ best performance in Cincinnati since 2019.

 

Andrew Harris: The 29-year-old advanced to the doubles semifinals at an ATP Challenger in Winnipeg (Canada) alongside American partner Christian Harrison. This was Harris’ eighth semifinal appearance of the season.

 

Daria Saville: The 29-year-old advanced to the singles quarterfinals at a WTA 125 tournament at Barranquilla (Colombia). Saville, who returned to the tour in June after a nine-month injury lay-off, has now won six of her past nine singles matches.

 

Destanee Aiava: The 23-year-old scooped the singles and doubles titles at an ITF 25 tournament in Aldershot (Great Britain). It is Aiava’s sixth career ITF singles title and first won on international soil since April 2018. She teamed with Brit Sarah Beth Grey to claim her third doubles title of the season.

 

Juniors on the rise

 

Our junior players have been producing some great results over the last month. With a few events in Sydney, we have had a lot of finalists throughout the events.

 

• Jarrod Joyce – ITF Sydney J200 Boys Doubles Finalist

 

• Gabrielle Villegas – ITF Sydney J200 Girls Doubles Finalist

 

• Isabella Crossman – J200 Sydney Oceania Junior Closed Championships – Girls Singles Finalist

 

Well done to all of our players competing and excelling around the world!