28 September 2016 | Tennis West
August and September have provided the perfect weather for a swing of White Twilight AMT’s.
The 2016 Zap Twilight being a Fast4 format and having only a singles event, provided a chance for players to dethrone the usual champions, with three of the male and female’s seeds succumbing in only the second round.
2016 Zap Twilight White AMT
21 -23 August 2016 – State Tennis Centre
White Series AMT – 69 Players and 61 Entries
Men’s singles
Thomas Hann [2] defeated Alex Downey [1] 4-3(0) 4-2 3/4
Women’s Singles
Madelaine Muller-Hughes [3] defeated Crystal Mildwaters [1] 3-4(4) 4-2 4-1
Men’s Consolation Singles
Reuben Giorgio [1] defeated Oscar Giorgio 4-1 4-0
Women’s Consolation Singles
Casey Tay [1] defeated Belinda Jayaprakash 4-0 4-1
The 2016 Perth Twilight White also provided some newfound success with Peter McKenzie, a tournament regular, taking out his first ever title in the men’s qualification consolation.
2016 Perth Twilight White AMT
11 -14 September 2016 – State Tennis Centre
White Series AMT – 94 Players and 122 Entries
Men’s singles
Zach Itzstein [1] defeated Thomas Hann [2] 6-1 6-1
Men’s Consolation Singles
Gen Naraya defeated Nikola Dotlic [4] 6-2 0-6 10-8
Men’s Qualification Consolation Singles
Peter Mckenzie defeated Oscar Giorgio [1] 6-3 6-7(4) 10-8
Women’s Singles
Crystal Mildwaters [1] defeated Madelaine Muller-Hughes [3] 6-3 6-0
Women’s Consolation Singles
Skye Royall [3] defeated Bojana Crevar 6-0 6-3
Men’s Doubles
James Connelly & Zach Itzstein defeated Timothy Gray & Thomas Hann [1] 6-4 4-6 10-8
Women’s Doubles
Hayley Burton & Madelaine Muller-Hughes [2] defeated Hannah Appleyard & Tonya Mae Glogowski-Watson 6-2 7-5
The next tournament on the calendar is the Perth Spring Junior taking place from the 28th-30th of September, it is a white Fast4 Junior Tournament (singles only event).