26 February 2018 | Tennis West

Talent 10’s Final, Melbourne

The Talent 10’s Final saw teams from different states come together in Melbourne for the Talent 10’s Final. Four boys and four girls were selected  to represent WA based off of the Talent 10 rounds at the end of 2017. When selecting the teams both results and attitude were taken into consideration.

This year the finals had a different format, with individual players mixing into different teams from other states. The new format was a great success with the players making new friends from other states and playing against players of similar levels.

Jake Dembo was lucky enough to be chosen to flip the coin for the Australian Open Men’s final! The WA team members were also given the opportunity to meet Australian Open players and watch matches.

The WA Boys Team

Jake Dembo

Ethan Reed

Haris Music

Liam McDowell

Team Manager – Damien Ward

The WA Girls Team

Milla Tasovac

Aleisha Horridge

Tara Aleksic

Alice Stevens

Team Manager – Christina Ladyman

 

National 13’s Doubles Camp/Fed Cup, Canberra

Tennis Australia held a National Doubles Camp in Canberra in conjunction with the Australian Fed Cup Tie v Ukraine. The camp was held for the best players born in 2005 in the country. WA proudly had the largest pool of players selected with Jessie Culley, Taylah Preston, Lily Fairclough and Abbi Gibson all selected to attend. Cara Black attended the camp as coach and mentor to the girls. Cara is a former Number 1 doubles player, having won 10 Grand Slam Titles and 60 WTA Doubles Titles.

A highlight of the camp was the last two days when the girls attended the Fed Cup tie. The girls watched the Australian Fed Cup team train, met with the players and attended both days of the tie. Australia won the tie 3-2.

 

World Junior Teams

WA local Derek Pham has been selected for the 14/U Australian Team to participate in the ITF World Junior Teams Qualifying Event to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 26 – 31 2018. Derek was selected along with Alec Braund (QLD) and Edward Winter (SA).

The selection comes after a great year of results for Derek; he reached the final of the 14/U Australian Clay Court Championships in Canberra, was selected for the Australian Tour to Europe, reached a ranking of Number 1 for his age group and won numerous junior titles. We wish Derek the best of luck!

 

Notable Tournament Results – January/February 2018

Brisbane International – Matthew Ebden, Second Round

Kooyong Classic – Matthew Ebden, Men’s Singles Runner Up

Australian Open – Matthew Ebden, Second Round Singles

Australian Open Juniors – Tristan Schoolkate and William Hann, gained great experience in the main draw

Burnie $60,000 – Jessica Moore, Female Doubles Semi Final (partnering with Ellen Perez)

Launceston $25,000 – Jessica Moore, Female Doubles Winner (partnering with Ellen Perez)

Perth Tennis International 1 $25,000 – Maddison Inglis, Semi Finals Singles

Perth Tennis International 1 $25,000 – Jessica Moore, Female Doubles Winner (partnering with Ellen Perez)

Perth Tennis International 2 $25,000 – Jessica Moore, Female Doubles Winner (partnering with Olivia Tjandramulia)

 

Western Australian ATP & WTA Rankings

Singles

ATP #85 Matthew Ebden

ATP # 1484 Zach Itzstein

 

WTA #422 Astra Sharma

WTA #439 Jess Moore

WTA #612 Maddison Inglis

WTA #720 Storm Sanders

WTA #912 Jelena Stojanovic

 

Doubles

ATP #4 John Peers

ATP #306 Matthew Ebden

 

WTA #10 Casey Dellacqua

WTA #66 Storm Sanders

WTA #93 Jess Moore

WTA #516 Astra Sharma

WTA #708 Maddison Inglis