22 December 2020 | Tennis West
The UTR Junior State Performance Championships have concluded after 10 days of action, which saw more than 100 of the state’s top players hit the courts of the State Tennis Centre (Burswood).
Held in lieu of the prestigious Australian Championships contested at Melbourne Park each year, the states aspiring 12/u, 14/u, 16/u and 18/u players competed in both singles and doubles events from Monday 7 to Wednesday 16 December.
Noting WA’s dominance at the 2019 Australian Championships which saw WA’s junior players claim eight of the possible sixteen titles, National Development Squad Coach, Tom George says that WA is fortunate to have such breadth of talent within the junior ranks.
“The success at last year’s Australian Championships was unbelievable. To return home with 50% of the titles was seriously amazing,”
“We’re incredibly proud of the breadth of talent we have here in WA and it’s a credit to our athletes who continue to train hard and work diligently towards their goals,”
“Not being able to travel to Melbourne this year is obviously disappointing but we’re incredibly fortunate to have a number of the country’s top ranked players right here in WA,”
“The level of competition across all divisions has been incredible and something that’s been great to see out on court here at the State Tennis Centre,” George said.
UTR Junior State Performance Championship Results
| Singles | ||
| Girls | Boys | |
| 12/u | Sara Nikolic d Riana Tan 6-4, 7-6 | Cameron Burton d Rishi Makesar 6-2, 6-4 |
| 14/u | Yellena Kelleher d Tara Aleksic 7-5, 6-0 | Jake Dembo d Luka Vujacic 6-4, 6-4 |
| 16/u | Lily Fairclough d Ksenija Vujacic 6-2, 7-5 | Nathan Lim d Marko Mrdak 6-4, 6-4 |
| 18/u | Taylah Preston d Talia Gibson 6-4, 7-5 | Matthew Burton d Luka Brown 3-6, 6-2, 10-8 |
| Doubles | ||
| 12/u | Sunny Youn & Poppy McCondruin d Karin Hiramatsu & Eva Small 5-7, 6-3, 10-5 | Rishi Makesar & Suyesh Makesar d Gerard Hadiatno & Thomas McKenzie 2-6, 6-3, 10-8 |
| 14/u | Alfee Stevens & Peyton Duckett d Jaun Yum & Yelena Kelleher 6-2, 6-2 | Luka Vujacic & Aden Rezvan d Liam McDowell & Thomas McKenzie 6-2, 6-2 |
| 16/u | Lily Fairclough & Ksenija Vujacic d Peyton Duckett & Ruby Broadbent 6-2, 6-1 | Jay Fairclough & Nathan Schupelius d Joshua Blundell-Williams & Jake Dembo 6-1, 6-4 |
| 18/u | Taylah Preston & Talia Gibson d Ella Nurkic & Lily Fairclough | Ethan Cook & Ethan Dunn d James Newton & Matthew Burton |
More than 850 junior players from across Australia have competed in the state based tournaments with host states including, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia and the ACT.
For further information, visit: www.myutr.com/statechampseries-au
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