Young West Australian Jake Dembo will represent Australia at the prestigious Junior Davis Cup qualifiers at the Asia/Oceania qualifying events in Shymkent, Kazakhstan from May 8.
Jake Dembo will be joined by Lachlan McFadzean (Qld) and Jonas Hahn (SA) as well as fellow West Australian High Performance Coach Mitchell Pleydell who will captain the team.
Sixteen countries will compete in regional qualifying, with the top four boy’s teams earning direct entry into the Finals to be held later in the year.
Junior Davis Cup captain and WA’s Talent Operations Manager Mitchell Pleydell was privileged to be given the honour of representing Australia as a captain.
“I’m looking forward to sitting courtside, observing and guiding our players against the world’s best, but also looking forward to seeing how the boy’s conduct themselves in a foreign environment on and off the court.”
“I expect the athletes to be challenged in all facets and I hope we can represent the country with pride and humility. It will be a significant challenge. However, all the boys have deserved the honour through many years of hard which led to this selection,” said Pleydell.
Junior Davis Cup representative Jake Dembo was honoured to be selected to represent Australia in the Junior Davis Cup qualifying event.
“Over the decades there has been some great sportspeople represent Australia. I’m looking forward to seeing the culture, how things work and going out and competing with the aim to qualify and compete in Turkey at the Junior Davis Cup Final,” said Dembo.
The Junior Billie Jean King Cup qualifiers also takes place this week with matches already in progress. Alana Subasic (NSW), Tahlia Kokkinis (Qld) and Gabby Gregg (NSW) are competing in the girls’ event which commenced on Monday.
“Congratulations to our top 16-and-under junior players on their selection to represent Australia at the upcoming Junior Billie Jean King Cup and Junior Davis Cup qualifying”, Tennis Australia Chief Strategy and Performance Officer Tim Jolley said.
“Playing at a high level in international team competition is a valuable development opportunity for our young athletes and representing your country is always a privilege.
“We know they will do us proud, and we wish both the players and captains the very best of luck as they fight to qualify for the finals later this year.”
Daily results can be found here: Tournaments | ITF Juniors (tournamentsoftware.com)
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