From outstanding individual results to strong team performances, it has been another exceptional week for West Australian tennis.
Three West Australian players won titles on the professional tour. Storm Hunter, John Peers and Zachary Viiala won titles last week, while fellow West Australian’s Taylah Preston, Matt Ebden and Astra Sharma had good results making either the final or semi-final.
John Peers teamed up with fellow Aussie Jason Kubler and claimed their first team title at an ATP Challenger event in Aix-en-Provence (France). This was Peers’ first title of the season and his first at ATP Challenger level in almost 10 years.
Australia’s top-ranked women’s doubles players in WA’s Storm Hunter and fellow Aussie Ellen Perez along with WA coach Scott Webster teamed up to win a WTA 125 tournament in Reus (Spain). This was the first title of the year for the 28-year-old Hunter. Together, the Australians were previously runners-up at Istanbul 2020 to Guarachi and Desirae Krawczyk, and Charleston 250 2021 to Hailey Baptiste and Caty McNally.
The 17-year-old Zachary Viiala won his second consecutive ITF junior boy’s singles title, overcoming fellow Aussie Jarrod Joyce in the final of a J100 tournament in Mornington (Australia). Viiala is on a 10-match winning streak.
The 35-year-old Matt Ebden from Perth and Indian partner Rohan Bopanna recorded a runners-up finish in the men’s doubles competition at Madrid (Spain). It was Ebden’s second career ATP Masters 1000 final and his fourth final appearance of the year.
Taylah Preston advanced to her first professional singles final at an ITF 25 tournament in Nottingham (Great Britain). Preston had an amazing run, winning six matches to reach the final as a qualifier, where she lost to British world No.140 Harriet Dart.
A resurgent Astra Sharma made a semi-final appearance at an ITF 100 tournament in Bonita Springs (USA). It was the 27-year-old’s first singles semi-final in more than two years.
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