{"id":12245,"date":"2017-10-01T16:02:37","date_gmt":"2017-10-01T05:02:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=12245"},"modified":"2017-10-01T16:02:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-01T05:02:37","slug":"oh-chee-watson-take-wheelchair-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2017\/10\/01\/oh-chee-watson-take-wheelchair-open","title":{"rendered":"Oh-Chee & Watson take Wheelchair Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Keegan Oh-Chee<\/strong> (NSW) and Janine Watson<\/strong> (QLD) have claimed the singles titles at the inaugural Canberra Wheelchair Tennis Open <\/strong>today at the Canberra Tennis Centre.<\/p>\n

Oh-Chee went into the event as the top seed, and made it through to the final without dropping a set.\u00a0 In the final he faced fourth seed and former Paralympic silver medallist, Mick Connell <\/strong>(NSW).\u00a0 Connell had progressed to the final after defeating second seed Stephan Rochecouste <\/strong>(NSW) in an epic three set battle yesterday.<\/p>\n

It was Oh-Chee who took the early lead, winning the first set 6-4, however Connell fought back in the second to win it 6-3 to force a decider.\u00a0 Oh-Chee regrouped and ran away with the third providing too strong, winning it 6-0 to claim the title.<\/p>\n

On winning the title Oh-Chee said, \u201cI was a bit too quick and a bit too solid at times.\u00a0 It was a great tournament, the inaugural event, so good to get the name on the board first up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Oh-Chee will now turn his focus to the events in Sydney and Wollongong ahead of the Australian Open 2018<\/strong> Wildcard playoff in Melbourne in November.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s a big one, I lost in the final last year so I really want to get that wildcard this time around.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the Women\u2019s singles, Janine Watson claimed her maiden ITF Wheelchair title going through the round robin event without dropping a set.\u00a0 She edged out runner-up Helen Smith <\/strong>(NSW) 6-2, 6-3 to win the title.\u00a0 Watson enjoyed her week in the capital saying, \u201cIt was a very challenging especially with the wind yesterday, but it\u2019s been a fantastic competition.<\/p>\n

Watson has only been competing for just over twelve months after being picked up at a Paralympic tennis identification event.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m just looking at playing as many ITF tournaments as possible and getting some world ranking points, and hopefully start playing internationally,\u201d Watson added.<\/p>\n

In the Men\u2019s doubles, Oh-Chee and Jerry Markoja <\/strong>(NSW) defeated top seeds Mick Connell and Stephan Rochecouste, 6-4, 6-4.<\/p>\n

In the Women\u2019s doubles, Watson joined with 15 year old Hayley Slocombe <\/strong>(NSW) to defeat Smith and Fiona Sing <\/strong>(NSW), 6-3, 6-2.<\/p>\n

Riley Dumsday <\/strong>(VIC) defeated Finn Broadbent <\/strong>(VIC) 6-2, 6-3 to win the junior singles event.\u00a0 Dumsday then teamed up with Marcus Lentini <\/strong>(QLD) to win the doubles title over Broadbent and Hayley Slocombe.<\/p>\n

A \u2018Come & Try\u2019 Wheelchair Tennis Session<\/strong> was also held on finals day providing free coaching for individuals wanting to try the sport. As part of the hosting legacy initiatives of the Canberra Wheelchair Tennis Open, a new wheelchair tennis program will be launched at North Woden Tennis Club, providing individuals in Canberra an opportunity to get involved and active in the sport of wheelchair tennis. A partnership initiative of Tennis Australia, Tennis ACT, and Wheelchair Sports NSW, this program will be the first wheelchair tennis program ever hosted in ACT.<\/p>\n

Full draws and results can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n

The Canberra Wheelchair Tennis Open<\/strong>, is part of the Wheelchair Sports New South Wales Wheelchair Tennis Series, supported by Tennis Australia and Tennis ACT. This tournament is part of the UNIQLO ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour<\/strong>, providing an opportunity for players to earn their first world ranking points. The\u00a0UNIQLO\u00a0Wheelchair Tennis Tour consists of more than\u00a0150 tournaments in over 40 countries, covering all parts of the world.<\/strong> For more information on the ITF Wheelchair Tennis Tour <\/strong>http:\/\/www.itftennis.com\/wheelchair<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Keegan Oh-Chee (NSW) and Janine Watson (QLD) have claimed the singles titles at the inaugural Canberra Wheelchair Tennis Open today at the Canberra Tennis Centre. Oh-Chee went into the event as the top seed, and made it through to the final without dropping a set.\u00a0 In the final he faced fourth seed and former Paralympic […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":12249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5789"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}