Canberra’s Annerly Poulos has won the 16\/u Australian Championships singles title at the December Showdown. \u00a0The 14 year old came through qualifying and defeated four seeds on her way to the title. \u00a0As a result of the victory, Poulos has earned a wildcard into the Australian Open 2018 Girls Singles.<\/p>\n
After winning her opening round of main draw, Poulos came through an epic three set match against second seed Olivia Gadecki (QLD) winning 6-2 2-6 7-6 in two hours and twenty eight minutes. \u00a0She then defeated eight seed Helena Spiridis (VIC) in the quarterfinals before overcoming second seed Amber Marshall (SA) in the semifinal.<\/p>\n
Poulos proved too strong for fifth seed Zara Brankovic (NSW) winning the final 6-0 6-2. \u00a0Poulos said staying relaxed on court was key to her success.<\/p>\n
“Before the match I just knew that I had to be relaxed as much as possible so I can play my best because that\u2019s what I fine is best for me, when I\u2019m relaxed during the match.\u00a0 I was just going for my shots, making sure I was doing everything right and everything turned out well in the end and obviously I\u2019m really happy and overjoyed that I won.<\/p>\n
Poulos will now have a few weeks break before commencing preparations for the Australian Open 2018 Girls singles.<\/p>\n
“I\u2019m definitely going to start off playing Australian Open juniors and hopefully if I do well in that to keep playing pro tours and get harder matches and get better as a player and hopefully that all leads up into junior Grand Slams in the future” she said.<\/p>\n
The victory capped off a big few weeks for Poulos, who also made the 14\/u Australian Championships singles and doubles finals the week prior.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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