{"id":15835,"date":"2020-01-12T18:13:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T07:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=15835"},"modified":"2020-01-12T18:13:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T07:13:40","slug":"kohlschreiber-frech-win-apis-canberra-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2020\/01\/12\/kohlschreiber-frech-win-apis-canberra-international","title":{"rendered":"Kohlschreiber &amp; Frech win Apis Canberra International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) and Magdalena Frech (POL) have claimed the Apis Canberra International (Bendigo) singles titles at the Fosterville Gold Tennis Centre on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Kohlschreiber secured a hard fought victory over Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 7-6 (5) 4-6 6-3, while Frech was crowned the women\u2019s champion after top seed Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) was unable to take to the court due to a foot and calf injury.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s final was a battle of the generations, with 20-year-old rising star, Ruusuvuori (FIN), up against one of the most experienced players on the ATP Tour, in Kohlschreiber.<\/p>\n<p>Ruusuvuori secured the early break in the opening set to go up 3-0, but Kohlschreiber was able to break back to level it up at 3-3.\u00a0 From there things remained on serve and headed into a tiebreak, which the German secured 7-5.<\/p>\n<p>The second set remained on serve early, until the Finn secured a break and went out to a 5-3 lead.\u00a0 He held on to close out the set 6-4 and force a decider.<\/p>\n<p>Kohlschreiber drew on his experience to break early in the third, taking a 3-0 lead.\u00a0 He stayed solid on serve to close out the match and claim the title.<\/p>\n<p>The world No.79 said it was a great way to start 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very happy, playing the first tournament of the new season. It is the best start I could imagine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very tough tournament. Tricky conditions, I think we both played a good final, but I think maybe my experience helped me out today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kohlschreiber credited a solid off season for starting his season off well after struggling with some injuries in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had to work very hard in the off season to get fit again, so this is the best payout which you can have. I am very lucky, and I think I am playing really good tennis. Of course, the win this week was very nice leading into the Australian Open.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">That winning feeling \ud83c\udfc6.<\/p>\n<p>Philipp Kohlscreiber claims the Apis Canberra International (Bendigo) title. <\/p>\n<p>Kohlschreiber def Emil Ruusuvuori 7-6 4-6 6-3. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ApisCBRIntl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ApisCBRIntl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ApisCBRIntlRoadTrip2020?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ApisCBRIntlRoadTrip2020<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7rCxIsvjFs\">pic.twitter.com\/7rCxIsvjFs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; tennisact (@TennisCanberra) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisCanberra\/status\/1216211828734189568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, the women\u2019s presentation was held after Tig withdrew just prior to the match to see Frech crowned the champion.\u00a0 The 22-year-old was in solid form all week in Bendigo and did not drop a set on her way to the title.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not getting to take to the court today, Frech was pleased to claim her fourth ITF World Tennis Tour Title and with her match preparation ahead of Australian Open 2020 qualifying next week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really enjoyed this week; it is pretty amazing for me to win this tournament. Especially after one year of injury, I am really glad I could play here. It is pretty special to win the tournament and hold the trophy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery match is the best preparation for the next tournament, so I am really glad I could play four matches here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although the 22-year-old didn\u2019t make it to Canberra this year, she is hopeful she will get the chance in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope I can come to Canberra and play the matches before Australian Open, because it is the best way to prepare.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TennisCanberra\/status\/1216166411980029954<\/p>\n<p>The Apis Canberra International was relocated to Bendigo just three days before the event was set to begin due to the ongoing bushfire situation in the Canberra Region.\u00a0 Tournament Director and Tennis ACT CEO Kim Kachel said it had been a collective effort to relocate the event and was incredibly thankful to all those involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to take this opportunity to acknowledge everyone who assisted with the relocation of this event from Canberra to Bendigo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to the players, Fosterville Gold Tennis Centre, the Bendigo Tennis Association, the team of stringers, the AO Ballkid squad and local Bendigo Ballkids, our sponsors, and all the staff from Tennis Australia, the Member Associations and the whole Tennis ACT team.\u00a0 We could not have delivered this event without you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts are very much with those communities across Australia who are being impacted by these fires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe event has taken part in the Aces for Bushfire Relief campaign, with a total of 997 aces across the tournament.\u00a0 Combined with the gold coin donation entry, we have surpassed $100,000 raised towards the Australian Red Cross Disaster relief and recover campaign,\u201d Kachel added.<\/p>\n<p>The Bendigo Challenger also commenced today and will run until Saturday 18 January at the Fosterville Gold Tennis Centre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aces for Bushfire Relief<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Every ace served during the Apis Canberra International (Bendigo) saw $100 \u00a0donated to the Australian Red Cross bushfire disaster relief and recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 12 January 2020 Total \u2013\u00a0 18 aces<br \/>\nApis Canberra International Overall Total \u2013 \u00a0<strong>$99,700<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Apis Canberra International Ace Leaders<\/span><br \/>\nEmil Ruusuvuori (FIN) \u2013 50<br \/>\nHarry Bourchier (Tas) \u2013 36<br \/>\nDenis Kudla (USA) \u2013 35<br \/>\nPhilipp Kohlschreiber (GER) \u2013 33<br \/>\nEvgeny Donskoy (RUS) &#8211; 31<\/p>\n<p>Donations can be directed to the Australian Red Cross bushfire disaster relief and recovery efforts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org.au\/tennis\">here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Apis Canberra International 2020 Final results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Men\u2019s singles<\/em><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>[4] Philipp Kohlschreiber def Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 7-6 (5) 4-6 6-3<\/p>\n<p><em>Women\u2019s singles<br \/>\n<\/em>Magdalena Frech (POL) def [1] Patricia Maria Tig (ROU)<\/p>\n<p><em>Men\u2019s doubles<br \/>\n<\/em>Max Purcell (NSW) \/ Luke Saville (SA) def [3] Jonathan Elrich (ISR) \/ Andrei Vasilevski 6-7(10) \u00a06-4 [12-10]<\/p>\n<p><em>Women\u2019s doubles<br \/>\n<\/em>[2] Alison Bai (ACT) \/ Jaimee Fourlis (Vic) def Anna Bondar (HUN) \/ Pemra Ozgen (TUR) 5-7 6-4 [10-8]<\/p>\n<p>Final Draws \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tournaments\/pro-tournaments\/australian-pro-tour\/canberra\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) and Magdalena Frech (POL) have claimed the Apis Canberra International (Bendigo) singles titles at the Fosterville Gold Tennis Centre on Sunday. Kohlschreiber secured a hard fought victory over Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN) 7-6 (5) 4-6 6-3, while Frech was crowned the women\u2019s champion after top seed Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) was unable to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":15840,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15835","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\/15835","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=15835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}