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Rising women\u2019s stars Olivia Gadecki<\/strong> and Talia Gibson <\/strong>have been awarded Wildcards into the P2<\/sup> Advisory Canberra International 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Both players will use the tournament as a vital lead up before making their debuts at the Australian Open<\/strong>, after also being awarded a wildcard into the Grand Slam last week.<\/p>\n Gadecki \u00a0has had a stellar year after reaching three consecutive finals on the Australian Pro Tour and in June winning two rounds of qualifying to reach the main-draw at the WTA event in \u2018s-Hertogenbosch.<\/p>\n 18-year-old Gibson, who was named Junior Female Athlete of the Year at the recent Newcombe Medal Australian Tennis Awards<\/strong>, began 2022 well outside the top 1,000 but has soared to a high mark of world No.342.<\/p>\n Aussie player Astra Sharma<\/strong> also joins the women\u2019s main-draw, with a current ranking of No.118.<\/p>\n In the men\u2019s field Aussies Marc Polmans and Dane Sweeny secure main-draw wildcards. \u00a0Polmans and Sweeny are no strangers to Canberra. \u00a0Polmans has competed in multiple Canberra International tournaments, while Sweeny claimed back-to-back titles in recent UTR events at the Canberra Tennis Centre. \u00a0Rising Aussie James McCabe<\/strong> rounds out the trio of \u00a0Men\u2019s main-draw wildcards.<\/p>\n One of\u00a0Canberra’s<\/em>\u00a0most promising rising stars\u00a0Charlie Camus<\/strong> has been <\/em>awarded a wildcard into the Qualifying which kicks off new years day \u2013 Sunday 1 January. Camus has had an impressive year, kicking off his European campaign by playing qualifying at the French Open Juniors, following up with a swing of European tournaments. Charlie\u2019s world junior ranking peaked at 70 in December 2022, and he currently sits in the top 10 globally for his age as well as possessing 6 ATP points.<\/p>\n Young-gun Hayden Jones<\/strong> also secured a wildcard into Qualifying. \u00a0Both Camus and Jones were selected by Lleyton Hewitt<\/strong> to be \u2018orange boys\u2019 and practice partners for the Australian Davis Cup team. Both players also represented Australia in the Junior Davis Cup 2022.<\/p>\n Fellow Aussies Tristan Schoolkate<\/strong> and Adam Walton<\/strong> round out the Qualifying Wildcards.<\/p>\n The P2<\/sup> Advisory Canberra International will see the women and men compete for a total prize pool of USD $190,000. The men will take to the court in the ATP Challenger 100 event, the highest Challenger event in the country. The women will compete in the ITF 60 event.<\/p>\n The P2<\/sup> Advisory Canberra International is made possible by support from local partners, businesses, Events ACT<\/strong>, ACT Government<\/strong> and Tennis Australia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n