{"id":19334,"date":"2024-04-22T11:48:13","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T01:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=19334"},"modified":"2024-04-22T11:48:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T01:48:13","slug":"act-juniors-shine-at-national-claycourt-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2024\/04\/22\/act-juniors-shine-at-national-claycourt-championships","title":{"rendered":"ACT Juniors Shine at National Claycourt Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2024 12\/u & 14\/u Australian Claycourt Championships<\/strong> concluded on Sunday after a spectacular week of tennis at the Canberra Tennis Centre.<\/p>\n

The 2024 Australian Claycourt Championships<\/strong> attracted 128<\/strong> of Australia\u2019s most promising junior athletes to the Nation’s capital, including 9 ACT competitors<\/strong> who looked to defend the home turf.<\/p>\n

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April 21: Ana Maric (VIC) [L] and Piyushi Bandara (ACT) [R] 2024 12U and 14U Australian Claycourt Championships Final at Tennis World in Lyneham, Canberra on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Photo by TENNIS AUSTRALIA\/ ANASTASIA KACHALKOVA<\/p><\/div>Tennis ACT<\/strong> would like to congratulate Tommy Camus<\/strong> and Piyushi Band<\/strong>ara<\/strong> for their exceptional effort in making it to the finals<\/strong> in the 12\/u Boys and 12\/u Girls divisions respectively. Unfortunately, both came up short of the championship but their passion and skills were on full display throughout the entire week. Well done to all the other juniors competitors who represented the ACT:\u00a0Jobe Dikkenberg,\u00a0Mitchell Rankin,\u00a0Dave Gandhi,\u00a0Zoe Cowles,\u00a0Jana Ayad,\u00a0Ewan Duff and\u00a0Jasmeet Goraya<\/p>\n

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April 21: Tommy Camus (ACT) at the 2024 12U and 14U Australian Claycourt Championships Finals at Tennis World in Lyneham, Canberra on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Photo by TENNIS AUSTRALIA\/ ANASTASIA KACHALKOVA<\/p><\/div>\n

Congratulations also to the newly-crowned singles champions (L-R below) \u2013\u00a0Emilie Chen<\/strong>\u00a0(NSW),\u00a0Ethan Domingo<\/strong>\u00a0(NSW),\u00a0Christian Joseph<\/strong> (QLD), and\u00a0Ana Maric<\/strong> (VIC).<\/p>\n

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April 21: Award ceremony 2024 12U and 14U Australian Claycourt Championships at Tennis World in Lyneham, Canberra on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Photo by TENNIS AUSTRALIA\/ ANASTASIA KACHALKOVA<\/p><\/div>\n

Thank you to the Tennis Australia Competitive Events team, in particular Francis Soyer,\u00a0Lawrence Robertson, David Boyes, <\/strong>and Stuart Ginn<\/strong> for helping organise and deliver such a successful event here in Canberra. A big thank you also to\u00a0Kal Liiband<\/strong>, who maintains the Canberra tennis centre clay courts, ensuring a world-class surface for our competitors and players year-round.<\/p>\n

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April 21: Trophy table at the 2024 12U and 14U Australian Claycourt Championships at Tennis World in Lyneham, Canberra on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Photo by TENNIS AUSTRALIA\/ ANASTASIA KACHALKOVA<\/p><\/div>\n

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2024 Australian Claycourt Championships \u2013 finals<\/strong><\/h4>\n

12\/u boys\u2019 singles:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>[2]\u00a0Christian Joseph (Qld) d [1] Tommy Camus (ACT) 6-3 7-6(8)
\n12\/u girls\u2019 singles:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>[1] Ana Maric (Vic) d [6] Piyushi Bandera (ACT) 6-4 6-1
\n12\/u boys\u2019 doubles<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/em>[3] Jiacheng Andrew Chen (NSW)\/Sebastian Lavorato (NSW) d Johan Abdullah (NSW)\/Arrush Gaikwad (NSW) 6-1 6-7(2) [10-4]
\n12\/u girls\u2019 doubles<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/em>[4] Ana Maric (Vic)\/Lara Wu (SA) d [3] Piyushi Bandara (ACT)\/Danica Todorovic (Qld) 6-2 6-3
\n12\/u mixed doubles<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/em>Arrush Gaikwad (NSW)\/Aleksija Vujcic (NSW) d [4] Ryan Bolger (Qld)\/Ava Garner (Qld) [10-6]<\/p>\n

14\/u boys\u2019 singles<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/em>[1] Ethan Domingo (NSW) d [2] Flynn Coventry-Searle (NSW) 7-5 6-2
\n14\/u girls\u2019 singles<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/em>[2] Emilie Chen (NSW) d [5] Tori Russell (Qld) 7-5 6-3
\n14\/u boys\u2019 doubles<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/em>Hayoto Sata (Vic)\/Jonathan Zhang (Vic) d Scott Hong (NSW)\/Oliver Lam (NSW) 6-4 7-6(3)
\n14\/u girls\u2019 doubles<\/strong>:<\/em>\u00a0[2] Emilie Chen (NSW)\/Vesna Marinkov (NSW) d Aimee Jin (NSW)\/Valentyna Rosa (NSW) 6-4 6-2
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:\u00a0<\/em>[1] Raphael Savelli (Vic)\/Vesna Marinkov (NSW) d [2]\u00a0Flynn Coventry-Searle (NSW)\/Elise Virr (Qld) [10-6]<\/p>\n

The 2024 Australian Claycourt Championships<\/strong> have once again demonstrated\u00a0the passion, dedication, and potential of\u00a0Australia\u2019s next generation of tennis players<\/strong>. As both a stepping stone towards professional careers and a source of inspiration for future talent, the event holds a special place in the hearts of the Australian tennis family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The 2024 12\/u & 14\/u Australian Claycourt Championships concluded on Sunday after a spectacular week of tennis at the Canberra Tennis Centre. The 2024 Australian Claycourt Championships attracted 128 of Australia\u2019s most promising junior athletes to the Nation’s capital, including 9 ACT competitors who looked to defend the home turf. Tennis ACT would like to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6356,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19334","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\/6356"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}