Australia has secured its place in the knockout stage of the World Junior Tennis Asia\/Oceania final qualifying event after defeating Indonesia and the Philippines.<\/p>\n
The WJT Asia\/Oceania final qualifying competition began earlier this week in Nonthaburi, Thailand. The Australian World Junior girls\u2019 team consisting of Olivia Gadecki, Natasha Russell and Canberra\u2019s Annerly Populs, began their Asia\/Oceania final qualifying campaign with an impressive victory.<\/p>\n
The girls defeated the Philippines 3-0 in their first pool match with a straight sets win by Russell and Gadecki, before Gadecki combined with Poulos in the doubles to make it a perfect 3-0.<\/p>\n
In their second pool match, the girls defeated Indonesia 2-1. \u00a0Gadecki levelled the tie at 1-1 after Poulos lost her singles rubber in three sets. In the doubles rubber, Gadecki partnered with Russell to beat the Indonesian pairing 6-0 6-3. The girls now move into second place in their group behind China and will face China in their final round robin match later today.<\/p>\n
With already two victories, the Australian team has already secured a place in the eight-nation elimination stage. The top four nations will advance to the August World Finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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