{"id":14870,"date":"2018-04-17T08:59:15","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T23:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=14870"},"modified":"2018-04-17T09:01:41","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T23:31:41","slug":"edward-vo-wins-second-australian-grasscourt-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2018\/04\/17\/edward-vo-wins-second-australian-grasscourt-championship","title":{"rendered":"Edward Vo wins second Australian Grasscourt Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Edward Vo <\/strong>(Croydon Park, SA) is the 14-and-under 2018 Australian Grasscourt boys\u2019 champion after taking out the national title at Kensington Gardens in Adelaide.<\/p>\n

Vo, South Australia\u2019s top ranked 14-year-old defeated fellow South Australian Edward Winter<\/strong> 2-6 6-3 [18-16] in a tight battle.<\/p>\n

The title means Vo becomes the first player in the history of the Australian Grasscourt Championships to have won both the 12-and-under and 14-and-under titles, having previously won the 12-and-under title in 2016.<\/p>\n

In other singles finals action, [1] Mudiwa Munyimani <\/strong>(Vic) overcame [2] Jeremy Zhang <\/strong>(NSW) 2-6 6-4 [10-8] to win the 12-and-under boys\u2019 championship, [1] Sarah Rokusek<\/strong> (NSW) defeated Baihe (Lily) Lin<\/strong> (NSW) 5-7 7-5 [10-5] to win the 12-and-under girls\u2019 championship, and [1] Taylah Lawless<\/strong> (NSW) defeated [7] Jessica-Jade Haylo <\/strong>(Qld) 6-1 6-1 to win the 14-and-under girls\u2019 championship.<\/p>\n

The finals were a fitting climax to a tournament that has hosted 128 players from around Australia over the past week, giving all the opportunity to play for national titles and Australian ranking points.<\/p>\n

\u201cTennis SA is delighted to have once again hosted the 12 and 14-and-under Australian Grasscourt Championships,\u201d said Tennis SA CEO Steven Baldas<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis event marks the third time South Australia has held a tournament of this kind and we are thrilled to have been a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTennis Australia is pleased to have held the Australian Grasscourt Championships at Kensington Gardens Bowling and Tennis Club over the past week,\u201d added Tennis Australia Tournament Development Manager Francis Soyer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur congratulations to all of the players who have been a part of the tournament and our thanks to the Kensington Gardens Bowling and Tennis Club for their generous hospitality, time and efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n

2018 Australian Grasscourt Championship title winners<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

14-and-under singles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girls: [1] Taylah Lawless<\/strong> (NSW) def. [7] Jessica-Jade Haylo <\/strong>(Qld) 6-1 6-1
\nBoys: [2] Edward Vo (SA)<\/strong> def. [4] Edward Winter<\/strong> (SA) 2-6 6-3 [18-16]<\/p>\n

14-and-under doubles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girls: [2] Talia Gibson<\/strong> (WA) \/ Jessica-Jade Haylo<\/strong> (Qld) vs [3] Hana Sonton <\/strong>\/ Ameliija Swaffer-Selff <\/strong>6-2 2-0 (abandoned)
\nBoys: Alec Braund<\/strong> (Qld) \/ Derek Pham<\/strong> (WA) defeated [3] Haru Sonton<\/strong> \/ Lathan Treacy<\/strong> (Qld) 6-7(4) 6-4 [10-8]<\/p>\n

12-and-under singles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girls: [1] Sarah Rokusek<\/strong> (NSW) def. Baihe (Lily) Lin<\/strong> (NSW) 5-7 7-5 [10-5]
\nBoys: [1] Mudiwa Munyimani <\/strong>(Vic) def. [2] Jeremy Zhang <\/strong>(NSW) 2-6 6-4 [10-8]<\/p>\n

12-and-under doubles<\/strong><\/p>\n

Girls: [1] Jessie Culley<\/strong> \/ Taylah Preston <\/strong>(WA) def. [3] Lily Fairclough <\/strong>(WA) \/ Sarah Rokusek<\/strong> (NSW) 3-6 6-4 [10-7]
\nBoys: [4] Cooper Errey<\/strong> (Vic) \/ Nicolas Tremblay<\/strong> (NT) def. David Reutlinger <\/strong>\/ Michael Smith <\/strong>(SA) 6-2 7-5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Edward Vo (Croydon Park, SA) is the 14-and-under 2018 Australian Grasscourt boys\u2019 champion after taking out the national title at Kensington Gardens in Adelaide. Vo, South Australia\u2019s top ranked 14-year-old defeated fellow South Australian Edward Winter 2-6 6-3 [18-16] in a tight battle. The title means Vo becomes the first player in the history of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5736,"featured_media":14872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5736"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}