{"id":27390,"date":"2022-10-03T17:32:48","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T07:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=27390"},"modified":"2022-10-03T17:32:48","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T07:02:48","slug":"australian-junior-hardcourt-champions-crowned-in-adelaide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2022\/10\/03\/australian-junior-hardcourt-champions-crowned-in-adelaide","title":{"rendered":"Australian Junior Hardcourt Champions crowned in Adelaide"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renee Alame<\/strong> (NSW) is now a two-time Australian champion after taking out the 14-and-under girls\u2019 title at the 2022 12\/u and 14\/u Australian Hardcourt Championships presented by Kia <\/strong>at West Lakes Tennis Club in Adelaide.<\/p>\n

Thirteen-year-old Alame defeated No.11 seed Ava Beck (Vic) 6-1 6-2 to claim her second national title of the year after taking home the 12\/u girls\u2019 singles title at the Australian Claycourt Championships in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe match was pretty good, I felt like I was playing my game. At the start I was a bit nervous, but as the games went on, I think I got there,\u201d Alame said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is very exciting today. I won the 12-and-under title not that long ago, so to win two in the same year is just amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other singles finals action, No.2 seed Lucas Han<\/strong> (Qld) overcame top seed Flynn Coventry-Searle (NSW) 6-2 6-4 to win the 12\/u boys\u2019 championship, top seed Jennifer Ott<\/strong> (NSW) defeated No.4 seed Aimee Jin (NSW) 6-1 6-1 to win the 12\/u girls\u2019 championship and second seed Myron Papadimitriou<\/strong> (NSW) defeated Cameron Burton (WA) 5-7 6-3 7-6(3) in just over three hours to win the 14\/u boys\u2019 title.<\/p>\n

The finals were a fitting end to a tournament that has hosted 192 players from around Australia over the past week, giving all the opportunity to play for national titles and gain valuable experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cTennis Australia is pleased to have been able to bring the 12\/u and 14\/u Australian Hardcourt Championships to Adelaide this week,\u201d Tennis Australia Tournament Development Manager, Francis Soyer <\/strong>said.<\/p>\n

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

The next national junior event will be the December Showdown Masters <\/strong>(3-17 December) at Melbourne Park with the top-ranked players<\/a> in each of the respective age categories; 18\/u (top 16), 16\/u (top 32), 14\/u (top 16) and 12\/u (top 16), invited to compete against their highest ranked peers. The Grasscourt Championships for 12\/u and 14\/u competitors will be contested next January in Wodonga, Victoria.<\/p>\n

2022 12\/u and 14\/u Australian Hardcourt Championships results <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

12\/u Singles
\n<\/em><\/strong>Boys: [2] Lucas Han (Qld) d [1] Flynn Coventry-Searle (NSW) 6-2 6-4
\nGirls: [1] Jennifer Ott (NSW) d [4] Aimee Jin (NSW) 6-1 6-1<\/p>\n

14\/u Singles
\n<\/strong>Boys: [2] Myron Papadimitriou (NSW) d [4] Cameron Burton (WA) 5-7 6-3 7-6(3)
\nGirls: [1] Renee Alame (NSW) d [11] Ava Beck (Vic) 6-1 6-2<\/p>\n

12\/u Doubles
\n<\/strong>Boys: [2] Ethan Domingo (NSW)\/Heaton Pann (Qld) d [3] Flynn Coventry-Searle\/Har Abir Sekhon (NSW) 6-4 6-4
\nGirls: [2] Emilie Chen\/Jennifer Ott (NSW) d [6] Suri Suchovsky\/Angel Warang (NSW) 6-1 6-0<\/p>\n

14\/u Doubles
\n<\/strong>Boys: [2] Filip Fantasia (SA)\/Daniel Jovanovski (Vic) d [1] Myron Papadimitriou (NSW)\/Billy Williams (SA) 6-4 6-4
\nGirls: [2] Sarah Mildren\/Kalina Stefanov (SA) d [3] Ava Beck\/Koharu Nishikawa (Vic) 6-4 6-3<\/p>\n

Kia Most Driven award winners
\nDisplaying the values of Commit, Compete and Respect
\n<\/em><\/strong>12\/u Boys: Boaz Fong (NSW)
\n12\/u Girls: Piyushi Bandara (ACT)
\n14\/u Boys: Elijah Dikkenberg (ACT)
\n14\/u Girls: Sara Nikolic (WA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Renee Alame (NSW) is now a two-time Australian champion after taking out the 14-and-under girls\u2019 title at the 2022 12\/u and 14\/u Australian Hardcourt Championships presented by Kia at West Lakes Tennis Club in Adelaide. Thirteen-year-old Alame defeated No.11 seed Ava Beck (Vic) 6-1 6-2 to claim her second national title of the year after […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5736,"featured_media":27392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27390","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\/27390","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=27390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}