Australia\u2019s leading players with an intellectual impairment (PWII) and players who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHoH) converged on Melbourne for the annual Australian Tennis Championships.<\/p>\n
A total of 69 players competed for national titles at the four-day event, which was held at Tennis World Albert Reserve from 23-26 November.<\/p>\n
There was a changing of the guard in the II-1 women\u2019s singles, with South Australia\u2019s\u00a0Andriana Petrakis<\/strong> defeating top-ranked Australian Kelly Wren, from New South Wales, to win the division one title.\u00a0Nicholas Costa<\/strong>\u00a0claimed the Division Two II-3 men’s singles title and Macy Lane<\/strong>\u00a0won the DHoH women’s singles title.<\/p>\n “I went to Melbourne for the Australian Tennis Championships last week. I won the women\u2019s singles final in my first ever title and a doubles finalist with Bonnie Johnson,” Petrakis said.<\/p>\n “I felt very proud and happy with myself. I had a wonderful experience in Melbourne.”<\/p>\n