{"id":32563,"date":"2024-10-08T16:40:31","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T06:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=32563"},"modified":"2024-10-08T16:42:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T06:12:52","slug":"champions-crowned-at-2024-australian-hardcourt-junior-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2024\/10\/08\/champions-crowned-at-2024-australian-hardcourt-junior-championships","title":{"rendered":"Champions crowned at 2024 Australian Hardcourt Junior Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s best young tennis players Tori Russell, Cleo Taylor, Raphael Savelli and Novak Palombo have been crowned the singles champions at the 2024<\/b> 12\/u and 14\/u Australian Junior Hardcourt Championships <\/b>in West Lakes, Adelaide.<\/p>\n

In the girls singles action, first seed Tori Russell from Queensland defeated second seed and fellow Queenslander Ceressa Jackson 6-0 6-3 to claim her second 14\/u girls\u2019 championship title. Russell had already won the doubles decider on Sunday with partner Karin Hiramatsu.<\/p>\n

In the boys singles final, third seed Raphael Savelli (Vic) defeated seventh seed Lachlan Rye (Qld) after he was forced to retire after losing the first set 6-4.<\/p>\n

Cleo Taylor (Qld) and Novak Palombo (Vic) justified their top seedings with straight sets victories in the 12\/u finals. Taylor overcame second seed Ana Maric (Vic) 7-5 6-1 while Palombo defeated Aleksandr Kharkov (NSW) in straight sets 6-1 6-2 to take home his second national title.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe level of junior talent on display this year was exceptional,\u201d Tournament Director David Boyes<\/b> said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur congratulations to all of the players who put in the hard work and dedication throughout the tournament, as well as our thanks to West Lakes Tennis Club for being such wonderful hosts and providing a top-class venue for this prestigious event,\u201d\u202fBoyes concludes.<\/p>\n

The finals were a fitting end to a tournament that hosted 128 junior players to Adelaide from around Australia over the past week, giving all the opportunity to play for national titles and gain valuable experience.<\/p>\n

2024 12\/u and 14\/u Australian Hardcourt Championships title winners\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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12\/u Singles\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Boys:<\/span> [1]<\/span> Novak Palombo<\/span> (Vic)<\/span><\/span> d<\/span> Aleksandr Kharkov <\/span>(NSW) <\/span>6-1 6-2<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Girls: <\/span>[1] <\/span>Cleo Taylor<\/span> (Qld)<\/span><\/span> d<\/span> Ana Maric<\/span> (Vic)<\/span> 7-5<\/span> 6-1<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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14\/u Singles\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

Boys: <\/span>[3] <\/span>Raphael Savelli<\/span> (Vic)<\/span><\/span> d<\/span> Lachlan Rye<\/span> (Qld)<\/span> 6-4<\/span> R<\/span>et<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Girls: <\/span>[1] <\/span>Tori Russell<\/span> (Qld)<\/span> d<\/span> Ceressa<\/span> Jackson<\/span> (Qld)<\/span> 6-0<\/span> 6-3<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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12\/u Doubles<\/i><\/p>\n

Boys: Arrush Gaikwad (NSW) \/ Preston Shawcross (Qld) [3] d Zayn Cameron (Vic) \/ Christopher Manton (Vic) 6-4 6-1<\/p>\n

Girls: Ana Maric (Vic) \/ Lara Wu (SA) [3] d Ayumi Ito (NSW) \/ Esther Meng (Vic) [3] 6-3 6-1<\/p>\n

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14\/u Doubles<\/i><\/p>\n

Boys: Sehun Park (WA) \/ Jake Spurrell (Qld) [1] d Zachary Chai (Qld) \/ Antoni Luo (Qld) 6-0 6-1<\/p>\n

Girls: Karin Hiramatsu (WA) \/ Tori Russell (Qld) d Elise Virr (Qld) \/ Isabella Welsh (Qld) 7-5 1-6[10-4]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australia\u2019s best young tennis players Tori Russell, Cleo Taylor, Raphael Savelli and Novak Palombo have been crowned the singles champions at the 2024 12\/u and 14\/u Australian Junior Hardcourt Championships in West Lakes, Adelaide. In the girls singles action, first seed Tori Russell from Queensland defeated second seed and fellow Queenslander Ceressa Jackson 6-0 6-3 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6294,"featured_media":32568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32563","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\/32563","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\/6294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}