{"id":34729,"date":"2026-06-11T16:23:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T06:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=34729"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:23:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T06:53:50","slug":"celebrating-south-australias-rising-tennis-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2026\/06\/11\/celebrating-south-australias-rising-tennis-stars","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating South Australia\u2019s Rising Tennis Stars!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>South Australia\u2019s junior tennis talent shone brightly at Darwin Junior International ITF, delivering an outstanding set of results on the national stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leading the charge was<strong> Taylah Lessue<\/strong>, who earned a strong runner-up finish in the Girls Singles. In doubles, <strong>Sofia Haddock<\/strong> and her partner also secured a runner-up result in the Girls Doubles, showcasing exceptional teamwork and determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The boys delivered equally impressive performances, with <strong>Kai Coghlan<\/strong> featuring prominently. Kai teamed up with<strong> Andy Venning<\/strong> to claim runner-up honours in the Boys Doubles, while also reaching the semifinals in the Boys Singles competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These achievements reflect the dedication and hard work of our athletes, coaches, and support teams. South Australia is incredibly proud of your efforts and looks forward to seeing what\u2019s next for this talented group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Photo credit: Celina Whan Sports Photography.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Australia\u2019s junior tennis talent shone brightly at Darwin Junior International ITF, delivering an outstanding set of results on the national stage. Leading the charge was Taylah Lessue, who earned a strong runner-up finish in the Girls Singles. In doubles, Sofia Haddock and her partner also secured a runner-up result in the Girls Doubles, showcasing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6443,"featured_media":34730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34729","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\/34729","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\/6443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}