{"id":11989,"date":"2024-05-09T21:15:40","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T11:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/?p=11989"},"modified":"2024-05-09T22:36:48","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T12:36:48","slug":"top-seed-alicia-dale-secures-her-place-in-2024-australia-cup-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/alicia-dale\/2024\/05\/09\/top-seed-alicia-dale-secures-her-place-in-2024-australia-cup-final","title":{"rendered":"Top Seed Alicia Dale secures her place in 2024 Australia Cup Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tasmania’s tennis sensation, Alicia Dale, has clinched her place in the Final of the\u00a02024 Australia Cup<\/strong><\/a>, setting the stage for an exhilarating showdown at the Domain Tennis Centre tomorrow, Friday 10 May, 2024 when she goes head-to-head with Juliet Santitto from Queensland.<\/p>\n

In a commanding performance, Dale emerged victorious in straight sets, defeating her opponent Amy Findlay 6-1, 6-0 in the Semi Final match today.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I went out there and just played free and how I normally play – and it’s paid off. I’ve played some of my best tennis this tournament so far and hopefully I can keep that going for tomorrow,” Alicia Dale said.<\/p>\n

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Tasmania’s Alicia Dale [1]<\/p><\/div>Dale is the first Tasmanian through to the Australia Cup Girls Final since Catherine Krueger<\/a> in 2015, and should Dale win the Final tomorrow, Dale will be the first Tasmanian girl to win the trophy since Maree Booth in 1980.<\/p>\n

“It feels pretty good; I’m very privileged to be in this position. Catherine was the last person to do it and so I feel really proud to be Tasmanian and playing in the Final at home,” Dale said.<\/p>\n

Dale also had two wins in the 2024 Jack Pizzey Cup team event today against the team from the ACT, winning her mixed doubles match with fellow Team Captain, George Anderson (8-1) and her singles match, 6-4, 6-3.<\/span><\/p>\n

Anderson also won his singles match against ACT (6-3, 6,4) and Balin Russell won his match against ACT (6-2, 6-4).<\/span><\/p>\n

Catch all the live 2024 Australia Cup Final<\/strong><\/a> action at the Domain Tennis Centre tomorrow, when number one seed, Alicia Dale (TAS) takes to the court in the\u00a02024 Australia Cup Final<\/a>\u00a0(match time is TBC)*. Dale’s match is expected to start not before 2pm.<\/p>\n

For what’s happening in the final two days of the 2024 Jack Pizzey Cup<\/strong>, see the below Order of Play:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Friday 10th<\/em>\u00a0May<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NSW<\/td>\nVS<\/td>\nSA<\/td>\nHard<\/td>\nDomain\u00a0(Centre, West, 8, 9, 10, 11)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
VIC<\/td>\nVS<\/td>\nTAS<\/strong><\/td>\nSyn Grass<\/td>\nSunshine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
WA<\/td>\nVS<\/td>\nACT<\/td>\nSyn Grass<\/td>\nDomain\u00a0(12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QLD<\/td>\nVS<\/td>\nBYE<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saturday 11th<\/em>\u00a0May<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NSW<\/td>\nVS<\/td>\nWA<\/td>\nSyn Grass<\/td>\nSunshine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
QLD<\/td>\nVA<\/td>\nVIC<\/td>\nSyn Grass<\/td>\nDomain\u00a0(12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ACT<\/td>\nVS<\/td>\nSA<\/td>\nHard<\/td>\nDomain\u00a0(Centre, West, 8, 9, 10, 11)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TAS<\/strong><\/td>\nVS<\/td>\nBYE<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

2024 AUSTRALIA CUP<\/h3>\n

For the 2024 Australia Cup Order of Play and Results,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Previous Winners of the Tennis Australia Cup from Tasmania: <\/strong>
\nGirls: <\/strong>
\n1980 Maree Booth TAS<\/p>\n

Boys:<\/strong>
\n1984 Richard Fromberg TAS
\n1988 Brett Richardson TAS
\n2016 Daniel Groom TAS<\/p>\n

Previous Runner Ups of the Tennis Australia Cup from Tasmania:<\/strong>
\nGirls: <\/strong>
\n1978 Kerrie Byrne TAS
\n2009 Alyssa Hibberd TAS (current Coach of the 2024 Pizzey Cup Girls Team)
\n2015 Catherine Krueger TAS<\/p>\n

Boys: <\/strong>
\n1997 Sam Swan TAS
\n2005 Edward Bouchier TAS<\/p>\n

*subject to change<\/p>\n

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Tasmania’s tennis sensation, Alicia Dale, has clinched her place in the Final of the\u00a02024 Australia Cup, setting the stage for an exhilarating showdown at the Domain Tennis Centre tomorrow, Friday 10 May, 2024 when she goes head-to-head with Juliet Santitto from Queensland. In a commanding performance, Dale emerged victorious in straight sets, defeating her opponent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6386,"featured_media":11988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[293],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alicia-dale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11989","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6386"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}