{"id":9684,"date":"2020-12-15T17:15:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T06:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/?p=9684"},"modified":"2020-12-16T10:43:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T23:43:30","slug":"hadley-dale-among-winners-on-opening-weekend-of-junior-utr-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/news\/2020\/12\/15\/hadley-dale-among-winners-on-opening-weekend-of-junior-utr-champs","title":{"rendered":"Hadley, Dale star on first weekend of Junior UTR Champs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The opening\nlong weekend of the inaugural Junior Universal\nTennis Rankings (UTR) State Performance Championships<\/strong> saw champions from\nthe 12\/u and 16\/u age groups crowned at the Domain Tennis Centre<\/strong> on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event<\/a> replaces the annual December Showdown<\/strong> this year due to the ongoing impact of COVID-19 and state border restrictions, and is part of a new series of events taking place across seven Australian states and territories this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launceston\u2019s Oliver Hadley<\/strong> and Hobart\u2019s Alicia Dale<\/strong> were the standout competitors in the 16\/u division, with the duo claiming the boys and girls singles titles respectively.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hadley (pictured above) then paired up with Hobart\u2019s Ben Fergusson <\/strong>to take out the doubles crown, with Dale following suit in the girls doubles alongside singles runner-up Brooke Miller<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 12\/u division saw Launceston\u2019s Oliver Carswell<\/strong> and Hobart\u2019s Olivia Wilkinson<\/strong> also triumph in their singles and doubles events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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16\/u standout Alicia Dale serves on Day 2.
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Tournament Director Matthew Scott<\/strong> declared the weekend a success and praised the standard and sportsmanship displayed across the three days of competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cIt\u2019s been a big year and it\u2019s been amazing to\nbe able to finish 2020 with our top-tier junior event,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has\nbeen some quality tennis across the two divisions so far, and we\u2019re looking\nforward to finishing strongly with the 14\/u and 18\/u age groups this coming\nweekend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universal\nTennis Rating (UTR) is a purely results-based global rating system which rates\nall players on the same 16-point scale regardless of age, gender or location. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first UTR event was held in Tasmania in July as an alternative to Australian Ranking Tournaments, which will return from 1 January 2021<\/a> after being suspended due to COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Oliver Carswell dominated the 12\/u division.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEver since\nUTR has launched in Tassie, everyone has reacted positively by jumping on\nboard, creating their profiles and competing,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA lot of the clubs in the state have engaged with this platform to run their events, which provides opportunities for players to build their rankings and encourages level-based play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hobart’s Olivia Wilkinson in the 12\/u girls singles final.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

With the 14\/u and 18\/u divisions to be held from Friday 18 \u2013 Sunday 20 December at the Domain Tennis Centre to conclude the Championships<\/a>, Scott said he was looking forward to seeing the event grow statewide in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is\nthe inaugural event in Tasmania, with similar ones being held all over\nAustralia,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe plan to\nrun this annually in December, with the plan for a different region of the\nstate to host each year.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt provides a great opportunity for the community to support local tennis and to get around this event, which we see as being quite a prestigious one for years to come.\u201d

Junior UTR State Performance Championships 12\/u & 16\/u Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>Winner<\/strong><\/td>Runner-up<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
12\/u boys singles<\/td>Oliver Carswell<\/td>Ethan Clemons<\/td><\/tr>
12\/u girls singles<\/td>Olivia Wilkinson<\/td>Lucy Bouwmeester<\/td><\/tr>
12\/u boys doubles<\/td>Oliver Carswell
& Ethan Clemons<\/td>		William Jeffs
& Peter Mackey<\/td><\/tr>
12\/u girls doubles<\/td>Zara Tsiakis
& Olivia Wilkinson
<\/td>		Lucy Bouwmeester
& Zali Elliot<\/td><\/tr>
16\/u boys singles<\/td>Oliver Hadley<\/td>Edison Lee<\/td><\/tr>
16\/u girls singles<\/td>Alicia Dale<\/td>Brooke Miller<\/td><\/tr>
16\/u boys doubles<\/td>Ben Fergusson
& Oliver Hadley
<\/td>		Jack Akl
& Edison Lee<\/td><\/tr>
16\/u girl doubles<\/td>Alicia Dale
& Brooke Miller
<\/td>		Iris Bouwmeester
& Hayley Ryan<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n

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