{"id":9761,"date":"2020-12-22T11:21:02","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T00:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/?p=9761"},"modified":"2020-12-22T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T00:37:10","slug":"elmer-lee-the-standouts-as-junior-utr-champs-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/news\/2020\/12\/22\/elmer-lee-the-standouts-as-junior-utr-champs-completed","title":{"rendered":"Elmer, Lee standouts as Junior UTR Champs completed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The final long weekend of the inaugural Junior Universal Tennis Rankings (UTR) State Performance Championships<\/strong> saw champions from the 14\/u and 18\/u age groups crowned at the Domain Tennis Centre<\/strong> on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event replaced 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 Jake Elmer<\/strong> and Hobart\u2019s Edison Lee<\/strong> were the standout competitors in their respective divisions, with Hobart duo Casey Ambler <\/strong>and Jack Akl<\/strong> also performing strongly across three days of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jake Elmer performed strongly in the 18\/u events.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Elmer carried his strong North West Tennis League<\/strong> form into the inaugural Championships, defeating Ambler in straight sets in the 18\/u singles final on Sunday, before the duo paired up to defeat Andreas Tsiakis <\/strong>and Thomas Hann<\/strong> in the 18\/u doubles final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lee, who finished runner-up in both the 16\/u singles and doubles events on the opening weekend of the Championships<\/a>, bounced back to claim the 14\/u singles title in a tie-breaker on Centre Court after conceding the opening set to Akl.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hobart-based junior then teamed up with Akl to claim the 14\/u doubles title over Alex Martin and Lucas Akl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Edison Lee in action during the 14\/u boys singles final.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Tournament Director Matthew Scott <\/strong>was pleased with how the inaugural event went, with a high standard of play and sportsmanship displayed across the six days of competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cTo wrap up\nthe year with a top-tier junior event has been fantastic,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe\natmosphere was great across both long weekends, and we\u2019re looking forward to\nseeing the event grow in the future, with the plan to hold it in a different\nregion of the state every December.\u201d<\/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<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Junior UTR State Performance Championships 14\/u & 18\/u Results:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/td>Winner<\/strong><\/td>Runner-up<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
14\/u boys singles<\/td>Edison Lee<\/td>Jack Akl<\/td><\/tr>
14\/u boys doubles<\/td>Edison Lee
& Jack Akl<\/td>		Alex Martin
& Lucas Akl<\/td><\/tr>
18\/u boys singles<\/td>Jake Elmer<\/td>Casey Ambler<\/td><\/tr>
18\/u boys doubles<\/td>Casey Ambler
& Jake Elmer<\/td>		Andreas Tsiakis
& Thomas Hann<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Champions from the 14\/u and 18\/u age groups were crowned on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6260,"featured_media":9771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,255,254],"tags":[73,253,225],"class_list":["post-9761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-state-junior-championships","category-utr","tag-news","tag-state-junior-championships","tag-utr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9761","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\/6260"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}