{"id":14609,"date":"2015-11-23T16:49:34","date_gmt":"2015-11-23T05:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=14609"},"modified":"2015-11-23T16:51:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-23T05:51:15","slug":"aaron-addison-and-alana-parnaby-through-to-national-win-a-wildcard-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2015\/11\/23\/aaron-addison-and-alana-parnaby-through-to-national-win-a-wildcard-final","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Addison and Alana Parnaby through to national Win A Wildcard final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Park Orchards\u2019 Aaron Addison<\/strong> and Rowville\u2019s Alana Parnaby<\/strong> have out-played some of Australia\u2019s best tennis stars to give themselves a shot at winning a wildcard into the mixed doubles event at the Australian Open 2016.<\/p>\n

The pair defeated 2015 Australian Open Boys\u2019 Doubles Champion Marc Polmans and multiple ITF doubles winner Storm Sanders in the qualifying final on Sunday, with the match going down to a third set tie breaker 4-2 1-4 5-1.<\/p>\n

Addison and Parnaby will now face off against other state and territory winners at the 2015 Medibank Win A Wildcard final at Melbourne Park on December 20.<\/p>\n

Playing the shortened FAST4<\/em><\/strong> format, 24 A Grade pairs took to the courts at Boroondara Tennis Centre in Melbourne\u2019s north in the hope of progressing through to the national final.<\/p>\n

Mark Stokes (Werribee) and Catherine Grant (Wyndhamvale) took out the B grade competition and will play in the B grade final against the other state and territory winners on Saturday 30 January at the Australian Open 2016.<\/p>\n

TV: How are you both feeling after what has been a big but exciting day?<\/strong><\/p>\n

AP: Tired, but really excited. It was a really fun morning, lots of quick sets but I\u2019m excited to be one step closer to getting a wild card into main draw in the Australian Open.<\/p>\n

TV: It\u2019s huge!<\/strong><\/p>\n

AA: It\u2019s a huge achievement, we sort of had fun with it this morning, didn\u2019t have many expectations, we played a lot of sets, had a lot of fun and just managed to be on top at the end.<\/p>\n

TV: When did you decide to pair up?<\/strong><\/p>\n

AP: Funny you say that, he hassled me about a month ago but I wasn\u2019t sure if I\u2019d be here for it so I was holding him off.<\/p>\n

TV: Treat them mean keep them keen?<\/strong><\/p>\n

AA: Yeah, I just kept pestering her and eventually she folded.<\/p>\n

TV: You both started out at Waverley Tennis together?<\/strong><\/p>\n

AA: We did squads in under 10s, inter-regional teams challenges.
\nAP: We played mixed doubles back in Under 12s so maybe that came back to help us.
\nAA: It was a long time ago.<\/p>\n

TV: When would have been the last time you played together properly?<\/strong><\/p>\n

AA: It\u2019s got to be at least 6-7 years ago. Today we just really clicked, we worked together well on the court.<\/p>\n

TV: The under 12s came back!<\/strong><\/p>\n

AA:\u00a0 It\u2019s like riding a bike, you just don\u2019t forget.
\nAP: Thankfully our serves have improved since Under 12s, I think that\u2019s what really helped us today, we both served really well. Aaron didn\u2019t get broken the whole day.<\/p>\n

TV: What\u2019s the plan now leading up to December 20?<\/strong><\/p>\n

AA: We haven\u2019t had a chance to think about that, we went straight into our ATL matches this afternoon. We\u2019ll just play a few practice matches, we\u2019ll go out and do the same thing on December 20, just go out and have some fun, not put any expectations on it and hopefully we can do pretty well.<\/p>\n

TV: From what I\u2019m hearing that\u2019s the best way to be. Get out there have a go and you could be playing against Martina Hingis, who knows!<\/strong><\/p>\n

AA\/AP: exactly, who knows!<\/p>\n

TV: Can you even imagine what that would be like, walking out on court in the Australian Open!<\/strong><\/p>\n

AP: I don\u2019t think that I\u2019d be able to hit a ball.
\nAA: I think Alana would be done.
\nAP:\u00a0 I could not get a return in.
\nAA: I was hitting with Hingis at this year\u2019s Australian Open and even that was terrifying and that\u2019s not even a match.
\nAP: So all shots, he\u2019ll be taking, I\u2019ll just stand on the side of the court.
\nAA: Definitely one step at a time, if we happen to get there that\u2019s an awesome achievement.
\nAP: If you\u2019re going to do it, that\u2019s who you\u2019d want to play. Sam and Masa (last year\u2019s WAWC winners and fellow Victorians) got to do it last year and I think if you\u2019re going to get into main draw, that\u2019s who you\u2019d want to play.
\nAA: You want to play against the big names that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n

TV: Well that\u2019s awesome guys, good luck for the next few weeks and all of Tennis Victoria is behind you!<\/strong><\/p>\n

AP: Go Team Vic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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