{"id":25439,"date":"2021-04-12T12:34:39","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T02:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=25439"},"modified":"2021-04-12T12:35:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T02:35:27","slug":"victorian-players-shine-at-national-claycourt-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2021\/04\/12\/victorian-players-shine-at-national-claycourt-championships","title":{"rendered":"Victorian players shine at National Claycourt Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week saw plenty of success for our Victorian junior athletes at the National Claycourt Championships in Canberra!<\/p>\n

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Cruz Hewitt (left) has emerged victorious in the 12\/u final of the 2021 National Claycourt Championships over the weekend. The number one seed defeated New South Wales’ Elijah Dikkenberg 6-1 6-2.<\/p>\n

Cruz and his doubles partner Asher Brownrigg (QLD) were also crowned the 12\/u boys doubles champions with a three-set victory over Cody Atkinson (Qld) and Elijah Dikkenberg (NSW).<\/p>\n

Fellow Victorian Koharu Nishikawa (below) was also a finalist in the 12\/u girls competition, advancing after a thrilling two-hour semi-final win against Emerson Jones of Queensland. Nishikawa ended her tournament as runner up, with number one seed Tahlia Kokkinis (QLD) taking the title 6-3 6-1.<\/p>\n

Nishikawa along with Victorian Ava Beck took out the 12\/u girls doubles final, defeating Emerson Jones and Tahlia Kokkinis 1-6 7-6 10-4.<\/p>\n

It was a fantastic week of competition at Canberra Tennis World, with junior athletes from all over the country coming together to compete for the first time in 15 months.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPlayers competed in five highly competitive singles matches, as well as doubles and mixed doubles matches to give them a great benchmark on how they compare with the best players in their age group from across Australia.” said Tournament Director Francis Soyer.<\/p>\n

Tennis Victoria is very proud of the 21 total athletes who represented the state throughout the week. A huge congratulations goes out to all involved for an incredible return to competition.<\/p>\n

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