{"id":34429,"date":"2023-10-09T04:08:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-08T17:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=34429"},"modified":"2023-10-21T00:00:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T13:00:28","slug":"australian-destanee-aiava-wins-the-cairns-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2023\/10\/09\/australian-destanee-aiava-wins-the-cairns-international","title":{"rendered":"Victoria’s Destanee Aiava wins the Cairns International"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cairns, Australia, 8 October 2023 | Leigh Rogers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Australian Destanee Aiava wins her seventh career ITF singles title, and second this season, at the Cairns International.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 23-year-old was crowned the women\u2019s singles champion at the Cairns International this week, which forms part of the Australian Pro Tour.<\/p>\n

The second-seeded Aiava received a walkover from compatriot Lizette Cabrera in the final, with the top seed unable to compete due to a wrist injury.<\/p>\n

This is world No.251 Aiava\u2019s second singles title of 2023, having also won an ITF 25 tournament in Great Britain in August.<\/p>\n

It was a disappointing end to an impressive week for Cabrera, who also advanced to the doubles final alongside Maddison Inglis.<\/p>\n

New Zealand\u2019s Ajeet Rai was crowned the men\u2019s singles champion, after injury derailed Australian Jeremy Beale\u2019s chances in the final.<\/p>\n

This was 28-year-old Beale\u2019s first ITF finals appearance since September 2021.<\/p>\n

Australian Kody Pearson teamed with American Henrik Wiersholm to win the men\u2019s doubles title.<\/p>\n

It is 24-year-old Pearson\u2019s second career ITF doubles title.<\/p>\n

The Australian Pro Tour continues in Cairns this week, with another ITF 25 tournament for both men and women.<\/p>\n

Aiava is the top seed in the\u00a0women\u2019s singles<\/a>\u00a0event, with world No.315 Omar Jasika headlining the\u00a0men\u2019s singles<\/a>\u00a0field.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first week has served up some brilliant tennis,\u201d said Cairns Mayor Bob Manning.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve seen once again that the Cairns International Tennis Centre is perfect for hosting high quality competition, and I love that so many local youngsters have turned out to check out the action.<\/p>\n

\u201cWatching these players slog it out on court will only help to inspire them to work harder at their own game; who knows, this tournament could even help unearth the next Lleyton Hewitt or Ash Barty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spectators can attend this week\u2019s tournament, which runs until Sunday 15 October, for free.<\/p>\n

Cairns International #1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s singles:<\/em>\u00a0[4] Ajeet Rai (NZL) d\u00a0Jeremy Beale (AUS)<\/strong>\u00a03-2 ret.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s singles:<\/em>\u00a0[2] Destanee Aiava (AUS)<\/strong>\u00a0d\u00a0[1] Lizette Cabrera (AUS)<\/strong>\u00a0walkover<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s doubles:<\/em>\u00a0Kody Pearson (AUS)<\/strong>\/Henrik Wiersholm (USA) d Kokoro Isomura (JPN)\/Naoki Tajima (JPN) 6-2 6-1<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s doubles:<\/em>\u00a0[3] Yuki Naito (JPN)\/Naho Sato (JPN) d\u00a0Lizette Cabrera (AUS)\/Maddison Inglis (AUS)<\/strong>\u00a04-6 6-3 [10-2]<\/p>\n

Book online, play today:<\/strong>\u00a0Visit\u00a0play.tennis.com.au<\/a>\u00a0to get out on court and have some fun!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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