{"id":5276,"date":"2011-12-12T14:26:56","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T04:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=5276"},"modified":"2011-12-12T14:26:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T04:26:56","slug":"weekly-results-wrap-12-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2011\/12\/12\/weekly-results-wrap-12-december","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Results Wrap, 12 December"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wayne Arthurs Cup<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The 10\/u Wayne Arthurs Cup was a tightly contested affair, with North Suburban Junior Tennis Association defeating Bayside-Moorabbin 4-35 to 2-34.<\/span><\/p>\n

64 children from regional Victorian and metropolitan Melbourne took part in the mixed 10\/u teams\u2019 event at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club over the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n

Making the event extra special was the \u2018guest appearance\u2019 by the Australian Open trophies on Saturday morning. Photos from the event can be found on Tennis Victoria’s Facebook page<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

December Showdown<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

It was a big week at the December Showdown, with the Australian Open wildcard play-off, the 12s team event and the 16s event all on last week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Wildcard Play-off<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Marinko Matosevic is set to compete against the world\u2019s best after claiming a place in the main draw of Australian Open 2012. Matosevic earned his spot following a straight sets victory over fifth seed James Duckworth 6-4 6-1 6-2.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great opportunity, an honour and a privilege to get into a Grand Slam tournament by winning this,\u201d said Matosevic, who will make his third Australian Open appearance.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s, defending champion Olivia Rogowska made the final of the play-off, coming up against 15 year-old Asheligh Barty from Queensland. Rogowska started the match well, going up 3-0, before losing in straight sets, 7-6(6) 6-2.<\/p>\n

16s<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Eliza Long won the girls\u2019 national title at the Optus 16s Australian Championships, defeating wildcard Brigitte Beck 7-5 6-3.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>As the winner of the event, Long will receive a wildcard into the main draw of the Australian Open Junior Championships and Loy Yang Traralgon Junior ITF International in 2012. <\/span><\/p>\n

12s Team Event<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

In the girls\u2019 competition, second seeds Victoria defeated fourth seeds China to take the Margaret Court Cup.<\/p>\n

In the final, Jaimee Fourlis came out firing in the opening rubber, defeating Zhao Lee 7-6 6-2. Tang Qian Hui struck back for the team from China with a 6-4 6-1 win over Vivian Fidantsis to level the tie at one rubber apiece. But in the doubles, the Victorians grabbed an early lead and rode it to victory with a 6-1 6-4 win, with Stephanie Serafidis and Fourlis joining forces to defeat Lee and Qian Hui.<\/p>\n

In the Rod Laver Cup for boys, Victoria made the final, but lost to New South Wales 0-1-19 to 2-4-28.<\/p>\n

National Tennis League – Victorian Division\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club has made a clean sweep of the National Tennis League \u2013 Victorian Division, winning both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s finals this afternoon.<\/p>\n

The men\u2019s team beat Dingley Tennis Club convincing, 6-12-64 to 0-1-20, while the women\u2019s match was a much tighter affair, with Kooyong winning by just two games.<\/p>\n

Both men\u2019s and women\u2019s teams will now have the opportunity to play in the national play-off during the second week of Australian Open 2012 to determine the national champion teams. Final scores.<\/a><\/p>\n

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