{"id":12726,"date":"2018-02-26T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T06:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=12726"},"modified":"2018-02-26T14:27:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T06:27:36","slug":"national-academy-update-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2018\/02\/26\/national-academy-update-february","title":{"rendered":"National Academy Update – February"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talent 10’s Final, Melbourne<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Talent 10’s Final saw teams from different states come together in Melbourne for the Talent 10’s Final. Four boys and four girls were selected\u00a0 to represent WA based off of the Talent 10 rounds at the end of 2017. When selecting the teams both results and attitude were taken into consideration.<\/p>\n

This year the finals had a different format, with individual players mixing into different teams from other states. The new format was a great success with the players making new friends from other states and playing against players of similar levels.<\/p>\n

Jake Dembo was lucky enough to be chosen to flip the coin for the Australian Open Men’s final! The WA team members were also given the opportunity to meet Australian Open players and watch matches.<\/p>\n

The WA Boys Team<\/span><\/p>\n

Jake Dembo<\/p>\n

Ethan Reed<\/p>\n

Haris Music<\/p>\n

Liam McDowell<\/p>\n

Team Manager – Damien Ward<\/p>\n

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The WA Girls Team<\/span><\/p>\n

Milla Tasovac<\/p>\n

Aleisha Horridge<\/p>\n

Tara Aleksic<\/p>\n

Alice Stevens<\/p>\n

Team Manager – Christina Ladyman<\/p>\n

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National 13’s Doubles Camp\/Fed Cup, Canberra<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tennis Australia held a National Doubles Camp in Canberra in conjunction with the Australian Fed Cup Tie v Ukraine. The camp was held for the best players born in 2005 in the country. WA proudly had the largest pool of players selected with Jessie Culley, Taylah Preston, Lily Fairclough and Abbi Gibson all selected to attend. Cara Black attended the camp as coach and mentor to the girls. Cara is a former Number 1 doubles player, having won 10 Grand Slam Titles and 60 WTA Doubles Titles.<\/p>\n

A highlight of the camp was the last two days when the girls attended the Fed Cup tie. The girls watched the Australian Fed Cup team train, met with the players and attended both days of the tie. Australia won the tie 3-2.<\/p>\n

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World Junior Teams<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

WA local Derek Pham has been selected for the 14\/U Australian Team to participate in the ITF World Junior Teams Qualifying Event to be held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 26 – 31 2018. Derek was selected along with Alec Braund (QLD) and Edward Winter (SA).<\/p>\n

The selection comes after a great year of results for Derek; he reached the final of the 14\/U Australian Clay Court Championships in Canberra, was selected for the Australian Tour to Europe, reached a ranking of Number 1 for his age group and won numerous junior titles. We wish Derek the best of luck!<\/p>\n

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Notable Tournament Results – January\/February 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Brisbane International – Matthew Ebden, Second Round<\/p>\n

Kooyong Classic – Matthew Ebden, Men’s Singles Runner Up<\/p>\n

Australian Open – Matthew Ebden, Second Round Singles<\/p>\n

Australian Open Juniors – Tristan Schoolkate and William Hann, gained great experience in the main draw<\/p>\n

Burnie $60,000 – Jessica Moore, Female Doubles Semi Final (partnering with Ellen Perez)<\/p>\n

Launceston $25,000 – Jessica Moore, Female Doubles Winner (partnering with Ellen Perez)<\/p>\n

Perth Tennis International 1 $25,000 – Maddison Inglis, Semi Finals Singles<\/p>\n

Perth Tennis International 1 $25,000 – Jessica Moore, Female Doubles Winner (partnering with Ellen Perez)<\/p>\n

Perth Tennis International 2 $25,000 – Jessica Moore, Female Doubles Winner (partnering with Olivia Tjandramulia)<\/p>\n

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Western Australian ATP & WTA Rankings<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Singles<\/span><\/p>\n

ATP #85 Matthew Ebden<\/p>\n

ATP # 1484 Zach Itzstein<\/p>\n

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WTA #422 Astra Sharma<\/p>\n

WTA #439 Jess Moore<\/p>\n

WTA #612 Maddison Inglis<\/p>\n

WTA #720 Storm Sanders<\/p>\n

WTA #912 Jelena Stojanovic<\/p>\n

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Doubles<\/span><\/p>\n

ATP #4 John Peers<\/p>\n

ATP #306 Matthew Ebden<\/p>\n

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WTA #10 Casey Dellacqua<\/p>\n

WTA #66 Storm Sanders<\/p>\n

WTA #93 Jess Moore<\/p>\n

WTA #516 Astra Sharma<\/p>\n

WTA #708 Maddison Inglis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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