{"id":14399,"date":"2019-07-08T15:04:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T07:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=14399"},"modified":"2019-07-10T11:49:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T03:49:44","slug":"schoolkate-progresses-to-second-round-of-wimbledon-juniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2019\/07\/08\/schoolkate-progresses-to-second-round-of-wimbledon-juniors","title":{"rendered":"Schoolkate Progresses to Second Round of Wimbledon Juniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WA\u2019s top ranked junior player <strong>Tristan Schoolkate<\/strong> has progressed to the second round of the <strong>Wimbledon Juniors<\/strong> event after defeating seventh seed <strong>Toby Kodat<\/strong> (USA) 6-0, 7-5 in the young guns debut on the grass at the All England Club.<\/p>\n<p>Upsetting the top ten ranked junior Kodat early in the match, Schoolkate dominated the first set with a 6-0 win. The American found form in the second set but was out classed by the unseeded Australian who held on to close out the match with a 7-5 victory in the second.<\/p>\n<p>A win in the first round at Wimbledon bodes well with Schoolkate\u2019s recent success on the European circuit with the Australian\u2019s <strong>ITF Junior ranking<\/strong> surging to an all-time career ranking high of <strong>number 33 in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schoolkate\u2019s latest rankings rise sees him as the biggest mover inside the top 50 ranked junior players, moving 12 points when the most recent rankings adjustment was made.<\/p>\n<p>Schoolkate remains the only Australian in the Boys Singles draw with fellow compatriots <strong>Rinky Hijikata<\/strong> and <strong>Dane Sweeny<\/strong> bowing out in their first round matches.<\/p>\n<p>Touring the European circuit over the last three months, Schoolkate has enjoyed consistent success with a Singles Final win at the <strong>J2 Prato<\/strong> (Italy) and a <strong>Doubles Finals<\/strong> win at the <strong>Grade A<\/strong> event in <strong>Milan<\/strong> (Italy) with doubles partner Dane Sweeny.<\/p>\n<p>Furthering his dominance on the junior circuit, Schoolkate was a <strong>Quarterfinalist<\/strong> in both the <strong>Singles <\/strong>and <strong>Doubles<\/strong> events in <strong>Salsomaggiore<\/strong> (Italy), a <strong>Doubles Quarterfinalist<\/strong> in the <strong>J1 Beaulieu-sur-Mer<\/strong> (Italy) and a <strong>Singles Quarterfinalist <\/strong>and <strong>Doubles Semi Finalist<\/strong> in the <strong>J2 Istres<\/strong> (France).<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Schoolkate\u2019s European tour success, he and doubles partner Dane Sweeny won the <strong>Doubles Final<\/strong> of the <strong>J1 Nonthaburi<\/strong> (Thailand) where Schoolkate finished as a <strong>Singles Quarterfinalist<\/strong>. At the <strong>2019 Australian Open Junior Championships<\/strong>, Schoolkate and Sweeny again joined forces, finishing as <strong>Quarterfinalists.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schoolkate will no doubt look to follow in the footsteps of newly crowned world number 1, <strong>Ashleigh Barty<\/strong>, who won the Wimbledon junior event in 2011 when she was just 15 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Schoolkate will play his second round match later this week. Results can be followed here at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2L8n9QN\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2L8n9QN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WA\u2019s top ranked junior player Tristan Schoolkate has progressed to the second round of the Wimbledon Juniors event after defeating seventh seed Toby Kodat (USA) 6-0, 7-5 in the young guns debut on the grass at the All England Club. Upsetting the top ten ranked junior Kodat early in the match, Schoolkate dominated the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6203,"featured_media":14402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}