Western Australia’s Sara Nikolic and Victorian Daniel Jovanovski have won the 14\/u national singles titles at the 2022 December Showdown.<\/p>\n
The 14\/u Australian Invitational Masters girls\u2019 singles final was a fantastic contest between two outstanding players, who have both enjoyed excellent weeks.<\/p>\n
Western Australia\u2019s Sara Nikolic stood tallest, scoring a hard-fought 6-3 3-6 6-1 win over Victoria\u2019s Ava Beck.<\/p>\n
Nikolic spoke about riding the waves of momentum throughout the two-hour contest.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started off a bit shaky but managed to get some momentum and won the first set,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the second set I was up 3-1, then the momentum started to switch. Ava started playing really well. In the last set, I tried to reset and play more aggressive and control my nerves a bit better.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really happy to get through and really happy to win, it was a tough match.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 13-year-old reflected on a whirlwind week and the thrill of competing in the December Showdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve enjoyed competing and meeting everybody and learnt to focus on each game,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m really keen to build from here and become a professional. Just be the best I can be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Queensland\u2019s Gina Cha and Victorian Scarlett Dattoli won the girls\u2019 doubles title.<\/p>\n
Daniel Jovanovski\u2019s magical week wrapped up in style with an outstanding victory in the 14\/u Australian Invitational Masters boys\u2019 singles final today.<\/p>\n
Fresh from claiming the mixed doubles title yesterday (with South Australia\u2019s Diana Badalyan), Jovanovski continued his winning run during the December Showdown at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n
The 14-year-old Victorian secured the singles title with a 6-1 6-1 victory against Western Australian Nemanja Savic.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s so great to be here where it\u2019s all about to happen. Such an awesome feeling to win a title in Melbourne,\u201d Jovanovski said.<\/p>\n
Jovanovski had twice previously reached quarterfinals at national level, but he feels he has taken his game to another level and is getting the rewards.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t ready before to return so many balls, but working with the team at Tennis Australia has been so helpful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve built a strong routine, I\u2019ve got stronger and I\u2019ve got better.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jovanovski ended a perfect week by also claiming the doubles title alongside Western Australia\u2019s Cameron Burton. The top seeds received a walkover in the final.<\/p>\n
14\/u Australian Invitational Masters<\/strong><\/p>\n RESULTS Girls\u2019 singles, final Boys\u2019 doubles, final Girls\u2019 doubles, final Western Australia’s Sara Nikolic and Victorian Daniel Jovanovski have won the 14\/u national singles titles at the 2022 December Showdown. The 14\/u Australian Invitational Masters girls\u2019 singles final was a fantastic contest between two outstanding players, who have both enjoyed excellent weeks. Western Australia\u2019s Sara Nikolic stood tallest, scoring a hard-fought 6-3 3-6 6-1 win […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6359,"featured_media":18099,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18098","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\/18098","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\/6359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Boys\u2019 singles, final
\n<\/em>[3] Daniel Jovanovski (Vic) d [5] Nemanja Savic (WA) 6-1 6-1
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>[2] Sara Nikolic (WA) d [5] Ava Beck (Vic) 6-3 3-6 6-1<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>[1] Cameron Burton (WA)\/Daniel Jovanovski (Vic) d Ari Lewis-Kelly (SA)\/Jeffrey Strydom (SA) walkover<\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Gina Cha (Qld)\/Scarlett Dattoli (Vic) d Sarah Mildren (SA)\/Kalina Stefanov (SA) 6-4 4-6 [10-5]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"