{"id":19067,"date":"2023-11-26T23:58:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T15:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=19067"},"modified":"2023-11-26T23:59:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T15:59:13","slug":"preston-claims-biggest-career-title-at-australian-pro-tour-event-in-brisbane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2023\/11\/26\/preston-claims-biggest-career-title-at-australian-pro-tour-event-in-brisbane","title":{"rendered":"Preston claims biggest career title at Australian Pro Tour event in Brisbane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Perth teen Taylah Preston has won the biggest title of her young career at an Australian Pro Tour event in Brisbane.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old continued her breakout season to capture the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itftennis.com\/en\/tournament\/w60-brisbane\/aus\/2023\/w-itf-aus-16a-2023\/draws-and-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">women\u2019s singles<\/a>\u00a0title at the Brisbane\u00a0QTC Tennis International.<\/p>\n<p>Preston secured her maiden ITF 60 crown with a\u00a06-3 6-4 victory against Russian Darya Astakhova in the final.<\/p>\n<p>After winning four three-set battles to reach this stage, it was the world No.247\u2019s first straight-sets triumph of the week.<\/p>\n<p>It is Preston\u2019s fourth ITF singles title of the season and improves her 2023 record at pro-level events to 49 wins from 62 matches.<\/p>\n<p>This effort means the Western Australian, who was ranked world No.836 in April, is now verging on a top-200 breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p>Talia Gibson and Priscilla Hon combined to win the women\u2019s doubles title, overcoming Destanee Aiava and Maddison Inglis in a hard-fought all-Australian final.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson, a 19-year-old from Perth, and Hon, a 25-year-old from Brisbane, edged out a\u00a04-6 7-5 [10-5] victory to claim their second Australian Pro Tour title of the season together.<\/p>\n<p>Japan\u2019s\u00a0Shintaro Imai was crowned champion in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.itftennis.com\/en\/tournament\/m25-brisbane\/aus\/2023\/m-itf-aus-12a-2023\/draws-and-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">men\u2019s singles competition,<\/a>\u00a0after beating Brisbane local Blake Ellis\u00a06-3 7-6(3) in the final.<\/p>\n<p>This was 24-year-old Ellis\u2019 third ITF singles final appearance of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Thomas Fancutt teamed with New Zealand\u2019s Ajeet Rai to secure the men\u2019s doubles title, scoring a 6-4 6-4 win against Australian Joshua Charlton and his British partner Emile Hudd in the final.<\/p>\n<p>This is 28-year-old Fancutt\u2019s fourth Australian Pro Tour doubles title of the season and his second won alongside Rai.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian Pro Tour continues in Queensland this coming week, with the Gold Coast Tennis International being played at KDV Sport on the Gold Coast.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tournaments\/pro-tournaments\/australian-pro-tour\/calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt; VIEW: Australian Pro Tour calendar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brisbane QTC Tennis International finals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Women\u2019s singles:<\/em>\u00a0<strong>Taylah Preston (AUS)<\/strong>\u00a0d [7] Darya Astakhova 6-3 6-4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perth teen Taylah Preston has won the biggest title of her young career at an Australian Pro Tour event in Brisbane. The 18-year-old continued her breakout season to capture the\u00a0women\u2019s singles\u00a0title at the Brisbane\u00a0QTC Tennis International. Preston secured her maiden ITF 60 crown with a\u00a06-3 6-4 victory against Russian Darya Astakhova in the final. 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