{"id":8006,"date":"2013-12-05T17:29:24","date_gmt":"2013-12-05T09:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=8006"},"modified":"2013-12-05T17:29:24","modified_gmt":"2013-12-05T09:29:24","slug":"louis-corker-makes-the-boys-14u-singles-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2013\/12\/05\/louis-corker-makes-the-boys-14u-singles-final","title":{"rendered":"Louis Corker makes the boys 14\/u Singles Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2013\/12\/05\/louis-corker-makes-the-boys-14u-singles-final\/attachment\/alex-de-minaur-and-louis-corker-3\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8011 aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2013\/12\/Alex-De-Minaur-and-Louis-Corker2.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>From L-R: Violet Apisah (NSW), Jaimee Fourlis (VIC), Alex De Minaur (NSW) and Louis Corker (WA)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to <strong>Louis Corker<\/strong> of <strong>Greenwood Tennis Club<\/strong> for making the boys 14\/u singles final of the <strong>December Showdown<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The wind picked up to an extent as the boys\u2019 final between No.1 seed <strong>Alex De Minaur<\/strong> and fourth seed <strong>Louis Corker<\/strong> got underway at 10.30 am. Although the wind turned out to be the least of their worries as they experienced on-and-off downpours throughout the morning, interrupting play on three occasions.<\/p>\n<p>Having trained together in Europe for some time, the boys were somewhat familiar with one another\u2019s game but this was to be their first encounter in a tournament.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corker<\/strong> used his height to his advantage, pounding down his serves and aiming for the body of his sprightly opponent. <strong>De Minaur<\/strong> definitely did not permit the height of his opponent to intimidate him, the confident Sydneysider placing significant pressure on<strong> Corker\u2019s<\/strong> service and playing to his backhand until he could find an opening to launch a forehand winner.<\/p>\n<p>Rain drops could be felt from as early on as the beginning of the second set, momentarily delaying play. This was the first of a few interruptions that truly tested the boys\u2019 ability to keep motivated and focused, making for a true mental game as they eventually came head to head for their final duel on the indoor courts to secure the trophy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Corker<\/strong> returned with an undeniable hunger to commendably level the score 4-4, after being down 6-3 4-1 from when the rain had delayed play. <strong>De Minaur<\/strong>, however, dealt well with the pressure and followed through with his strategic play to clinch the final 6-3 6-4.<\/p>\n<p>Congratualtions once again to <strong>Louis Corker<\/strong>,\u00a0Louis&#8217; family and coach, <strong>Ash Dyer.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 From L-R: Violet Apisah (NSW), Jaimee Fourlis (VIC), Alex De Minaur (NSW) and Louis Corker (WA) Congratulations to Louis Corker of Greenwood Tennis Club for making the boys 14\/u singles final of the December Showdown. The wind picked up to an extent as the boys\u2019 final between No.1 seed Alex De Minaur and fourth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5894,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8006","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\/5894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8006\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}