Renee Alame, Rianna Alame and Ava Beck walked away from the ITF J100 match in Canberra as champions this week, headlining a powerful week for the Aussies all over the world.
Canberra, ACT, 24 March 2025 | Jackson Mansell
Australia’s stars of tomorrow shone the brightest this week on the ITF J100 match in Canberra.
Renee Alame triumphed in ladies’ singles motion to assert her first junior singles title in simply over a yr. The 15-year-old vanquished Korean Hyunyee Lee within the ultimate, profitable 6-1 6-1.
Alame’s older sister, Rianna, teamed up with Victorian Ava Beck to win the ladies’ doubles crown. The highest-seeded duo defeated Lee and West Australian Sara Nikolic 6-1 6-0 within the ultimate. For Beck, it spells two consecutive doubles titles after she prevailed in Mornington final week. She additionally reached the singles semifinals in Canberra.
This week’s most excellent performers embody:
Arina Rodionova: The world No.193 claimed her first singles title in 15 months after she emerged victorious in Luan, China. Rodionova is having fun with a purple patch of late, not too long ago reaching an ITF W50 ultimate in Ahmedabad.
Lizette Cabrera: Cabrera continued her spectacular streak, claiming her third straight Professional Tour title this week. The Queenslander prolonged her run to fifteen straight wins after her Swan Hill triumph.
Blake Ellis: Ellis garnered silverware for the primary time this season after profitable the Swan Hill Worldwide. The 26-year-old defeated three seeds en path to victory.
READ: Cabrera, Ellis topped Swan Hill champions
Joshua Charlton: After falling quick within the Mildura doubles ultimate, Charlton alongside Kiwi Ajeet Rai flipped the script in Swan Hill to win the lads’s doubles crown. It’s Charlton’s second title of 2025, along with his first coming on the second Brisbane QTC Tennis Worldwide in February.
Stefani Webb: Webb secured her maiden Australian Professional Tour trophy in northern Victoria this week. Unseeded on the Swan Hill Worldwide, the 20-year-old and her accomplice Ayumi Miyamoto defeated No.1 seeds Monique Barry and Elena Micic to reign supreme.
Dane Sweeny: The 24-year-old achieved a seasonal first in Swan Hill this week, advancing to his first ultimate because the Burnie Challenger final yr. His run included victories towards Omar Jasika and Jason Kubler, each of which have been in stellar kind.
Amy Grey: The 15-year-old received her first ITF junior title in Mexico, profitable the doubles alongside younger Turk Lila Bodur. Grey additionally reached the semifinals within the singles format as she chases her maiden singles crown.
Sunny Kyoungmin Youn: It was a maiden triumph for Youn in Colombo this week, prevailing in an ITF J30 doubles match. The 17-year-old claimed honours within the ultimate after a brilliant tiebreak.
Nikolas Baker: The Victorian teen had a profitable week in Canberra after stable performances within the singles and doubles. Within the ITF J100 match, Baker reached the ultimate in doubles, whereas he made the semifinals within the singles.
Akira Santillan: Ranked world No.921, Santillan could have a wholesome rise within the subsequent rankings replace following his week in Shenzhen. He reached the semifinals of an ITF M25 occasion as a qualifier, regardless of being drawn towards the highest seed within the opening spherical. The 27-year-old carried out even higher within the doubles, advancing to his first ultimate of 2025.
Elena Micic: Micic is placing collectively fairly the doubles CV this season. The Victorian appeared in her fourth doubles ultimate of 2025 in Swan Hill, as soon as once more teaming up with Kiwi Monique Barry. Micic additionally performed in her first singles semifinal of the yr after a scintillating show.
Jake and Jesse Delaney: The Delaney brothers returned to their 2024 kind after collectively reaching their first doubles ultimate of the season on the Swan Hill Worldwide. It was additionally a profitable week in singles motion for Jake after he reached his second straight singles quarterfinal.
Gabriella Da Silva Fick: Da Silva Fick excelled in Swan Hill this week, advancing to her first semifinal since August 2024. The No.3 seed recorded three straight-sets triumphs earlier than changing into a casualty in Lizette Cabrera’s 15-match profitable streak.
Jason Kubler: Kubler continued to construct on his latest kind in Swan Hill following a fourth semifinal look of the season. The 31-year-old fell simply wanting his third ultimate in 4 tournaments, shedding to Dane Sweeny 6-1 6-7(4) 6-4.
Matt Hulme: It was one other sturdy displaying within the doubles for Matt Hulme as he backed up his Mildura crown with a semifinal berth in Swan Hill. The Queenslander nearly made it back-to-back finals however misplaced in a brilliant tiebreak.
Alicia Smith and Belle Thompson: After coming shut in Mildura, Smith and Thompson superior to the ultimate 4 within the second of two Sunraysia tournaments. The No.4 seeds fell to eventual champions Stefani Webb and Ayumi Miyamoto.
Koharu Nishikawa: Contemporary off reaching the singles ultimate and doubles semifinals in Mornington, Nishikawa backed it up with semifinals in each disciplines on the J100 in Canberra. It marks a powerful begin to 2025 for the 16-year-old, who represented Australia within the Billie Jean King Cup Junior Finals.
Heath Davidson: The 37-year-old accomplished his United States highway journey with two doubles titles, profitable his third straight Georgia Open with longtime accomplice Robert Shaw, then teaming up with quad No.1 Niels Vink to style success in Baton Rouge.
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