With sturdy performances on the ITF world junior tour, the 15-year-old Cruz Hewitt is proving one to observe.
Sydney, Australia, 19 August 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Cruz Hewitt was a standout performer as the longer term stars of Australian tennis competed on the NSW Junior Open in Sydney this week.
The 15-year-old Hewitt, the son of former world No.1 Lleyton Hewitt, was topped the boys’ singles champion on the ITF J200 match. That is the promising prospect’s second consecutive title on the ITF world junior tour and extends his successful streak to 9 matches.
A number of Australian gamers received skilled doubles titles this week, together with latest Olympic gold medallist John Friends who teamed with John-Patrick Smith to assert victory at an ATP Challenger match in America.
Whereas on the ITF Masters World Particular person Championships in Portugal, three Australian gamers took residence bronze medals.
This week’s most excellent performers embody:
Ellen Perez: The 28-year-old teamed with Brit Harriet Dart to succeed in the doubles semifinals at a WTA 1000 match in Cincinnati (USA). It was Perez’s third semifinal look of the season at a WTA 1000 doubles occasion.
Jordan Thompson: The 30-year-old was the best-performing Australian on the ATP Masters 1000 match in Cincinnati (USA), progressing to the third spherical in singles. Thompson scored back-to-back top-20 wins to succeed in that stage.
John Friends and John-Patrick Smith: The Aussie duo scooped the doubles title at an ATP Challenger 100 match in Cary (USA). That is 36-year-old Friends’ third doubles title of the season and 35-year-old Smith’s first. That is the sixth skilled title the pair have received collectively and their first since 2012.
Bernard Tomic: The 31-year-old was a singles quarterfinalist at an ATP Challenger 125 match in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). This was Tomic’s ninth quarterfinal look of the season.
Destanee Aiava: The 24-year-old made the doubles semifinals at a WTA 125 match in Barranquilla (Colombia) alongside Greece’s Despina Papamichail.
Talia Gibson and Maya Joint: The 20-year-old Gibson and 18-year-old Joint superior to the doubles semifinals at an ITF 100 match in Cary (USA).
Lizette Cabrera: The 26-year-old Cabrera progressed to the singles quarterfinals as a qualifier at an ITF 35 match in Aldershot (Nice Britain).
Blake Mott: The 28-year-old was a singles semifinalist at an ITF 25 match in Aldershot (Nice Britain). The in-form Mott has now received 10 of his previous 15 singles matches on the ITF Tour.
Joshua Charlton: The 25-year-old teamed with Brit Emile Hudd to succeed in the doubles semifinals on the ITF 25 match in Aldershot. It was Charlton’s seventh semifinal look from his previous eight doubles tournaments.
Tenika McGiffin: The 25-year-old received her first skilled doubles title at an ITF 15 match in Huntsville (USA), partnering American Carly Briggs.
Cruz Hewitt: The 15-year-old received his sixth profession ITF junior singles title at an ITF J200 match in Sydney, sweeping by the sphere with out conceding a set.
Ty Host: The 17-year-old progressed to the largest singles remaining of his junior profession on the ITF J200 match in Sydney. Host was additionally a boys’ doubles semifinalist alongside fellow Australian Jake Dembo.
Renee Alame: The 15-year-old superior to her fifth junior singles remaining of the season at an ITF J200 match in Sydney. Alame’s spectacular 2024 file on the ITF world junior tour now stands at 30 wins from 38 matches.
Alana Subasic and Lily Taylor: The 17-year-old Subasic and 17-year-old Taylor mixed to succeed in the ladies’ doubles remaining on the ITF J200 match in Sydney. Taylor was additionally a singles semifinalist.
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