Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 7 November 2024 | Camille Russo
Defending champion Anderson Parker is about to compete on the 2024 Australian Wheelchair Tennis Nationwide Championships, held at Melbourne Park from Friday 8 to Sunday 10 November.
Australia’s finest wheelchair gamers will compete for nationwide titles in Melbourne over the subsequent three days. In addition to competing for nationwide titles, winners may earn wildcards for Australian Open 2025 and Australian Wheelchair Summer season Sequence occasions.
Sydney’s Anderson Parker is the highest seed within the singles draw and is seeking to defend his nationwide titles after profitable the open males’s singles and doubles occasions in 2023.
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He’ll must beat a bunch of gifted opponents, together with his Paris 2024 Paralympic Video games doubles companion Benjamin Weekes and Victorian teen Yassin Hill. The 17-year-old from Melbourne is the world No.6 within the ITF junior wheelchair rankings and received the junior singles title on the 2023 Australian Wheelchair Tennis Nationwide Championships.
The ladies’s area is headlined by world No.67 Hayley Slocombe who shall be trying to win her second straight nationwide title, whereas world No.21 Jin Woodman shall be prime seed within the quad singles and bidding for a wildcard into the Australian Open.
Final yr’s Australian Open debutant and world No.29, Finn Broadbent, shall be hoping to do the identical in what’s shaping as much as be a aggressive occasion.
“We’re thrilled to host Australia’s most completed wheelchair tennis gamers right here at Melbourne Park as soon as once more,” Event Director Daniel O’Neill mentioned.
“This event at all times guarantees good competitors and thrilling outcomes, with our defending champion and prime seed Anderson Parker going through a area of remarkable expertise.
“To see his first win within the males’s singles closing occasion final yr after having solely simply returned to the game was spectacular.
“We even have a terrific group of junior gamers coming by way of the high-performance packages, so it’s nice to see their continued growth and we’re excited to see what they’ll convey this yr.”
