Novak Palombo, Ayumi Ito, Ethan Domingo and Emilie Chen had been topped singles champions on the 2024 12/u and 14/u Junior Tour Finals in Sydney, profitable the inaugural De Minaur Junior Tour scholarships within the course of.
Sydney, NSW, Australia, 13 November 2024 | Camille Russo
Novak Palombo (VIC), Ayumi Ito (NSW), Ethan Domingo (NSW) and Emilie Chen (NSW) have been topped the singles champions on the 2024 12/u and 14/u Junior Tour Finals at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre.
Not solely did the winners take dwelling the coveted nationwide titles, however in addition they received the inaugural De Minaur Junior Tour scholarships, awarded to the 2 winners of every age group.
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Within the 12/u ladies’ singles motion, third seed Ayumi Ito defeated fourth seed Emma Esenova 7-6(4) 6-1 in an nearly two-hour-long battle.
When requested the way it felt to take dwelling the title and the prospect to coach with top-10 Aussie Alex de Minaur, Ito stated: “It feels fairly good. I hope I don’t stuff up with Alex. He’s not the largest like me, so it’s fairly cool how he strikes actually fast, and hopefully I can do the identical.
“I believe it’s simply going to make me develop as an individual and simply encourage me in a number of alternative ways. I wish to be knowledgeable tennis participant, and I believe this is among the steps to make it.”
Within the boys’ 12/u closing, high seed Novak Palombo beat second seed Aleksandr Kharkov 6-4 6-3, ending the season in Australia with out shedding any singles matches all 12 months.
Going by his thoughts within the closing moments of the match was: “end it, end it, you really need this scholarship!”
The inaugural #DeMinaurJuniorTour scholarship recipients 🙌
Congratulations to the winners of the 12/u and 14/u Junior Tour Finals!
🏆 14/u Boys: Ethan Domingo (NSW)
🏆 14/u Women: Emilie Chen (NSW)
🏆 12/u Women: Ayumi Ito (NSW)
🏆 12/u Boys: Novak Palombo (VIC) pic.twitter.com/Nxg3xRJLXj— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) November 11, 2024
“I’m very happy with myself as a result of I put numerous laborious work into this event,” Palombo shared. “I wish to learn the way he [Alex] offers with crowds, everybody watching him and the way he goes in necessary moments. I used to be undoubtedly extra motivated to win due to the scholarship.”
Within the 14/u boys’ singles closing, No.2 seed seed Lucas Han wasn’t in a position to defeat No.1 seed Ethan Domingo.
“I received this title, and I get to go to Spain subsequent 12 months and practice with Alex,” Domingo stated after his 6-2 6-3 win. “Feels good. It’s simply superb, I’m tremendous excited.
“My recreation will likely be much like his recreation after I’m older, as a result of my physique received’t be as massive, so it’ll be good to see how he trains. It’s a as soon as in a lifetime expertise coaching with a top-10 participant.”
Emilie Chen claimed the 14/u ladies’ singles title, defeating Ami Dalla Pozza 6-3 6-1.
When requested about De Minaur and the scholarship, Chen stated: “I can be taught so much from Alex, hopefully the coaching week will assist me and I’ll do higher within the tournaments after it, so simply hoping to get an excellent lead to.
“Being a New South Wales participant, it’s fairly cool that we’ve got that in widespread. I see a number of his highlights, he’s working round all over the place, I don’t even understand how he will get it again. It’s fairly cool to have him as an inspiration.”
The 16/u and 18/u Australian Championships and Progress Sequence Masters will likely be held on the Bendigo Tennis Affiliation in Victoria from 7-15 December.
