On The Sit-Down podcast, rising star Talia Gibson mentioned her sensible kind in 2024 that has seen her win three straight Professional Tour titles and put her nearer to Grand Slam direct entry.
Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 18 October 2024 | Matt Trollope
This week, Talia Gibson hit a career-high rating of world No.128, marking an increase of greater than 100 locations since January.
Prior to now 12 months she has received greater than 50 matches, and up to now three seasons has appeared in 15 ITF singles finals, successful eight titles.
They’re stats that make for spectacular studying, and ones which introduced a smile to her face once they had been put to her on this week’s episode of The Sit-Down podcast.
“Actually, it’s humorous to listen to that, as a result of it’s not usually that you simply type of simply take a second to truly look again at what you may have achieved,” mentioned the West Australian, now primarily based in Brisbane.
“I believe so usually you’re trying ahead at what’s subsequent, what’s the following match that I’m enjoying, and it’s not usually that, personally, I actually look again and try a few of these stats. So thanks for saying that, as a result of it’s really actually attention-grabbing to listen to.
“Simply actually actually happy with the progress that I’ve made, by means of the rankings, the quantity of finals that I’ve made within the final 12 months. It’s a very rewarding feeling.”
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Three of these finals have come up to now two months, throughout which Gibson has loved a purple patch on the Australian Professional Tour.
The 20-year-old scooped back-to-back ITF W75 titles in Perth in September, earlier than heading to Cairns and successful the W35 title there in early October.
These outcomes have seen Gibson construct a 14-match successful streak, a run she hopes to proceed when she heads to subsequent week’s Professional Tour occasion in Playford, South Australia.
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“(I’m) setting myself targets on a regular basis of what I need to obtain, and I believe trying again now, I can tick off a number of targets that I wished to attain. So I believe it’s actually thrilling and I’m tremendous proud of how this 12 months’s gone,” she mentioned.
“I’ve had so many truly thrilling experiences – now I can say that I’ve performed all the Grand Slams, which has been a dream of mine since I used to be younger, and now to have been in a position to do this is simply actually, actually superior.
“Couldn’t be happier.”
Certainly, Gibson has carried out simply as impressively abroad as she has in Australia, reaching the ultimate spherical of qualifying at each Wimbledon and the US Open. She additionally reached massive ITF finals in Slovenia and Portugal, serving to increase her 2024 win-loss file to 38-21.
At present coaching in Brisbane, Gibson has 4 extra Professional Tour occasions on her 2024 schedule past Playford, and may she proceed her wealthy vein of kind, extra ambitions could possibly be realised.
There’s additionally the added motivation of larger occasions to come back on residence soil, with the Australian Summer season of Tennis set to kick off in simply over two months.
“Direct entry right into a Grand Slam might be one in all my greatest targets,” mentioned Gibson, who can be focusing on the highest 100.
“I believe it’s undoubtedly a milestone, however I believe for the time being, having simply performed all the Grand Slams this 12 months and having gotten into [qualifying] off of my very own rating, I believe that was already an enormous step ahead for me and one thing that was actually thrilling.
“I believe transferring ahead, it may be arduous to interrupt that high 100, however for the second I believe I’m actually specializing in my recreation and actually making an attempt to progress as a lot as doable, and I believe the outcomes can come and I believe the rating is clearly a results of that.
“It’s thrilling to see the place I’m within the rankings proper now, however that’s in all probability not one thing that I’m actually specializing in – I believe typically it will probably get a little bit bit distracting.
“However on the finish of the day, yeah, one thing like that may be so wonderful to attain.”
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