Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 7 November 2024 | Camille Russoprofitable the open males’s singles and doubles occasions in 2023.
> DRAWS: Australian Wheelchair Tennis Nationwide Championships
He’ll must beat a bunch of gifted rivals, 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 gained the junior singles title on the 2023 Australian Wheelchair Tennis Nationwide Championships.
The ladies’s discipline is headlined by world No.67 Hayley Slocombe who might be making an attempt to win her second straight nationwide title, whereas world No.21 Jin Woodman might be high 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, might 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 stated.
“This match all the time guarantees good competitors and thrilling outcomes, with our defending champion and high seed Anderson Parker going through a discipline of outstanding expertise.
“To see his first win within the males’s singles ultimate occasion final yr after having solely simply returned to the game was spectacular.
“We even have a terrific group of junior gamers coming via the high-performance packages, so it’s nice to see their continued growth and we’re excited to see what they’ll deliver this yr.”
