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.
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Within the 12/u women’ 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 house 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 most important like me, so it’s fairly cool how he strikes actually fast, and hopefully I can do the identical.
“I feel it’s simply going to make me develop as an individual and simply encourage me in numerous other ways. I wish to be knowledgeable tennis participant, and I feel this is without doubt one of the steps to make it.”
Within the boys’ 12/u ultimate, prime seed Novak Palombo beat second seed Aleksandr Kharkov 6-4 6-3, ending the season in Australia with out dropping any singles matches all yr.
Going by way of his thoughts within the ultimate moments of the match was: “end it, end it, you actually 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 more than happy with myself as a result of I put plenty of laborious work into this match,” Palombo shared. “I wish to find out how he [Alex] offers with crowds, everybody watching him and the way he goes in essential moments. I used to be undoubtedly extra motivated to win due to the scholarship.”
Within the 14/u boys’ singles ultimate, 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 yr and practice with Alex,” Domingo stated after his 6-2 6-3 win. “Feels good. It’s simply superb, I’m tremendous excited.
“My sport will probably be just like his sport 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 women’ singles title, defeating Ami Dalla Pozza 6-3 6-1.
When requested about De Minaur and the scholarship, Chen stated: “I can be taught quite a bit from Alex, hopefully the coaching week will assist me and I’ll do higher within the tournaments after it, so simply hoping to get a superb end in.
“Being a New South Wales participant, it’s fairly cool that we now have that in widespread. I see numerous his highlights, he’s working round all over the place, I don’t even know the way 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 Collection Masters will probably be held on the Bendigo Tennis Affiliation in Victoria from 7-15 December.
