Aidan Chan offers nothing away cheaply in the case of the crunch, so it comes as no shock Rafael Nadal is the inspiration behind his 12-and-under Australian Junior Tour Masters triumph on Friday.

The second seed from Perth channelled the 22-time main champion’s combat to upstage prime seed Tommy Camus 6-1 6-4 on the 2023 December Showdown.

“It’s blended feelings. I used to be taking part in my greatest pal however it’s fairly cool,” Chan mentioned. “That is my first win at nationals, in order that’s good.

“It was fairly shut within the second set, so simply placing that further ball in each time pissed off him and it’s what received me over the road in the long run.”

The 12-year-old Chan cites his mindset as arguably his biggest attribute – “in all probability with the ability to outwork the opposite participant”.

It proved pivotal as he by no means wavered below the pump towards his Canberra opponent, who sought to comply with in older brother Charlie Camus’ footsteps as a champion within the under-12s.

“Rafa chases each ball, by no means offers up irrespective of the rating. Mainly he can do something he needs actually,” Chan says. “I type of replicate it going for each ball and by no means giving up.”

Chan joins the likes of Wimbledon 2022 finalist Nick Kyrgios (2008), world No.150 Marc Polmans (2009) and Philip Sekulic (2015), who received his first ATP match at Chengdu this yr, as former winners of the occasion.

“Wow, that’s fairly particular,” Chan mentioned when informed Kyrgios had received the occasion. “I’ve seen his face round right here (on posters) however didn’t know that.”

In an all unseeded doubles closing, Victorian pair Yile Li and Christopher Manton downed the ACT’s Jobe Dikkenberg and Queenslander Christian Joseph 7-5 6-3.

Li and Manton earlier beat prime seeds Chan and Camus 6-3 6-7(3) [10-3] within the doubles semifinals, whereas Dikkenberg and Joseph eased previous South Australians Minh-Khiem Nguyen and Elisha Wee 6-3 6-3.

12/U AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR TOUR MASTERS

TODAY’S RESULTS
Boys’ singles, closing
[2] Aidan Chan (WA) d [1] Tommy Camus (ACT) 6-1 6-4

Boys’ doubles, semifinals
Yile Li (Vic)/Christopher Manton (Vic) d [1] Tommy Camus (ACT)/Aidan Chan (WA) 6-3 6-7(3) [10-3]
Jobe Dikkenberg (ACT)/Christian Joseph (Qld) d Minh-Khiem Nguyen (SA)/Elisha Wee (SA) 6-3 6-3

Boys’ doubles, closing
Yile Li (Vic)/Christopher Manton (Vic) d Jobe Dikkenberg (ACT)/Christian Joseph (Qld) 7-5 6-3