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South Australian Hannah Park will play her doubles companion, Victorian Musemma Cilek, for the 12/u Australian Junior Tour Masters women’ singles title.
Melbourne, Australia, 14 December 2023 | Dan Imhoff
South Australian Hannah Park will briefly solid friendship apart after reserving a remaining conflict towards fourth seed Musemma Cilek on the 2023 December Showdown.
The 12-year-old held off a late-surging Ami Dalla Pozza 7-5 6-4 within the women’ singles semifinals on the 12-and-under Australian Junior Tour Masters at Melbourne Park on Thursday.
“I’m actually joyful after which type of relieved as nicely to win,” the second seed mentioned. “She simply made the balls and I simply began hitting unforced errors in order that simply made me extra nervous.”
Whereas thrilled on the prospect of dealing with a well-recognized face within the decider, Park knew battle strains could be drawn towards Cilek, an earlier 6-4 6-4 victor over high seed and fellow Victorian Eleni Makantasis.
“We’re like greatest buddies, so it’ll be enjoyable to play towards her once more,” Park mentioned.
“I don’t actually discover (taking part in a good friend). I’ll simply concentrate on myself, I don’t actually concentrate on the opposite participant.”
Park would do nicely to look to her favorite participant, Ajla Tomljanovic, in Friday’s women’ remaining.
The Australian not too long ago captured her largest title at a WTA 125 event in Florianopolis, Brazil.
“I like her on-court angle,” Park says. “She’s actually calm on court docket, and you may’t discover if she’s stressed or not.”
Whereas Tomljanovic is her idol, Park cites a pair of Grand Slam champions for contesting the one match on the Australian Open that has left an enduring affect.
“Most likely on TV, (Aryna) Sabalenka and (Elena) Rybakina on this yr’s remaining,” Park says. “They had been preventing for each level. There was no gifting away unfastened factors they usually had been simply making one another combat, so it was actually good to observe.”
Within the boys’ 12/u singles semifinals, Canberra’s Tommy Camus narrowly prevailed towards Victorian 10th seed Yile Li 6-4 5-7 7-6(7) in a two-hour, 24-minute battle.
Camus will sq. off towards second seed Aidan Chan after the West Australian’s 7-6(11) 6-1 victory over Novak Palombo.
> FOLLOW: Stay scores from the 2023 December Showdown
12/U AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR TOUR MASTERS
TODAY’S RESULTS
Women’ singles, semifinals
[2] Hannah Park (SA) d [3] Ami Dalla Pozza (NSW) 7-5 6-4
[4] Musemma Cilek (Vic) d [1] Eleni Makantasis (Vic) 6-4 6-4
Boys’ singles, semifinals
[1] Tommy Camus (ACT) d [10] Yile Li (Vic) 6-4 7-5 7-6(7)
[2] Aidan Chan (WA) d [3] Novak Palombo (Vic) 7-6(11) 6-1
Women’ doubles, quarterfinals
[1] Musemma Cilek (Vic)/Hannah Park (SA) d Ana Maric (Vic)/Amaya Muench (Qld) 6-1 6-2
[2] Isabel Cairns (ACT)/Eleni Makantasis (Vic) d Emma Esenova (NSW)/Zoe Liang (NSW) 6-2 6-0
[3] Ami Dalla Pozza (NSW)/Mieka Gordon-Threatt (Vic) d Lily Fannin (Qld)/Jesline Lie (NSW) 6-1 6-2
Ava Garner (Qld)/Hope Johns (Qld) d [4] Nahla Salley (SA)/Cleo Taylor (Qld) 6-2 6-4
Boys’ doubles, quarterfinals
[1] Tommy Camus (ACT)/Aidan Chan (WA) d Brody Denny (Qld)/Luke Modra (SA) walkover
Yile Li (Vic)/Christopher Manton (Vic) d [4] Daniel Abar (Qld)/Ayush Salunkhe (Vic) 6-1 3-6 [11-9]
Minh-Khiem Nguyen (SA)/Elisha Wee (SA) d Jiacheng Andrew Chen (NSW)/Vivaan Nehra (Qld) 7-5 7-6(3)
Jobe Dikkenberg (ACT)/Christian Joseph (Qld) d Rafael Fauster (Qld)/Cruz Stevens (Qld) 6-0 6-7(17) [10-7]
COMING UP
Women’ singles, remaining
[2] Hannah Park (SA) v [4] Musemma Cilek (Vic)
Boys’ singles, remaining
[1] Tommy Camus (ACT) v [2] Aidan Chan (WA)
Women’ doubles, semifinals
[1] Musemma Cilek (Vic)/Hannah Park (SA) v [3] Ami Dalla Pozza (NSW)/Mieka Gordon-Threatt (Vic)
[2] Isabel Cairns (ACT)/Eleni Makantasis (Vic) v Ava Garner (Qld)/Hope Johns (Qld)
Boys’ doubles, semifinals
[1] Tommy Camus (ACT)/Aidan Chan (WA) v Yile Li (Vic)/Christopher Manton (Vic)
Minh-Khiem Nguyen (SA)/Elisha Wee (SA) v Jobe Dikkenberg (ACT)/Christian Joseph (Qld)
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