Rising Australians Kaylah McPhee, Talia Gibson and Petra Hule all featured in finals at ITF World Tour events this week.
Australia, 3 June 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Alex de Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis have dominated headlines with their impressive performances at Roland Garros this week.
Their efforts meant that for the first time in nine years, two Australian men featured in the third round at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament. De Minaur has kept winning too, becoming the first Aussie men through to the fourth round in 17 years.
> READ: De Minaur battles into fourth round at Roland Garros 2024
Across the globe, many other Australian players recorded great results too. This includes a trio of Australian women – Kaylah McPhee, Talia Gibson and Petra Hule, who all featured in ITF finals.
Heath Davidson scooped his second ITF wheelchair tennis doubles title in as many weeks, while some promising junior athletes celebrated major breakthroughs at an ITF J30 tournament in Darwin.
This week’s most outstanding performers include:
Calum Puttergill: The 30-year-old advanced to the doubles quarterfinals at an ATP Challenger tournament in Vicenza (Italy) with Chinese Taipei’s Ho Ray.
Talia Gibson: The 19-year-old was a singles finalist at an ITF 50 tournament in Montemor-o-Novo (Portugal). This was Gibson’s 12th career singles final appearance and her second this season.
Destanee Aiava: The 23-year-old was a singles quarterfinalist at the ITF 50 tournament in Montemor-o-Novo. Aiava also advanced to the doubles quarterfinals alongside fellow Aussie Elena Micic.
Kimberly Birrell: The 26-year-old continued her good form to reach the singles quarterfinals at the ITF 50 tournament in Montemor-o-Novo (Portugal). This improved Birrell’s record to 10 wins from her past 14 matches.
Maya Joint: The 18-year-old advanced to the singles semifinals at an ITF 50 tournament in Otocec (Slovenia), improving her season record to 36 wins from 48 singles matches. Joint was also a doubles quarterfinalist with American Rasheeda McAdoo.
> READ: Joint becomes second Australian teen inside the world’s top 200
Petra Hule: The 25-year-old finished runners-up in singles at an ITF 35 tournament in Changwon (Korea) and was a doubles quarterfinalist alongside Japan’s . This was Hule’s second ITF singles final appearance and first since November 2022.
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