Australian players won 15 medals, including four gold, at the 2024 ITF Masters World Individual Championships in Mexico.
Mexico City, Mexico, 13 May 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Australian players shone brightly at the 2024 ITF Masters World Individual Championships in Mexico this week, winning a total of 15 medals.
Five Australians won coveted gold medals, earning accompanying world champion honours, at the annual championships for players across the 50+, 55+ and 60+ age groups.
Kerryn Cyprien was a standout performer, with the 56-year-old from Queensland taking home two gold medals from the clay-court event in Mexico City. This included from her victory in the 55+ women’s doubles event with fellow Australian Jill Meggs.
An all-Australian combination also triumphed in the 60+ mixed doubles event, with Brenda Foster and Brad Middleton earning a gold medal.
The most outstanding Australian performers include:
Garry Nadebaum: The 56-year-old from South Australia won the 55+ men’s doubles world championship title alongside American Eoin Collins. The second-seeded pair only lost a single across their five matches. It is the second year in a row Nadebaum has won this title.
the 55+ mixed doubles title with her Dutch partner
Brenda Foster and Brad Middleton: The 62-year-old Foster teamed with Middleton, a 61-year-old also from New South Wales, to claim the world championship title in the 60+ mixed doubles competition. The 62-year-old Foster was a finalist too in the 55+ women’s doubles event alongside Brit Michelle Dutton.
Isabelle Gemmel: The 53-year-old Victorian was a singles finalist in the women’s 50+ competition. Gemmel was also a finalist in the 50+ mixed doubles event longside India’s Nitten Kirrtane.
Igor Jovanovic: The 54-year-old from New South Wales was a singles finalist in the men’s 55+ competition.
Richard Dodson: The 51-year-old Victorian was a semifinalist in the 50+ men’s doubles…
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