On The Sit-Down podcast, rising star Talia Gibson discussed her brilliant form in 2024 that has seen her win three straight Pro Tour titles and put her closer to Grand Slam direct entry.
Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 18 October 2024 | Matt Trollope
This week, Talia Gibson hit a career-high ranking of world No.128, marking a rise of more than 100 places since January.
In the past 12 months she has won more than 50 matches, and in the past three seasons has appeared in 15 ITF singles finals, winning eight titles.
They are stats that make for impressive reading, and ones which brought a smile to her face when they were put to her on this week’s episode of The Sit-Down podcast.
“Honestly, it’s funny to hear that, because it’s not often that you sort of just take a moment to actually look back at what you have achieved,” said the West Australian, now based in Brisbane.
“I think so often you’re looking forward at what’s next, what’s the next tournament that I’m playing, and it’s not often that, personally, I really look back and take a look at some of those stats. So thank you for saying that, because it’s actually really interesting to hear.
“Just honestly really proud of the progress that I’ve made, through the rankings, the amount of finals that I’ve made in the last year. It’s a really rewarding feeling.”
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Three of those finals have come in the past two months, during which Gibson has enjoyed a purple patch on the Australian Pro Tour.
The 20-year-old scooped back-to-back ITF W75 titles in Perth in September, before heading to Cairns and winning the W35 title there in early October.
These results have seen Gibson build a 14-match winning streak, a run she hopes to continue when she heads to next week’s Pro Tour event in Playford, South Australia.
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“(I’m) setting myself goals all the time of what I want to achieve, and I think looking back now, I can tick off a lot of goals that I wanted to achieve. So I think it’s really exciting and I’m super happy with how this year’s gone,” she said.
“I’ve had so many really exciting experiences – now I can say that I’ve played all of the Grand Slams, which has been a dream of mine since I was…
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