Canberra’s Annerly Poulos hits a forehand against Anne-Marie Medcalf in a qualifying match for the ITF Futures tournament played at the Canberra Tennis Centre. Medcalf won the match 3-6 6-2 6-3. (Photo by Rob Keating)
Promising Canberra junior tennis player, Annerly Poulos has gone from qualifying for the 16/u to claim the Championship title. This followed on from a runner-up effort in the 14/u at Melbourne Park last week.
The win takes Poulos into the main draw of the Australian Open junior tournament. Poulos defeated the fifth seed Zara Brankovic 6-0 6-2 to easily claim the title. Poulos was in fine form taking out four seeds on her way to the title.
“I’ve been here for quite a while but especially after 14s the loss in the final that pushed me even harder to do well in the 16s,” she said.
“I’m definitely going to start playing Australian Open juniors and hopefully if I do well in that to keep playing well in that, play pro circuits and the pro tours and play harder matches and get better as a player,” Poulos said.
In the boy’s event top seed Dane Sweeny overcame the challenge of third seed Rinky Hijikata, winning a three-set thriller 5-7 6-4 7-5.
