Australia’s Billie Jean King Cup captain Sam Stosur was among the many stars to stroll the blue carpet on the 2024 Newcombe Medal awards on Monday evening.
Melbouirne, 9 December 2024 | Dan Imhoff
Stars of Aussie tennis walked the blue carpet at this yr’s 2024 Newcombe Medal awards at Melbourne’s Crown On line casino.
Amid posing for pictures and media interviews, they spoke with tennis.com.au. These are among the many highlights:
Sam Stosur, former Newcombe Medallist and Billie Jean King Cup captain
Who do you most look ahead to catching up with or working into on the awards evening: “I feel the folks you don’t see that a lot, so that you come to one thing like this and also you all the time run into somebody you haven’t seen for a very long time, have an ideal catch-up and I feel it’s most likely the folks you don’t see an excessive amount of. Having stated that, I really like seeing my buddies and everybody else right here as nicely, however I feel it’s a kind of bump-in alternatives the place ‘Oh I haven’t seen you for a couple of months’. It’s pretty.”
Matt Ebden, Newcombe Medal nominee and Olympic gold medallist
You’ve had a unprecedented yr and you’ve got your Olympic gold medal right here with you. What would you’re keen on to realize in 2025? “The Grand Slams are clearly large, the Masters, however we need to win the Davis Cup for Australia. We haven’t fairly achieved that these previous few years. We’ve been so shut in order that’s the largest one.”
John Friends, Newcombe Medal nominee and Olympic gold medallist
Is there a participant or participant, previous or current, you most look ahead to catching up with tonight? “To be truthful it’s all the blokes I don’t get to see who don’t journey as a lot anymore. I noticed Lucz [Peter Luczak]. I hadn’t seen him because the begin of the years a couple of of the previous gamers – Wayne Arthurs, Frommy [Richard Fromberg], Todd [Woodbridge] if he’s round. A whole lot of these guys we don’t get to see as a lot as we used to.”
https://twitter.com/TennisAustralia/standing/1866041562561761308
Ellen Perez, Aussie tennis star
What’s essentially the most disturbing a part of the night – the outfit, getting the socials en pointe or the anticipation round who wins the massive award? “For me, this time I’m presenting an award so I’m fairly harassed about being up on stage. I don’t actually love public talking. I feel the simple half is getting truly prepared, they do it for us so it’s fairly cruisy. It’s thrilling, the anticipation of who’s going to win the Newcombe Medal, it’s good.”
Maya Joint, Aussie tennis star
It’s your first Newcombe Medal awards evening. You bought to spend extra time with the Aussie ladies because the orange lady for the Billie Jean King Cup crew. How as that have? “It was unbelievable. Everybody was so good and together with, and it was a lot enjoyable to look at them compete and get them prepared for his or her matches.”
Emerson Jones, junior world No.1
It’s your first Newcombe Medal awards evening so what are you most wanting ahead to about it? “I haven’t been earlier than to this, so it’s fairly thrilling. It’s my first time right here. All of the older ladies are right here and I get together with them very well, so yeah it’s going to be fairly good.”
Hayden Jones, junior world No.13
You’re up for the junior male athlete of the yr. What are you most wanting ahead to in regards to the evening? “I feel it’s simply superior to be again across the legends of the sport for Australian tennis, meet some older gamers and simply have enjoyable, have evening.”
Heath Davidson, Australian wheelchair tennis star
What does the Newcombe Medal evening imply for you, gathering round your compatriots and fellow gamers? “It’s superior. I really like being at residence. Tonight brings all of us collectively to have a good time the yr we’ve had. I really like seeing Peersy and Matty Ebden and all these boys. Additionally good all our feminine tennis gamers get an opportunity to get all glammed up, as an alternative of simply in sportswear, and simply benefit from the evening.”
John Fitzgerald, Aussie tennis legend
How particular is that this event for the game and to carry so most of the names out of your period again collectively? “I really like seeing the blokes I performed Davis Cup with below Neale Fraser. Right now, we consider him and discuss him so much. Darren Cahill, Todd Woodbridge, Wally Masur, who’s not right here, and Pat Money, who’s not right here both. They’re the blokes I really like catching up with essentially the most as a result of we have been in Davis Cup groups collectively.”
Todd Woodbridge, Aussie tennis legend
You will have co-hosting duties tonight with Casey Dellacqua. How a lot workshopping on the gags will get performed between you each or is every to their very own? “I don’t do a number of the gags, no matter occurs is natural however on an evening like tonight it’s actually essential to maintain issues transferring. My job is to make all people take pleasure in it by getting on and getting off and maintaining the present on time. We’ll make it work.”
Omar Jasika, Aussie tennis star
How particular is it attending the Newcombe Medal evening given the spectacular few months you’ve had? “It’s an unbelievable evening. It’s just like the Brownlow [Medal] for tennis, and there’s lots of people that come to this occasion. It’s good to see acquainted faces and it’s good to see everybody’s achievements all year long and meet up with folks you haven’t seen all year long. That is most likely my sixth or seventh yr now. I all the time come again, I adore it a lot.”
Discover your method to play: Go to play.tennis.com.au to get out on courtroom and have some enjoyable!
