Australia is considered one of eight nations competing on the 2024 Grasp’U BNP Paribas Championships - extensively recognised as “The World Occasion of College Tennis” in Reims, France from 29 November to 1 December.
Reims, France, 25 November 2024 | Camille Russo
The 2024 Grasp’U BNP Paribas Championships is as soon as once more bringing collectively college gamers from throughout the globe to compete in a world competitors extensively recognised as “The World Occasion of College Tennis.”
In its seventeenth version, the occasion might be held in Reims, France from 29 November to 1 December.
Australia will make up considered one of eight nations, alongside Germany, Belgium, United States, France, United Kingdom, Eire and Switzerland.
The competitors options most of the top-ranked pupil athletes from each Nationwide Collegiate Athletic Affiliation (NCAA) establishments in addition to different college techniques from all over the world. Workforce Australia was invited to the occasion in 2022 and has completed third and fourth within the earlier two years respectively.
Representing Australia in 2024 might be Maya Joint (College of Texas), Petra Hule (former Florida State College), Lily Fairclough (College of Southern California), Jeremy Jin (College of Florida), Casey Hoole (College of South Carolina) and Derek Pham (Oklahoma State College).
“I’m so excited to play for Australia within the Grasp’U BNP Paribas occasion. Will probably be my first time formally sporting the inexperienced and gold which suggests the world to me,” mentioned Joint.
“This 12 months has been a tremendous transition from junior to senior tennis for me and I’ve gained a lot expertise, nice buddies and reminiscences.”
Teaching the staff might be David Hodge, Director of Athletes Company Worldwide, and Chris Mahony, NTA Coach and Head of US Faculty.
“Australia has such a proud historical past in faculty tennis and this pathway has produced a few of our sport’s nice ambassadors,” mentioned Hodge.
“This would be the seventeenth version of the Grasp’U BNP Paribas and the ‘RacquetRoos’ might be making our third consecutive look having received bronze in 2022 and putting fourth in 2023.
“I’m excited to work carefully with somebody as skilled as Chris and the proficient staff we’ve put collectively to signify and carry out for our nation.”
Mahony is simply as excited to be a part of the occasion for the primary time, working alongside Hodge and the gamers.
“This occasion varieties a part of Tennis Australia’s Faculty Program that we launched earlier this 12 months underneath the NTA umbrella,” mentioned Mahony.
“David has an unimaginable ardour for this house and was instrumental in getting Australia a spot on this competitors again in 2022.”
Notable gamers who’ve competed on this occasion embrace:
- Adam Walton (AUS)
- Danielle Collins (USA)
- Chris Eubanks (USA)
- Ena Shibihara (USA, Japan)
