Queensland’s Timothy Gould was amongst 4 Australian gamers to win gold medals on the 2024 Virtus World Tennis Championships in France.
Annecy, France, 16 September 2024 | Leigh Rogers
The Australian crew claimed 12 medals, together with 4 gold medals, on the 2024 Virtus World Tennis Championships.
The championships, for the world’s greatest gamers with an mental impairment (PWII), had been held within the French metropolis of Annecy.
Queensland’s Archie Graham was a standout performer for the Australian crew, profitable 4 medals. This included gold within the II-1 males’s singles occasion.
“That is seven [world championships] now that I’ve gained in singles, which is a fairly good feeling,” world No.1 Graham stated in an interview with Virtus Sport.
“It simply comes right down to the work I do on the courtroom [and] off the courtroom … you’ve obtained to place within the work to have the ability to have the success that I’m having.”
Timothy Gould, the world No.1 within the II-2 class, continued his dominant type on the world stage as nicely to assert a gold medal within the II-2 males’s singles occasion.
Whereas Hunter Thompson triumphed in an all-Australian last within the II-3 males’s singles competitors, edging out Hayden Ballard 6-7 6-3 [10-8] in an absorbing gold medal match.
“It was a tricky match, he performed nicely,” Thompson stated of his fellow Queenslander, who was competing on the world championships for the primary time. “He was grinding and didn’t cease till the final level.”
“It was in all probability among the best matches I’ve ever had the privilege of taking part in,” Ballard added.
Thompson added to his gold medal haul by teaming with Ballard to triumph within the II-3 males’s doubles occasion.
A complete of 10 Australian gamers, from throughout three completely different states, gained medals on the championships.
| 2024 Virtus World Tennis Championships Australian medallists |
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| Gold | Archie Graham (II-1 males’s singles) Timothy Gould (II-2 males’s singles) Hunter Thompson (II-3 males’s singles) Hayden Ballard/Hunter Thompson (II-3 males’s doubles) |
| Silver | Archie Graham/Josh Holloway (II-1 males’s doubles) Andriana Petrakis/Kelly Wren (II-1 girls’s doubles) Damian Phillips/Kelly Wren (II-1 combined doubles) Archie Graham/Mitchell James (II-1 males’s crew) Andriana Petrakis/Kelly Wren (II-1 girls’s crew) Timothy Gould/Aman Ramadani (II-2 males’s doubles) Hayden Ballard (II-3 males’s singles) |
| Bronze | Archie Graham/Andriana Petrakis (II-1 combined doubles) |
Classifications within the PWII pathway: II-1 (Mental Incapacity), II-2 (Down syndrome), II-3 (Autism).
> VIEW: Full outcomes from the 2024 Virtus World Tennis Championships
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