Sarah Good-Giles and Jobe Dikkenberg, two of the individuals at Tennis Australia’s 11s Nationwide Camp, are impressed to chase massive desires.
Melbourne, Australia, 18 Could 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Two of the individuals at Tennis Australia’s 11s Nationwide Camp this week in Melbourne have returned with very particular recollections.
The final time that Queensland expertise Sarah Good-Giles and Jobe Dikkenberg, who just lately relocated from Canberra to Brisbane, had been at Melbourne Park, they’d the honour of conducting the coin toss for Grand Slam finals at Rod Laver Enviornment.
Good-Giles took centre stage on the Australian Open 2024 ladies’s singles remaining between Aryna Sabalenka and Zheng Qinwen.
“I used to be a bit nervous, but in addition excited,” she recalled of that second.
“I believed I used to be going to mess up the coin flip, however it was actually enjoyable.
“I additionally received to have dinner within the lounge and I noticed Sabalenka there, which was actually thrilling.”
The expertise supplied additional motivation for Good-Giles, who’s one in all Australia’s most promising gamers within the 2013 start 12 months, to proceed chasing her tennis objectives.
“I’d wish to turn into knowledgeable and be high 10 on the planet,” she stated.
The next evening, Dikkenberg tossed the coin forward of the Australian Open 2024 males’s singles remaining between Jannik Sinner and Daniil Medvedev.
“It was actually superior and likewise type of scary on the time as nicely,” Dikkenberg associated. “To satisfy Sinner and Medvedev and do the coin toss, I’ll always remember that.
“It has impressed me to attempt to play at Rod Laver Enviornment in the future.”
Dikkenberg credit his older brother Elijah, who’s a Nationwide Tennis Academy athlete and likewise one in all Australia’s most promising prospects, for “getting me into tennis” and names Rafael Nadal as his favorite participant.
“I like that he’s a fighter and by no means offers up,” he stated of the Spanish champion.
Good-Giles and Dikkenberg are amongst 16 athletes collaborating within the four-day 11s Nationwide Camp in Melbourne this week.
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