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 workforce claimed 12 medals, together with 4 gold medals, on the 2024 Virtus World Tennis Championships.
The championships, for the world’s finest gamers with an mental impairment (PWII), have been held within the French metropolis of Annecy.
Queensland’s Archie Graham was a standout performer for the Australian workforce, successful 4 medals. This included gold within the II-1 males’s singles occasion.
“That is seven [world championships] now that I’ve received in singles, which is a reasonably good feeling,” world No.1 Graham mentioned in an interview with Virtus Sport.
“It simply comes all the way down to the work I do on the court docket [and] off the court docket … you’ve received 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 effectively to say a gold medal within the II-2 males’s singles occasion.
Whereas Hunter Thompson triumphed in an all-Australian ultimate 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 effectively,” Thompson mentioned 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 top-of-the-line 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, received 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 ladies’s doubles) Damian Phillips/Kelly Wren (II-1 combined doubles) Archie Graham/Mitchell James (II-1 males’s workforce) Andriana Petrakis/Kelly Wren (II-1 ladies’s workforce) 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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