Tennis star defends Victorian title
ZVI Schweitzer defended his title at the Victorian Tennis Championships for players with an intellectual disability at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club last Sunday.
JOSHUA LEVI
ZVI Schweitzer defended his title at the Victorian Tennis Championships for players with an intellectual disability at the Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club last Sunday.
The 21-year-old tennis star won the singles and doubles competition, as he did at the Tennis Australian Classic in January.
“It was fantastic,” Schweitzer said after his win.
“It was really good. I won the singles final 8-2 and the doubles final 6-4.”
Players from NSW, Queensland and Victoria competed in the round-robin competition at Kooyong, before Schweitzer defeated former Australian number-one seed Hugh Ennor in the final.
He then teamed up with Senya Rudoy to win the doubles final.
Schweitzer only dropped 19 games in the six matches he played in the singles competition and 11 games in the doubles.
The Victorian started playing when he was six years old in local competitions, before moving up to the state level at age 15.
When he was 16, he was part of Australia’s team at the Special Olympic Games in Poland and last year Schweitzer won the mixed doubles competition with fellow Aussie Kelly Wren at the Global Games in the Czech Republic and finished fourth in the singles competition.
His dad Ron said he couldn’t be happier for him.
“This tournament in January was the equivalent of the Australian Open for players with an intellectual disability and now he’s defended this title as well, so I’m just so proud of him,” Ron said.
“He’s been training hard and he plays very well so he deserves this win.”