ENGLISH real tennis ace Claire Fahey has blown away the competition at last week\u2019s Ladies World Championships held at the Ballarat Tennis Club in Canadian.<\/p>\n
The win means Fahey is now a two-time world champion, having captured the biennial crown in 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a good week,\u201d she said. \u201cThe way they did the draw, and it\u2019s sensible, it\u2019s like a big back draw and everyone comes through rounds, so I\u2019ve had to wait three of four days to get started while watching the other girls play. Which is good and bad because you\u2019re itching to get out there and watching everyone learn the court.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fahey defeated fellow Brit Izzy Candy 6-0, 6-0.<\/p>\n
With the next world championships set for France in 2021, Fahey was honest about her chances capturing the title three times in a row.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnything can happen in two years,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s injury, I\u2019ve got a couple of kids, it\u2019s factoring everything in and at the end of the day it\u2019s one tennis match, it\u2019s a knock out.<\/p>\n
\u201cSport is a funny thing and if it\u2019s a bad day you haven\u2019t got any chances to do over.\u201d<\/p>\n
The singles title was one of two pieces of silverware Fahey picked up on Saturday, also winning the doubles world title with partner Tara Lumley defeating Penny Lumley and Kate Leening 6-0, 6-2.<\/p>\n
Ballarat Tennis Club president Anne Strange said the championship matches capped a strong week of real tennis.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been a great success,\u201d she said. \u201cSeven days of great tennis culminating in today\u2019s finals.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve had really good representation of players from Australia, all clubs have been represented and a lot of ladies have some out from England. The quality of play has been exceptional, especially when you have the defending champions. That also brings everyone else up to a higher level.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fahey also praised the club and the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been amazing,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ve had week here, you\u2019ve put on the most ridiculous weather.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe club is amazing, the whole weeks been fantastic. We had a civic function at the beginning and we\u2019ve just been exploring the city, had the kids at the water park, it\u2019s just been so easy and so nice.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ENGLISH real tennis ace Claire Fahey has blown away the competition at last week\u2019s Ladies World Championships held at the Ballarat Tennis Club in Canadian. The win means Fahey is now a two-time world champion, having captured the biennial crown in 2016. \u201cIt\u2019s been a good week,\u201d she said. \u201cThe way they did the draw, […]<\/p>\n