{"id":321473,"date":"2025-12-01T22:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T22:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/321473\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T22:56:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T22:56:04","slug":"tennis-whanganui-reclaims-christie-cup-in-its-100th-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/321473\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennis: Whanganui reclaims Christie Cup in its 100th year"},"content":{"rendered":"

After finishing 12\u201312, and tied on sets, the fixture went to a countback of individual games, where Whanganui prevailed 213\u2013208.<\/p>\n

It was Whanganui\u2019s first representative victory in several years, with the Christie Cup making it two major wins in a row.<\/p>\n

Whanganui\u2019s team was strengthened by a perfect blend of returning players, late additions, and one rising star who has become the heart of the squad.<\/p>\n

Paige Hourigan, home from the professional circuit in France, arrived with borrowed shoes and rackets and produced a world-class performance.<\/p>\n

Kyle Butters, now focused on bodybuilding, paused his training to represent his region and delivered solid wins at number 1.<\/p>\n

Ayla Giesen, initially unavailable, became free just two days before the tie, adding crucial depth.<\/p>\n

Ruben Wesselius played his singles match before leaving for a family event \u2013 only to be urgently called back as the tie tightened, returning in time to secure a crucial mixed doubles win.<\/p>\n

Emma Johnson, 15, was named MVP for both the Christie Cup victory and the earlier Taranaki fixture.<\/p>\n

Having arrived in Whanganui from Canada earlier this year, she is now set to return home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After finishing 12\u201312, and tied on sets, the fixture went to a countback of individual games, where Whanganui…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":321474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[181062,22955,64,63,92455,22279,3933,4717,36687,143365,181061,92659,8856,85,747,10678,34221,1547],"class_list":["post-321473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-100th","tag-anniversary","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-christie","tag-competition","tag-cup","tag-in","tag-its","tag-reclaimed","tag-reclaims","tag-representative","tag-side","tag-sports","tag-tennis","tag-whanganui","tag-whanganuis","tag-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/321474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}