A newly formed doubles partnership has made an immediate impact, capturing the Hobart International doubles title after another composed and confident performance in the final.\u00a0Janice Tjen (INA)\u00a0and\u00a0Katarzyna\u00a0Piter(POL)\u00a0took out the championship\u00a0over\u00a0Magali Kempen (BEL)\u00a0and\u00a0Anna Siskova (CZE)\u00a06-2,6-2.<\/p>\n
The pair reflected on their rapid rise as a team, having only played together twice before lifting the trophy.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel very happy, obviously,\u201d\u00a0Tjen\u00a0said. \u201cThis is only our second time playing together, and it\u2019s been great. We\u2019ve really enjoyed it, and so far we\u2019ve won both tournaments we\u2019ve played. Hopefully we can carry this on into next week.\u201d<\/p>\n
The partnership came together unexpectedly, formed through a mutual connection rather than long-term planning.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was actually by coincidence. We didn\u2019t know each other at all,\u201d she explained. \u201cA good friend passed me her number and I asked her if she wanted to play in Guangzhou. Before that week, we had never even met in person but it turned into a winning week, and we played very well together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Throughout the Hobart International, the duo showed steady improvement, progressing from tight early matches to a dominant straight-sets victory in the final.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were developing day by day during the tournament,\u201d she said. \u201cEvery opponent is different, so we tried to adjust as best as possible each day. Today was our steadiest match from both of us, and we\u2019re very happy with that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Key to their success, the players believe, is the energy and trust they bring to the court. \u201cWe give each other really good energy. We trust and support each other throughout the whole match, and that makes a big difference.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite cool conditions, the tournament left a positive impression.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s very beautiful here,\u201d Tjen said. \u201cThe weather was a bit chilly, and I wasn\u2019t prepared for that, but the scenery and the atmosphere have been amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n
With two titles already secured, the partnership now looks ahead with confidence as the Australian summer continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A newly formed doubles partnership has made an immediate impact, capturing the Hobart International doubles title after another…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,196846,72820,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-419808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-hobart-international-tennis-tournament","11":"tag-news-article","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419808","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=419808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}