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Lizette Cabrera - FilAus Goddess

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#1 ·
This girlllll needs a thread. Just recently won an ITF junior title in Europe, won Asia/Oceania closed junior championship, won a platinum AMT and has just won her first 25k main draw match.

R32 Lizette Cabrera (AUS) def Ayu Fani Damayanti (INA) 6-4 6-2

:eek:

Very impressive for a 1997 girl. :) Naiktha has a rival. :angel::hearts:
 
#58 ·
Lizette continues to go from strength to strength. Plays her first ITF final today in a $25K final against Destanee Aiava. Lizette should be top 400 after this week. Great stuff!

Her week so far:

R1 def [Q]Tiana Windbuchler (NZL) 6-1 6-0
R2 def [3]Katy Dunne (GBR) 7-6 6-3
QF def [Q]Angelique Svinos (AUS) 6-1 6-3
SF def [6]Olivia Rogowska (AUS) 7-5 4-6 7-5

Good luck in the final! :cheer:
 
#59 ·
Big congrats to Lizette on her maiden ITF title! :cheer:

def Destanee Aiava 6-3 5-7 6-2 in $25K Tweed Heads final :worship:

Her ranking will be around 350 when the points are added and she'll be #8 in Australia. A local news story says the win "will earn her a potential wildcard" to the Brisbane International.

At this rate, she will very soon be the highest ranked Australian teenager. Amazing year she's having! Very unexpected...
 
#60 ·
And she does it again the next week :worship:

Really impressive run :bowdown:

R1: (SE)Lizette Cabrera d. (Q)Maddison Inglis 63 62
R2: (SE)Lizette Cabrera d. (5)Dalma Galfi 76(4) 75
QF: (SE)Lizette Cabrera d. (2)Julia Glushko 60 64
SF: (SE)Lizette Cabrera d. (6)Jennifer Elie 64 62
F: (SE)Lizette Cabrera d. (7)Viktoria Kuzmova 62 64

Didn't drop a set :hearts: Will crack the top 300 now too :cheer: Congrats Lizette :)

 
#70 ·
Really good article on Lizette! She sounds mature & confident. Here is hoping for a good summer!

Rising Australian tennis player Lizette Cabrera hopes to earn entry into 2017 Brisbane International
November 9, 20167:59pm



LIZETTE Cabrera already has an Australian Open qualifying wildcard in her back pocket, but the Queensland teenager hopes her form at a tournament in Japan next week will prove she merits a main draw debut.

Cabrera, 18, is the fourth-ranked Australian woman after winning two Futures tournaments in Tweed Heads and Brisbane last month and is under consideration for one of Tennis Australia’s discretionary wildcards into the main draw at January’s Australian Open.

Cabrera, ranked No.257, and Ipswich’s Ash Barty (321) will contest a $50,000 tournament in Toyota, Japan, next week.

A big finish to the year for either woman would see them receive entries from Tennis Australia into their January tournaments, including the Brisbane International.

“Japan may be my last tournament of the year,’’ Cabrera said before flying out of Brisbane.
Lizette Cabrera will receive a wildcard entry into the Australian Open. Picture: Tim Marsden

Lizette Cabrera will receive a wildcard entry into the Australian Open. Picture: Tim MarsdenSource:News Corp Australia

“It depends on whether I get the Australian Open main draw wildcard. If I don’t get it I would play in the Australian Open wildcard playoff in Melbourne (in mid-December).

“I haven’t played qualifying at the Australian Open, only juniors. I’ve been waiting for my time and been working towards this time.

“Nicole Pratt (TA head of women’s tennis) said I was in an 18-23 (years) pro squad for next year so I will get a bit of funding and be able to choose my tournaments wisely.’’

After watching matches as a spectator at all eight Brisbane Internationals played so far, Cabrera wants to “cause some damage’’ in the WTA tournament at the Queensland Tennis Centre, where she has trained for five years since her parents Maria and Ronnie moved their family from Townsville to further her tennis experience.

“I live five minutes from the tennis centre at Yeronga so during the tournament I can hear when something’s going on,’’ she said.

“I love the Brisbane International and it would be special for me to play there (although) I’ve played qualifying twice.
Lizette Cabrera in action at a tournament in Cairns earlier this year. Picture: Stewart McLean

Lizette Cabrera in action at a tournament in Cairns earlier this year. Picture: Stewart McLeanSource:News Corp Australia

“I think a lot of girls get wildcards into the Brisbane International and feel satisfied with that. I will have a tough training block before these tournaments and I really want to do some damage. I feel if I’m playing my best tennis I can do well at WTA level.

“I’ve been travelling since I was 12. My first trip to Paris was really cool. I have experienced things a lot of people my age haven’t and I think more maturely because of that.’’

Central to her insistence on staying grounded despite the head-turning opportunities of her possible career, Cabrera is studying a business subject part-time at the Queensland University of Technology.

“I want to have a good backup plan in case I get injured or whatever,’’ she said. “It’s nice to have an escape. At the end of the day, it’s just a tennis match.

“It was really exciting to play well (in winning the Brisbane Futures final last month). I’ve been working very hard for this.’’
 
#77 ·
So Liz plays 26-year old Shiho Akita today in the semis. Shiho has had some pretty solid results over the last couple of months (a 25K win and a 25K final). Battled hard in this tournament with 3x3-setters. Interestingly Shiho has retired from 4 matches this year.
 
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