Abigail Tere-Apisah,\u00a0with a current career high ranking of 334, \u00a0has had the perfect start in Singles and Doubles in the Australian Open 2018 Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-Off in Zhuhai, China.<\/p>\n
In her\u00a0first round singles match she has comprehensively beaten the 3rd seed, Junri Namigata (JPN) currently ranked 236, 6-2,6-1. Namigata previously had a career high ranking of 105.WS – AWP – Wednesday<\/a><\/p>\n Then Abigail and her Japanese Doubles partner, Erika Sema beat the Japanese pairing of Momoko Kobori\/Ayano Shimizu in their 1st round doubles match 6-4,3-6, 10-7 WD – AWP – Wednesday<\/a>\u00a0to move into the quarter-finals which will be played today AWP – Order of Play Thursday 30 November<\/a><\/p>\n This event is open to all Nationals from the Asia\/Pacific Region with a Singles Ranking of 109+ for women or 105+ for men(excluding Australians). There is no applicable cut-off for Doubles so all Asia\/Pacific players are eligible<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Abigail Tere-Apisah,\u00a0with a current career high ranking of 334, \u00a0has had the perfect start in Singles and Doubles in the Australian Open 2018 Asia-Pacific Wildcard Play-Off in Zhuhai, China. In her\u00a0first round singles match she has comprehensively beaten the 3rd …<\/p>\n