Australian tennis star Casey Dellacqua nominated for Newcombe Medal after sensational year
AUSTRALIAN tennis star Casey Dellacqua has been nominated for the 2013 Newcombe Medal after a successful year in women's doubles.
AUSTRALIAN tennis star Casey Dellacqua has been nominated for the 2013 Newcombe Medal.
The 28-year-old from Coogee and her women's doubles parter Ash Barty, 17, were nominated for their extraordinary season which saw them reach three grand slam finals.
The pair, who ended the year as the fifth-ranked doubles pair, were finalists at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open.
They also collected their maiden WTA doubles title in Birmingham.
The award recognises the most outstanding elite Australian tennis player of the year but as a doubles pair, they were jointly nominated for the award.
The Newcombe Medal will be held at Melbourne's Crown Palladium Ballroom on December 2.
Dellacqua and Barty will be up against fellow nominees Sam Stosur, Bernard Tomic, Lleyton Hewitt and Nick Kyrgios.
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