Tennis Player Aldila Sutjiadi Gets Wildcard Playing At Australian Open In Women's Doubles

Aldila Sutjiadi (Instagram @aadilasutjiadi)

JAKARTA - Indonesian tennis player Aldila Sutjiadi will play in the grand slam at the beginning of the 2022 Australian Open. She will play in the women's doubles with her partner from Thailand, Peangtarn Plipuech.

"So excited to announce that @tsu_earth and I will be playing in the double main draw at the Australian Open," Aldila wrote in a post on her Instagram account.

The owner of the 2018 Asian Games gold medal got a wildcard. Aldila is one of 64 players who will make their Australian Open debut this year.

Playing in the Australian Open is Aldila's highest achievement in his career.

"A big thank you to @australianopen and @tennisaustralia for giving us the Asia-Pacific women's doubles wildcard. We are very grateful for the opportunity given and can't wait to play at AO," he added.

The 26-year-old is currently in Australia for the ITF World Tour Tennis Tour W60+H in Traralgon.

In the tournament, Aldila played in doubles with Catherine Harrison from the US. In today's final, both of them had to settle for being runners up after losing to Emina Bektas (US)/Tara Moore (England) 6-0 6-7(8-10).

Next, Aldila will enter the WTA 250 Adelaide International 2. She will face former world No.46 Danka Kovinic of Montenegro in the qualifying round.