Australia claimed the BNP Paribas World Team Cup junior title for the first time on Friday’s penultimate day of this year’s edition of the ITF’s flagship wheelchair team event, beating Great Britain 2-1 in the final.

In the process, the team of Finn Broadbent, Riley Dumsday, Hayley Slocombe and captain Greg Crump earned Australia a place alongside Netherlands and USA as the only nations to have won each of the the men, women’s, quad and junior titles in the illustrious 25-year history of the BNP Paribas World Team Cup.

Crump has now captained Australian team to men’s, women’s and junior titles.

Friday’s final saw Australia line up against Great Britain for the second time in just a few days in Ramat Hasharon after Great Britain gained a 2-1 win over Australia in the round-robin phase of the competition.

However, with Australia changing its nominated players for the two singles rubbers Dumsday claimed a tense opening contest against Ben Bartram 6-3, 6-7(2), 6-4.

With Dahnon Ward maintaining his unbeaten singles record during the week for Great he wrapped up his singles rubber against Broadbent 6-2, 6-2, thereby forcing a deciding doubles rubber between the two team once again.

The doubles produced great excitement as Australia came from 3-1 down to take the opening set. Great Britain managed to sustain their effort after taking a 4-1 lead in the second to send the final into a deciding match tiebreak.

The tiebreak for the title had almost everything, including net cords and a series of match points for both teams, but ultimately it was a double fault from Ward that confirmed Australia as the champion following a 6-4 2-6 (14-12) victory.

Turkey won its first medal in the junior event after defeating 2017 bronze medallist and 2018 silver medallist Brazil 3-0.

Yunus Emre Arslan beat Breno Salles Grigorio 6-3 6-2, before Emirhan Toper recorded a 6-3 6-1 vicotry over Joao Lucas Takaki to Turkey an unassailable lead after the singles rubbers.