London Paralympian Melissa Tapper has achieved her goal of scoring a nomination for Australia's able-bodied 2014 Commonwealth Games table tennis team.
A two-month training stint in Europe last year clearly paid off for the Hamilton-raised Tapper, who scored the third and final women's nomination at the Gold Coast trial over the weekend.
Born with severe nerve damage in her right arm, Tapper had said she'd wanted to make the able-bodied contingent to inspire a changing of the guard in the sport.
"It really hasn't sunk in yet," Tapper said.
"I've tried and tried to qualify for so many Australian able-bodied Commonwealth Games and Olympics teams, and been getting closer and closer every time."
She'll be hoping to go one better than her London Paralympics performance last year and make the podium, having narrowly missed out on the bronze medal.
Despite taking out the 23-year-old Tapper 4-3, veteran Miao Miao had lost too many games earlier in the competition to secure a nomination.
It'll now be up to selectors to decide if the four-time Olympian still joins the Glasgow team despite her disappointing weekend.
Joining Tapper in her Commonwealth Games debuts are Victorian David Powell and NSW's Sally Zhang.
Meanwhile, fellow left-hander Kane Townsend came through a tight seven-game contest against Chris Yan to snare the final men's nomination.
It was his second close call for the day after pulling off an 11-7 comeback to beat Justin Han in the seventh in the previous round.
Australian men's No.1 William Henzell and Victorian Jiang Fang Lay are also on track to make their fourth Games appearances.
The winners' nominations will now be sent to the Australian Commonwealth Games Committee for ratification, with selectors to nominate for the remaining spots later in the week.
