{"id":10742,"date":"2017-03-15T13:28:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T02:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=10742"},"modified":"2017-03-15T15:27:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T04:27:56","slug":"polmans-returns-to-canberra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2017\/03\/15\/polmans-returns-to-canberra","title":{"rendered":"Polmans returns to Canberra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\"><strong>Marc Polmans<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(VIC)<\/strong> will headline the action at the ACT Claycourt International #1 in Canberra this week after qualifying for the main draw and taking the No.2 seed mantle.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\">The teenager made a late decision to come home to Australia after missing the main draw cut for a series of ATP Challenger events in China. <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\">As a result, he was required to qualify for the first of two ITF Futures events in Canberra alongside third seed <strong>Omar Jasika (VIC)<\/strong>.<\/span><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\">\u201cI just decided it was better to come back and get some more matches in here,\u201d Polmans said. \u201cAnd it\u2019s nice to be back on the clay, I\u2019ve always liked it.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\">\u201cI\u2019ve already got a few matches in quallies as well, which is good because it\u2019s been a while.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\">Polmans is currently sitting at a near career-high world No.225 and has his eyes firmly set on making some deep runs over the next fortnight, at the same venue as his maiden ATP Challenger final appearance last November &#8211; the Apis Canberra International 2016.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\">\u201cIt does bring back quite a few good memories,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019ve played well here. I had a great run so I can draw on that to get a bit of confidence this time around.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\">Polmans takes to the court on Wednesday for his opening encounter with American <strong>Nathan Pasha<\/strong>, alongside Canberra local <strong>James Frawley<\/strong>, who plays last week\u2019s Mildura finalist, <strong>Bradley Mousley<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\">In first round action on Tuesday, Jasika made short work of wildcard <strong>Lucas Vuradin (AUS)<\/strong>, while <strong>Steven de Waard (QLD)<\/strong>\u00a0also advanced with victory over Brazilian <strong>Fernando Romboli<\/strong>.<\/span><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\">Meanwhile, <strong>Jake Delaney\u00a0(AUS)<\/strong> fell to Romboli\u2019s compatriot, <strong>Thales Turini (BRA)<\/strong>, and returning Queensland wildcard <strong>Jason Kubler<\/strong> lost to Japan\u2019s <strong>Sora Fukuda<\/strong>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg\"><span style=\"color: #6e6e6e\"><em>Live scores of all Australian Pro Tour events are available through\u00a0<\/em><a style=\"color: #6e6e6e\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/protour\/scores\"><em>www.tennis.com.au\/protour\/scores<\/em><\/a><em> and for a live stream of selected events visit\u00a0<\/em><em style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #6e6e6e\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/protour\">www.tennis.com.au\/protour<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Polmans\u00a0(VIC) will headline the action at the ACT Claycourt International #1 in Canberra this week after qualifying for the main draw and taking the No.2 seed mantle. The teenager made a late decision to come home to Australia after missing the main draw cut for a series of ATP Challenger events in China. 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