{"id":13044,"date":"2018-01-24T10:36:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T23:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=13044"},"modified":"2018-01-30T11:21:15","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T00:21:15","slug":"fed-cup-grass-court-takes-centre-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2018\/01\/24\/fed-cup-grass-court-takes-centre-stage","title":{"rendered":"Fed Cup grass court takes centre stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Centre court at the Canberra Tennis Centre has been transformed into a purpose built grass court in preparation for the <strong>Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II First Round <\/strong>tie between <strong>Australia <\/strong>and <strong>Ukraine <\/strong>from 10-11 February 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Work began to transform the court following the conclusion of the <strong>East Hotel Canberra Challenger 2018 <\/strong>final on January 13.\u00a0 The court consists of 153 modules which are 2.4m x 2.4m in size and each piece weighing approximately 1.5 tonnes each.<\/p>\n<p>The portable grass court was previously used in Australia\u2019s <strong>Davis Cup<\/strong> World Group First Round clash against USA at Kooyong in March 2016, along with the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie against Slovakia in Sydney in September 2016.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the first time the Australian women have played a Fed Cup tie on a portable grass court.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tennis ACT Centre Court Surface Transformation 2018 FED CUP HQ FINAL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kqe2STGxkGI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tennis ACT CEO <strong>Kim Kachel<\/strong> is excited by the transformation at the Canberra Tennis Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the conclusion of the East Hotel Canberra Challenger, work began immediately to prepare the court.\u00a0 It has been fabulous to watch centre court transform and we are excited to welcome the Australian and Ukrainian teams to Canberra in February.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tennis Australia turf consultant <strong>Shayne Ried <\/strong>has previously worked at Wimbledon and currently oversees 55 grass courts in Albury Wodonga.\u00a0 Ried has worked on 11 Davis Cup ties, with Canberra being his first Fed Cup tie. He is pleased with how the installation has gone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe actual surface was in good condition prior to its move, it looks like it\u2019s gone down really well. It\u2019s a good site here because it\u2019s nice and flat and easy to access.<\/p>\n<p>Ried will remain in the capital over the coming weeks as he continues to prepare the grass court surface.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough this warm weather we need to make sure the court has the right amount of water, lots of rolling to make sure the joins are nice and even and mowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two-day ticket packages available through <a href=\"http:\/\/premier.ticketek.com.au\/shows\/show.aspx?sh=EFED0000018PA\">Ticketek<\/a> are $80 for adults, $63 for concession card holders, $25 for children and $186 for a family pass. <a href=\"http:\/\/premier.ticketek.com.au\/shows\/show.aspx?sh=EFED0000018PA\">Click here<\/a> to purchase tickets<\/p>\n<p>Team nominations for Australia and Ukraine will be announced ten days prior to the tie.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Centre court at the Canberra Tennis Centre has been transformed into a purpose built grass court in preparation for the Fed Cup by BNP Paribas World Group II First Round tie between Australia and Ukraine from 10-11 February 2018. 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