{"id":17046,"date":"2021-03-12T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T01:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=17046"},"modified":"2021-03-13T14:20:53","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T03:20:53","slug":"utr-pro-tour-series-gets-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2021\/03\/12\/utr-pro-tour-series-gets-underway","title":{"rendered":"UTR Pro Tennis Tour gets underway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Canberra will have the opportunity to host four UTR Pro Tennis Tour\nevents<\/strong>, which gets underway Monday 15 March. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UTR Pro Tennis Tour provides opportunities for players to compete in\na number of tournaments across Australia including Brisbane, Sydney, Bendigo\nand Canberra. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The top female seed Abbie Myers<\/strong> (NSW)  is joined by local Annerly\nPolous, <\/strong>and Taylah Preston  <\/strong>(WA) in the top three women seeds.\nLocal\u2019s Alison Bai<\/strong>  and rising star Ashleigh Simes<\/strong> will\nfeature in the women\u2019s draw.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The men\u2019s draw is headed up by Tristan Schoolkate <\/strong>(WA), Australian Open wildcard\u00a0recipient\u00a0Li Tu <\/strong>(SA), and local Brydan Klein. <\/strong>Canberran, and 14-year-old emerging tennis player Charlie Camus<\/strong> will also play on home soil, using the tournament as a vital lead up to the U\/14 Australian Claycourt Championships<\/strong> that will be held in Canberra in April. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The events will showcase the future of Australian tennis as many players\nreturn having competed in Canberra as part of the 12\/U & 14\/U Australian\nChampionships, or been involved in National Talent Development Camps based in\nthe capital over the years.   The likes of Tristan Schoolkate (WA)\nand Dane Sweeney<\/strong> (QLD) all have fond memories of Canberra, and all\nrecently received wildcards into the Australian Open qualifying events played\nin Doha and Dubai earlier this year.   They all started the year with\nextremely impressive results as they transition onto the global tours.\n   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tennis ACT CEO Kim Kachel<\/strong> said the tournament is a great\nopportunity for players, \u201cWe are excited to get the UTR Pro Tennis Tour\nunderway this week, where we will see a host of the top Aussie players take to\nthe courts at the Canberra Tennis Centre. This is a fantastic opportunity to\nshowcase Canberra, and witness some fantastic tennis.   It\u2019s\nbrilliant to have five local Canberrans in the draws, and rising stars Annerly\nPoulos and Charlie Camus as they continue their journey amongst Australia\u2019s\nelite.  Players will be competing for a prize purse of USD$25,000 for each\nwomen\u2019s and men\u2019s tournaments, making it a highly competitive series\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kachel continued\n\u201cfinals day for the UTR Pro Tennis Tour #1 will also see the Canberra Girls\nGet Active Day<\/strong> hosted at the Canberra Tennis Centre. Tennis ACT are teaming\nup with local sports to host a FREE community event aimed at\ninspiring, energising and empowering young women to be more active. Women and\ngirls will have the opportunity to try out a number of sports onsite, free\nclasses from Next Gen, Tennis 4 Teens lessons, a jumping castle, roaming\ncharacters, a fundraising BBQ, tunes from a local DJ and much more\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Canberra Girls Get Active Day\nwill be held on Sunday 21 March, 10am-12pm at the Canberra Tennis Centre<\/strong>.\nThis event will also be run in conjunction with the ACT Women in Sport &\nLeadership Brunch.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Entry for fans through the week is free, with\nfinals day a gold coin donation. All matches will be live-streamed through\nTennis Australia\u2019s YouTube Channel; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/TennisAustralia<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\norder of play for each day, and updates will be released through the UTR\nFacebook event HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More\ninformation on the worldwide UTR Pro Tour is available at https:\/\/www.myutr.com\/ptt<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tournament Dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

UTR Pro Tennis Tour #1: Monday 15 March \u2013 Sunday 21 March <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UTR Pro Tennis Tour #2: Monday 22 March \u2013 Sunday 28 March <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UTR Pro Tennis Tour #3: Monday 12 April \u2013 Sunday 18 April <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UTR Pro Tennis Tour # 4: Monday 19 April \u2013 Sunday 25 April <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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