Canberra teenager Ashley Keir will lead the ACT women\u2019s team to compete in the new Asia-Pacific Tennis
\nLeague (ATL) in November.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old scholarship holder with the National Academy Canberra is currently the sixth-ranked
\njunior in Australia.<\/p>\n
She will be joined by fellow Canberran and tour player Alison Bai in the Canberra ATL women\u2019s team to
\nplay in the NSW\/ACT conference.<\/p>\n
Ranked 758 in the world, Bai, 22, spends most of the year playing International Tennis Federation (ITF)
\nevents around the world.<\/p>\n
With a WTA singles ranking of 869 and doubles ranking of 352, she is the most experienced young player
\nin the team.<\/p>\n
Canberra-based Tarlina Tipungwuti, 20, and NSW pair Tyra Calderwood and Nicole Hoynaski (NSW)
\ncomplete the line-up.<\/p>\n
With a career-high WTA singles ranking of 57, former professional Annabel Parolo (nee Ellwood) will bring
\ninvaluable experience to the rookie line-up as team manager.<\/p>\n
Parolo said she was excited by team\u2019s prospects in the new league.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are the strongest team on paper in our conference,\u201d she said. \u201cAll five girls are of similar standard and
\nwe are confident of doing well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The five Australian conferences will be played in November with four conference rounds and a conference
\nfinal.<\/p>\n
The five Australian conference winners, plus a team from the Pacific Islands, New Zealand and Asia will
\ncompete in the national final at Melbourne Park during the 2013 Australian Open in January.<\/p>\n
The Canberra ATL women\u2019s team:<\/strong> Canberra teenager Ashley Keir will lead the ACT women\u2019s team to compete in the new Asia-Pacific Tennis League (ATL) in November. The 18-year-old scholarship holder with the National Academy Canberra is currently the sixth-ranked junior in Australia. She will be joined by fellow Canberran and tour player Alison Bai in the Canberra ATL women\u2019s team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5910,"featured_media":4553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAshley Keir, 18, currently No.6-ranked junior in Australia with WTA ranking of 758
\nAlison Bai, 22, WTA rankings: singles 869, doubles 352
\nTyra Calderwood, 22, WTA rankings: singles 920, doubles 190
\nNicole Hoynaski, 18, Australian ranking 47
\nTarlina Tipungwuti, 20, Australian Ranking 125
\nAnnabel Parolo (manager) career-high WTA singles ranking 57, doubles 60<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"