{"id":7856,"date":"2015-11-14T13:13:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T02:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=7856"},"modified":"2015-11-14T13:13:56","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T02:13:56","slug":"canberra-velocity-to-start-season-at-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2015\/11\/14\/canberra-velocity-to-start-season-at-home","title":{"rendered":"Canberra Velocity to start season at home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Canberra Velocity<\/strong> will launch their 2015-16 campaign with back to back home matches at the <strong>Canberra Tennis Centre<\/strong> on November 20-21.<\/p>\n<p>The 2015-16 <strong>Asia Pacific Tennis League (ATL)<\/strong> now features two Australian conferences \u2013 North and South. Each conference consists of two pools of four teams. Velocity has been draw in North Pool B and will face the <strong>Sunshine Coast Breakers, Sydney Saints, <\/strong>and the <strong>Western Sydney Warriors. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The draw released earlier this week, sees both men\u2019s and women\u2019s team open their campaigns against the Sydney Saints on Friday 20<sup>th<\/sup> November at 4.30pm. The following day they will return to play Queensland team, Sunshine Coast Breakers, before travelling to Wollongong on Sunday to face the Western Sydney Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>Rounds 4, 5, and 6 will see Velocity travel to Sydney to take on all three teams for a second time from the 27-29 November. The top 2 teams will then progress to the Conference finals to be held in Queensland from December 4-6. There they will face the top 2 teams from Pool A which features 4 Queensland teams.<\/p>\n<p>The Women\u2019s team, who won the NSW\/ACT Conference title the past two years will be led by touring professionals <strong>Alison Bai, Alexandra Nancarrow, and Ashley Keir. <\/strong>Bai reached a career high ranking of 305 earlier this month and will look to continue her winning streak from last year where she went undefeated in singles play for Velocity. Nancarrow, has been battling a hand injury which forced her out of last week\u2019s Canberra International, and it still fighting the clock to be fit. Regardless, she will play a leading role with the team after being appointed team manager.<\/p>\n<p>The men\u2019s team will be led by <strong>Jake Eames, Daniel Guccione,<\/strong> and<strong> James Frawley. <\/strong>Eames who has only recently returned to the court after missing most the year through injury, will be looking to make an impact towards the top of the line up. Eames, will also manage the men\u2019s team throughout the season. Frawley has been in good form recently competing in the Canberra International, where he partnered with <strong>Harry Bourchier <\/strong>to defeat <strong>Marinko Matosevic <\/strong>and <strong>Robin Stanek. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Entry into the Canberra Tennis Centre is free on both days. Saturday will feature family activities including a jumping castle, face painting, speed serve, hit the target, and ANZ Tennis Hot Shots.<\/p>\n<p>Friday 20<sup>th<\/sup> November, 4.30pm ATL \u2013 North Pool B, Round 1<br \/>\nCanberra Velocity v Sydney Saints<br \/>\nWestern Sydney Warriors v Sunshine Coast Breakers<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 21<sup>st<\/sup> November, 11.00am ATL \u2013 North Pool B, Round 2<br \/>\nCanberra Velocity v Sunshine Coast Breakers<br \/>\nSydney Saints v Western Sydney Warriors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canberra Velocity will launch their 2015-16 campaign with back to back home matches at the Canberra Tennis Centre on November 20-21. The 2015-16 Asia Pacific Tennis League (ATL) now features two Australian conferences \u2013 North and South. Each conference consists of two pools of four teams. 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