{"id":7989,"date":"2015-12-06T17:47:47","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T06:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=7989"},"modified":"2015-12-06T17:47:47","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T06:47:47","slug":"canberra-velocity-make-it-three-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2015\/12\/06\/canberra-velocity-make-it-three-in-a-row","title":{"rendered":"Canberra Velocity make it three in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canberra Velocity <\/strong>has won their third conference title in a row after defeating the Brisbane Sharks <\/strong>in the North Conference <\/strong>final of the Asia-Pacific Tennis League (ATL)<\/strong>. Velocity again dominated the singles, winning all four matches and taking the title 5-1.<\/p>\n

Alison Bai <\/strong>lined up at the number one position against Stefanie Tan. <\/strong>Bai wasted no time getting Velocity on the scoreboard, dropping just one game. Tyra Calderwood <\/strong>dropped the first set in her match against Rachael Tredoux, <\/strong>but rebounded to win 4-3, 4-2 to put Velocity up 2-0. Kaitlin Staines <\/strong>didn\u2019t drop a game against Bryah Guilfoyle, <\/strong>to give Velocity a 3-0 lead. After winning the first set in a tiebreak against Ashling Sumner<\/strong>, Ashley Keir <\/strong>recovered from 3-1 down in the second to win it 4-3, and clinch the title for Velocity.<\/p>\n

In the doubles, Keir and Calderwood defeated Tredoux and Guilfoyle, while Tan and Sumner put the Sharks on the board with a 4-2, 4-2 win over Bai and Alexandra Nancarrow. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s victory, was the third consecutive conference title for the Canberra Velocity women\u2019s team after winning back to back titles in the NSW\/ACT conference in 13\/14 and 14\/15. This year, saw Velocity join the North Conference which also featured 5 Queensland teams, and 2 NSW teams.<\/p>\n

The women, have earned themselves a spot in the ATL Playoffs which will be held in Melbourne in January during the Australian Open 2016<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There is little rest for the players, with Bai and Nancarrow both preparing for the Australian Open 2016 Wildcard Playoff <\/strong>taking place in Melbourne from December 14-20. Bai will also join Velocity men\u2019s team mate James Frawley <\/strong>in the Win a Wildcard <\/strong>competition finals as they play for a spot in the Australian Open 2016 Mixed Doubles Championships.<\/p>\n

Staines will head to December Showdown <\/strong>in Melbourne where she will contest the 18\/u and 16\/u Australian Championships. Fellow Velocity team mate Annerly Poulos <\/strong>has already started her campaign in the 14\/u Australian championships and is through to the 3rd<\/sup> round.<\/p>\n

Canberra Velocity Women<\/strong> 5 defeated Brisbane Sharks <\/strong>1<\/p>\n

Singles
\n<\/strong>No 1. Alison Bai (CV) d Stefanie Tan, 4-1, 4-0
\nNo 2. Ashley Keir (CV) d Ashling Sumner 4-3, 4-3
\nNo 3. Tyra Calderwood (CV) d Rachel Tredoux 2-4, 4-3, 4-2
\nNo 4. Kaitlin Staines (CV) d Bryah Guilfoyle 4-0, 4-0<\/p>\n

Doubles<\/strong>
\nNo 1. Keir\/Calderwood (CV) d Tredoux\/Guilfoyle 4-3, 4-1
\nNo 2. Nancarrow\/Bai (CV) l Tan\/Sumner 4-2, 4-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canberra Velocity has won their third conference title in a row after defeating the Brisbane Sharks in the North Conference final of the Asia-Pacific Tennis League (ATL). Velocity again dominated the singles, winning all four matches and taking the title 5-1. Alison Bai lined up at the number one position against Stefanie Tan. Bai wasted […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5789,"featured_media":7992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7989","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\/7989","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\/5789"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7989"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7989\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}