{"id":14138,"date":"2017-12-21T15:30:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=14138"},"modified":"2017-12-21T15:30:07","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T05:00:07","slug":"former-world-no-2-vera-zvonareva-to-star-in-the-womens-field-at-city-of-playford-tennis-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2017\/12\/21\/former-world-no-2-vera-zvonareva-to-star-in-the-womens-field-at-city-of-playford-tennis-international","title":{"rendered":"Former world No.2 Vera Zvonareva to star in the women\u2019s field at City of Playford Tennis International"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former world No.2 Vera Zvonareva <\/strong>(RUS) is set to star in the City of Playford Tennis International <\/strong>women\u2019s field which will also feature 13 players from inside the world\u2019s top 200.<\/p>\n

Zvonareva reached a career high singles ranking of world No.2 in 2010, following final appearances at Wimbledon and the US Open.<\/p>\n

The Russian is also an accomplished doubles player and has been ranked as high as world No.9, winning doubles titles at the Australian Open and US Open, along with mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon and the US Open.<\/p>\n

Following a two-year hiatus due to injury, getting married and giving birth to her first child, Zvonareva is on the comeback trail and will be looking for some solid results when she makes her debut at the Playford City Tennis Centre.<\/p>\n

Joining Zvonareva will be Melbourne-born Laura Robson <\/strong>(GBR).<\/p>\n

Having won the Wimbledon Junior Girls\u2019 Championship at the age of 14, Robson began a rapid rise through the ranks before taking an extended break from the game due to a wrist injury in 2014-15.<\/p>\n

Robson, the former world No.27, is now back on the tour and won an ITF title in Kurume, Japan earlier this year in May.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that such high calibre players are coming to compete at Playford\u2019s state-of-the-art tennis centre,\u201d Playford Mayor Glenn Docherty<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt just shows that our inaugural tournament is generating attention from some of the world\u2019s best as a prelude to the Australian Open,\u201d Docherty added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be more pleased to be welcoming such an outstanding women\u2019s field to the City of Playford Tennis International,\u201d Tennis SA CEO Steven Baldas <\/strong>said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very much looking forward to the tournament starting in eight days time,\u201d Baldas added.<\/p>\n

City of Playford Tennis International
\n<\/strong>Player acceptance list as at 21 December 2017 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
WTA<\/strong><\/p>\n

rank <\/strong><\/td>\n

First name<\/strong><\/td>\nLast name<\/strong><\/td>\nNation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
114<\/td>\nLin<\/td>\nZhu<\/td>\nCHN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
139<\/td>\nJil<\/td>\nTeichmann<\/td>\nSUI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
161<\/td>\nAnna<\/td>\nKalinskaya<\/td>\nRUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
174<\/td>\nStefanie<\/td>\nVoegele<\/td>\nSUI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
178<\/td>\nBasak<\/td>\nEraydin<\/td>\nTUR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
179<\/td>\nMarie<\/td>\nBouzkova<\/td>\nCZE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
186<\/td>\nValentini<\/td>\nGrammatikopoulou<\/td>\nGRE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
187<\/td>\nDalila<\/td>\nJakupovic<\/td>\nSLO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
188<\/td>\nIrina<\/td>\nKhromacheva<\/td>\nRUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
190<\/td>\nBianca<\/td>\nAndreescu<\/td>\nCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
192<\/td>\nAlexandra<\/td>\nDulgheru<\/td>\nROU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
193<\/td>\nKathinka<\/td>\nVon Deichmann<\/td>\nLIE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
199<\/td>\nIpek<\/td>\nSoylu<\/td>\nTUR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
202<\/td>\nMiharu<\/td>\nImanishi<\/td>\nJPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
203<\/td>\nVera<\/td>\nZvonareva<\/td>\nRUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
208<\/td>\nJunri<\/td>\nNamigata<\/td>\nJPN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
227<\/td>\nJaqueline Adina<\/td>\nCristian<\/td>\nROU<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
230<\/td>\nLaura<\/td>\nRobson<\/td>\nGBR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0<\/em>Please note: list is subject to change<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former world No.2 Vera Zvonareva (RUS) is set to star in the City of Playford Tennis International women\u2019s field which will also feature 13 players from inside the world\u2019s top 200. Zvonareva reached a career high singles ranking of world No.2 in 2010, following final appearances at Wimbledon and the US Open. The Russian is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5736,"featured_media":14115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5736"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14138\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}