{"id":9340,"date":"2016-01-01T20:08:58","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T09:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/?p=9340"},"modified":"2016-01-01T20:08:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T09:38:58","slug":"city-of-onkaparinga-atp-challenger-2016-wildcards-headlined-by-south-australias-bolt-and-mousley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/news\/2016\/01\/01\/city-of-onkaparinga-atp-challenger-2016-wildcards-headlined-by-south-australias-bolt-and-mousley","title":{"rendered":"City of Onkaparinga ATP Challenger 2016 wildcards headlined by South Australia\u2019s Bolt and Mousley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Australia\u2019s <strong>Alex Bolt<\/strong> and <strong>Bradley Mousley<\/strong> have been awarded wildcards into the main draw of the City of Onkaparinga ATP Challenger starting Monday 4 January, alongside fellow Aussies <strong>Marc Polmans<\/strong> and <strong>Matthew Barton.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bolt comes into the main draw as the highest ranked Australian player, with a current world ranking of 269. Bolt has been a solid performer on the Challenger circuit in recent times, reaching singles quarter finals in both Traralgon and Canberra late in 2015. 22-year-old Bolt will be looking to continue his good form and improve on last year\u2019s semi-final round appearance at the inaugural City of Onkaparinga ATP Challenger.<\/p>\n<p>Mousley has burst on to the scene, reaching a career high singles ranking of 557 in December of 2015. Mousley has had a successful year reaching two ITF singles finals, winning three ITF doubles titles and was recently awarded a coveted position in the Australian Open Mixed Doubles draw alongside Jessica Moore. Mousley will be looking to build on his recent good form heading in to Australia\u2019s summer of tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Alex and Bradley are being joined by newly crowned 18 and under Australian Champion, Marc Polmans, along with two-time 2015 ITF Futures singles and former Charles Sturt Adelaide International champion, Matthew Barton.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are obviously thrilled to announce the inclusion of four Australians to the field for the City of Onkaparinga ATP Challenger 2016,\u201d said Tournament Director <strong>Dylan Hicks. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe countdown to the event is on, with Happy Valley Tennis Club and tournament staff in final preparations for the tournament starting on 2 January,\u201d Hicks added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The City of Onkaparinga ATP Challenger 2016 will take place at Happy Valley Tennis Club, Aberfoyle Park, South Australia from 2\u201310 January 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Entry to the event from 2-8 January is free of charge. Tickets for Saturday 9 January and Sunday 10 January will start from $3.00 and can be purchased at the gate.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the Australian Pro Tour or Tennis Australia visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\">tennis.com.au<\/a>. For more information on the ATP Challenger Tour visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atpchallengertour.com\">atpchallengertour.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the WTC Kids Tennis Day, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/worldtennischallenge.com\/\">worldtennischallenge.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Australia\u2019s Alex Bolt and Bradley Mousley have been awarded wildcards into the main draw of the City of Onkaparinga ATP Challenger starting Monday 4 January, alongside fellow Aussies Marc Polmans and Matthew Barton. Bolt comes into the main draw as the highest ranked Australian player, with a current world ranking of 269. Bolt has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5736,"featured_media":9241,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9340","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\/9340","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=9340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/sa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}