{"id":11907,"date":"2024-01-30T23:38:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T12:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/?p=11907"},"modified":"2024-02-13T02:18:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-12T15:18:27","slug":"reigning-rinky-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/news\/2024\/01\/30\/reigning-rinky-returns","title":{"rendered":"Reigning Rinky Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The HCi Burnie International is set to witness the return of its reigning champion in the Men\u2019s ATP Challenger Tour singles draw &#8211; the current world No.71 and top seed, <strong>Rinky Hijikata<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year marked a milestone for the young Australian, with his triumph in Burnie acting as a springboard for his record-breaking season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am excited to be back and looking forward to be playing again. I think it\u2019s a quality field, we have really good depth in Australian tennis at the moment so I don\u2019t there are going to be any easy matches,\u201d Rinky Hijikata said.<\/p>\n<p>In the Men\u2019s ATP Challenger Tour, the tournament boasts an impressive roster of players, including Marc Polmans, Adam Walton, Tristian Schoolkate, Omar Jasika and James McCabe, among others.<\/p>\n<p><u>Schedule of Play<\/u><\/p>\n<p>For those keen on following the tournament&#8217;s developments, updates will be readily available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100024731004405\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. Additionally, an invitation is extended to tennis enthusiasts to experience the thrill of the game live at the Burnie Tennis Club.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/news\/2024\/01\/30\/world-class-tennis-returns-to-tasmania-the-2024-hci-burnie-international-showcases-top-talent\"><strong>More information on the HCi Burnie International<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HCi Burnie International is set to witness the return of its reigning champion in the Men\u2019s ATP Challenger Tour singles draw &#8211; the current world No.71 and top seed, Rinky Hijikata. Last year marked a milestone for the young Australian, with his triumph in Burnie acting as a springboard for his record-breaking season. \u201cI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6389,"featured_media":11908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-11907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}