Having spent 2015 abroad playing on the Tour, some of Australia\u2019s biggest names will return to Victoria to compete in the 2015 Asia Pacific Tennis League (ATL) \u2013 South Conference.<\/p>\n
Wimbledon and US Open doubles finalist John Peers<\/strong>, former Australian Open and Wimbledon Juniors Champion Luke Saville<\/strong>, Australian No.2 Daria Gavrilova<\/strong>, Fed Cup player Olivia Rogowska<\/strong>, rising star Alex Bolt<\/strong> and three-time Victorian junior athlete of the year Destanee Aiava<\/strong> are all expected to compete across the eight mens and womens teams.<\/p>\n Tennis Victoria Competitions Manager Jeff Downes said: \u201cThe quality of players assembled for this year\u2019s league is amazing, and it promises to again be one of the real highlights of the year for Tennis Victoria.<\/p>\n \u201cWith the ATL just one tier below the Davis Cup and Fed Cup, it provides families with the opportunity to witness world class tennis free of charge at a grassroots local tennis club.\u201d<\/p>\n Victoria will be represented in the South Conference with the men\u2019s and women\u2019s Kooyong Classics<\/em> and Royal South Yarras <\/em>teams, as well as the men\u2019s Dingley Dingoes<\/em>, and the women\u2019s Mornington Missiles<\/em> and MCC Stars<\/em>.<\/p>\n The Royal South Yarras <\/em>boast a formidable line up in Daria Gavrilova<\/strong>, Storm Sanders<\/strong> and Varatchaya Wongteanchai<\/strong>, who return to the competition after winning the ATL Playoffs last season, and with skipper Tammi Patterson<\/strong> back in the team, they will be tough to beat.<\/p>\n In its fourth year, the ATL continues to evolve with South Conference players competing for an increased prizemoney pool of $40,000 in 2015.<\/p>\n Winners and runners up of the South Conference will then earn the right to compete at the ATL Playoffs at Melbourne Park during the Australian Open 2016, against the Australian North Conference winners and runners up, as well as international teams from Korea, Pacific Islands and New Zealand. A total of $150,000 prizemoney is on offer for the overall ATL men\u2019s and women\u2019s champion teams.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s league will commence next Friday, November 20, and will feature six rounds including a double header round at Yarrawonga Lawn Tennis Club on November 28 and 29. The South Conference final will be played at the National Tennis Centre on December 6. Pre-Season ATL South Conference Pool A Ratings:<\/p>\n Men\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n Women\u2019s<\/strong><\/p>\n Having spent 2015 abroad playing on the Tour, some of Australia\u2019s biggest names will return to Victoria to compete in the 2015 Asia Pacific Tennis League (ATL) \u2013 South Conference. Wimbledon and US Open doubles finalist John Peers, former Australian Open and Wimbledon Juniors Champion Luke Saville, Australian No.2 Daria Gavrilova, Fed Cup player Olivia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5914,"featured_media":14565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5914"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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