{"id":16221,"date":"2016-10-11T15:38:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T04:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=16221"},"modified":"2016-10-11T15:38:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T04:38:28","slug":"interstate-rivals-shine-at-victorian-players-with-an-intellectual-disability-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/news\/2016\/10\/11\/interstate-rivals-shine-at-victorian-players-with-an-intellectual-disability-tournament","title":{"rendered":"Interstate rivals shine at Victorian Players with an Intellectual disability Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 Tennis Victoria\u00a0Players with an Intellectual disability (PWID) tournament concluded at the weekend, at Tennis World Albert Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Mitch James (QLD) and Kelly Wren (NSW) defended their singles titles both in straight sets. James beat his doubles partner Zvi Schweitzer (VIC) while Wren defeated no 2 seed Carla Lenarduzzi (VIC).<\/p>\n<p>Wren also defended her doubles title partnering with Victorian Sharon Morse while James and Schweitzer accounted for (2) Alex Baker (QLD) and Philip J Mahoney (VIC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo see these players battle it out on court in strong winds and trying conditions was fantastic. All in attendance were enthralled by every player\u2019s efforts and determination to success but also to enjoy the moment and the Tournament,\u201d said Tennis Victoria\u2019s Tournaments and Events manager Andy Reynolds.<\/p>\n<p>The players now have the chance to play the South Australian PWID Tournament followed by the Australian Nationals in Melbourne during the Australian Open 2017.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16225 size-standard-landscape-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9135-360x230.jpg\" alt=\"img_9135\" width=\"360\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9135-360x230.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9135-700x450.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9135-200x128.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16226 size-standard-landscape-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9136-360x230.jpg\" alt=\"img_9136\" width=\"360\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9136-360x230.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9136-700x450.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9136-200x128.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16227 size-standard-landscape-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9137-360x230.jpg\" alt=\"img_9137\" width=\"360\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9137-360x230.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9137-700x450.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9137-200x128.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-16228 size-standard-landscape-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9134-360x230.jpg\" alt=\"img_9134\" width=\"360\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9134-360x230.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9134-700x450.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/files\/2016\/10\/IMG_9134-200x128.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2016 Tennis Victoria\u00a0Players with an Intellectual disability (PWID) tournament concluded at the weekend, at Tennis World Albert Reserve. Mitch James (QLD) and Kelly Wren (NSW) defended their singles titles both in straight sets. James beat his doubles partner Zvi Schweitzer (VIC) while Wren defeated no 2 seed Carla Lenarduzzi (VIC). Wren also defended her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5914,"featured_media":16222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16221","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\/16221","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=16221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}