{"id":11835,"date":"2017-02-18T21:29:44","date_gmt":"2017-02-18T13:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=11835"},"modified":"2017-02-18T21:29:44","modified_gmt":"2017-02-18T13:29:44","slug":"czech-republic-dominate-perth-tennis-international-1-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2017\/02\/18\/czech-republic-dominate-perth-tennis-international-1-final","title":{"rendered":"Czech Republic dominate Perth Tennis International #1 Final"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Tomorrow\u2019s Final will be an all Czech affair after qualifier Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) defeated second seed Tamara Zidansek (SLO) in an upset straight-sets win 6-1, 7-5. In the second semi-final, Marie Bouzkova (CZE) defeated eighth seed Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) in a tight three set match 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-1.<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Final is set to be a thriller, with both players coming off some solid performances over the last few months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite her unseeded status, Vondrousova is in red-hot form after a superb start to 2017, winning both the $15K Stuttgart-Stammheim Tournament and $25K Grenoble ITF Pro Tour event in January. Likewise, Bouzkova is coming off a solid 2016, winning four Pro Tour Singles titles, and making the Semi Finals of the Burnie ITF Tournament last fortnight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Final will commence at 11am on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying matches for the Perth Tennis International #2 also commence tomorrow, with a total of 49 matches being played throughout the day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Perth International #1 and #2 is part of the Australian Pro Tour, a series of professional tennis events that bridge junior events and the ATP\/WTA Tour, providing an opportunity for players to earn their first world ranking points.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Australian Pro Tour, Tennis Australia or the players visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\">www.tennis.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Live scoring continues through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/protour\/scores\">www.tennis.com.au\/protour\/scores<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Live streaming is also available through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tournaments\/pro-tournaments\/australian-pro-tour\">http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tournaments\/pro-tournaments\/australian-pro-tour<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For Australian Pro Tour updates follow @oztennisresults on Twitter and for all tennis news follow @tennisaustralia or like us on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow\u2019s Final will be an all Czech affair after qualifier Marketa Vondrousova (CZE) defeated second seed Tamara Zidansek (SLO) in an upset straight-sets win 6-1, 7-5. In the second semi-final, Marie Bouzkova (CZE) defeated eighth seed Viktoria Kuzmova (SVK) in a tight three set match 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-1. &nbsp; The Final is set to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5812,"featured_media":11836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5812"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}