{"id":14893,"date":"2020-01-03T13:07:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-03T05:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=14893"},"modified":"2020-01-13T12:02:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T04:02:28","slug":"fun-in-the-sun-for-team-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2020\/01\/03\/fun-in-the-sun-for-team-russia","title":{"rendered":"Fun in the Sun for ATP Cup&#8217;s Team Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After much anticipation, the inaugural <strong>ATP Cup<\/strong> kicks off today at <strong>Perth&#8217;s RAC Arena<\/strong>.<br \/>\nPerth will host a group stage of the competition from <strong>3-8 January 2020<\/strong>, with some of the biggest names in tennis, including <strong>World No. 5 Daniil Medvedev<\/strong> leading <strong>Team Russia<\/strong> in this exciting new tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week, <strong>Team Captain Marat Safin<\/strong>, along with Daniil Medvedev and <strong>World No.17 Karen Khachanov<\/strong>, took some time out of their pre-tournament preparations to visit Western Australia&#8217;s iconic <strong>Cottesloe Beach<\/strong>.<br \/>\nGreeted by local junior lifesavers, Team Russia soaked up the sun, competed alongside the Nippers in some sand sprints, and experienced the laid back Aussie lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Team Russia begins their fight for ATP Cup glory tonight against the formidable Team Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets available for all day and night sessions via <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/premier.ticketek.com.au\/shows\/show.aspx?sh=ATPPERTH20\">Ticketek<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-standardlandscape wp-image-14895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1788_20191231125649469_20191231013819-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"5015\" height=\"3343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1788_20191231125649469_20191231013819-1.jpg 5015w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1788_20191231125649469_20191231013819-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1788_20191231125649469_20191231013819-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5015px) 100vw, 5015px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-standardlandscape wp-image-14896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1821_20191231125649472_20191231014905-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4116\" height=\"2744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1821_20191231125649472_20191231014905-1.jpg 4116w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1821_20191231125649472_20191231014905-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1821_20191231125649472_20191231014905-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4116px) 100vw, 4116px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-standardlandscape wp-image-14897\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1857_20191231125649476_20191231015207-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3588\" height=\"2392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1857_20191231125649476_20191231015207-2.jpg 3588w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1857_20191231125649476_20191231015207-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1857_20191231125649476_20191231015207-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3588px) 100vw, 3588px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1905_20191231125649481_20191231015111-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"4877\" height=\"3251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1905_20191231125649481_20191231015111-1.jpg 4877w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1905_20191231125649481_20191231015111-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/files\/2020\/01\/A13I1905_20191231125649481_20191231015111-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4877px) 100vw, 4877px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After much anticipation, the inaugural ATP Cup kicks off today at Perth&#8217;s RAC Arena. Perth will host a group stage of the competition from 3-8 January 2020, with some of the biggest names in tennis, including World No. 5 Daniil Medvedev leading Team Russia in this exciting new tournament. Earlier in the week, Team Captain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5812,"featured_media":14900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,7],"class_list":["post-14893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-atp-cup","tag-team-russia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14893","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=14893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}