{"id":15057,"date":"2020-02-22T17:02:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T09:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=15057"},"modified":"2020-02-25T11:08:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T03:08:25","slug":"was-maddison-inglis-advances-to-w25-perth-tennis-international-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2020\/02\/22\/was-maddison-inglis-advances-to-w25-perth-tennis-international-final","title":{"rendered":"WA\u2019s Maddison Inglis advances to W25 Perth Tennis International Final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Number one seed, world number 117, and Perth native, Maddison Inglis, <\/strong>has advanced to the Final <\/strong>of the W25 Perth Tennis International #1<\/strong>, winning 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, over qualifier Shiho Akita <\/strong>(JPN), in a hotly contested three set semifinal, in front of a packed grandstand at the State Tennis Centre today.<\/p>\n

Despite being challenged early in the match by the in-form Akita, home crowd favorite Inglis, proved her position as one of the games rising stars, taking the second and third sets 6-3, 6-3.<\/p>\n

Flawless all week, and on a nine match winning streak following her fourth ITF title win at the W60 Burnie International, Inglis will now face fellow Australian, and number five seed, Destanee Aiava <\/strong>(VIC) in tomorrow\u2019s Final.<\/p>\n

With Aiava leading the head to head match up, 2:1, Inglis will no doubt look to equal the score, in aiming to claim her maiden Perth Tennis International Title and fifth ITF title under twelve months.<\/p>\n

Inglis last played the Perth Tennis International in 2018, where she finished as a semifinalist, after entering the main draw with a wildcard entry.<\/p>\n

W25 Perth Tennis International Final<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Date: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sunday 23 February<\/p>\n

Time: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Play commences at 12 noon<\/p>\n

Where: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State Tennis Centre, 282 Victoria Park Rd, Burswood, WA 6100<\/p>\n

Spectator entry is free<\/p>\n

What: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 W25 Perth Tennis International Singles Final<\/p>\n

Maddison Inglis (1) V Destanee Aiava (5)<\/p>\n

The Australian Pro Tour represents a series of 28 professional ITF World Tennis Tour and ATP Challenger tournaments held annually, in Australia, over 17 weeks between September and April. The Pro Tour calendar offers a total prize money pool of over US$1.1 million dollars annually, providing players with a competitive pathway; all-important earning opportunities, and ATP\/WTA Tour world ranking points that facilitate a players livelihood as a professional player. The Calendar offers a range of different level tournaments to accommodate for professional players at different stages on the competitive pathway. More information can be found at https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tournaments\/pro-tournaments\/australian-pro-tour<\/a><\/p>\n

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Number one seed, world number 117, and Perth native, Maddison Inglis, has advanced to the Final of the W25 Perth Tennis International #1, winning 5-7, 6-3, 6-3, over qualifier Shiho Akita (JPN), in a hotly contested three set semifinal, in front of a packed grandstand at the State Tennis Centre today. Despite being challenged early […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6203,"featured_media":15058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15057","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\/15057","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\/6203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}