{"id":4735,"date":"2012-09-13T12:07:22","date_gmt":"2012-09-13T04:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/?p=4735"},"modified":"2012-09-13T12:07:22","modified_gmt":"2012-09-13T04:07:22","slug":"sgs-wa-open-venus-ce-to-join-host-of-wa-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/news\/2012\/09\/13\/sgs-wa-open-venus-ce-to-join-host-of-wa-talent","title":{"rendered":"SGS WA Open: Venus, Ce to join host of WA Talent."},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Former world number 274 Michael Venus<\/strong> (NZL) will travel to Perth next week to compete at the SGS WA Open Platinum AMT<\/strong> from 23-27 September at the State Tennis Centre, Burswood.<\/p>\n

Venus will join a host of WA talent all vying for the title and $10,000 prize pool, including number 3 seed Zach Itzstein<\/strong> who recently won the Winter AMT on home soil at the State Tennis Centre. WA locals Vuk Velickovic, Kayne Ryan <\/strong>and Jack Lyttle<\/strong> are also among those named in the Main Draw. \u00a0<\/p>\n

WA will also have its share of talent in the qualifying draw, with Spring AMT Champion Dominic Bechard<\/strong>, Tyler Tranquille<\/strong> and Scott Webster<\/strong> just 3 of the 34 qualifiers looking to advance to the main draw.<\/p>\n

Venus represented the US in international university events and was once listed as an American on the ATP website but says there are no doubts to where his allegiances lie.<\/p>\n

“I’m much more of a Kiwi than an American and there is a lot more opportunity for me there.”<\/p>\n

Venus attended high school in Florida, then went to the University of Texas and Louisiana State. Matches there would regularly draw crowds of 300-400 and Venus made several All-American selections. However he switched nationality in June 2010 and began playing in the New Zealand Davis Cup Team.<\/p>\n

Click here for a profile of Michael Venus<\/a>:\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Tennis West are thrilled to have Olivia Rogowska<\/strong> head lining at the SGS WA Open<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>Platinum AMT<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>from 23rd<\/sup> -27th<\/sup> September. The event is being held at The State Tennis Centre, Burswood.<\/p>\n

Currently ranked at 119, and as the No 1 seed of this event Olivia will playing against the likes of Alexandra Stevenson<\/strong> (USA) Gabrielle Ce<\/strong> & Ana Clara Duarte<\/strong> ( Brazil) and local WA girls Storm Sanders<\/strong>, Astra Sharma<\/strong>, Marisa Gianotti<\/strong>, \u00a0to name but a few.<\/p>\n

With two Pro Tour titles already under her belt this year (Burnie and Rockhampton) Olivia will be looking to add another before venturing onto The Cliffs Esperance Tennis International<\/strong><\/em> and The Margaret River Tennis International<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

The SGS WA Open Platinum AMT <\/strong>is a FREE event for the public to attend, commencing 23 September and finishing on the27 September at the State Tennis Centre, Burswood.<\/p>\n

\u00a0This year Tennis West has welcomed SGS as the major sponsor of the WA Open Platinum AMT.<\/p>\n

SGS<\/strong> is the Global Leader and innovator in Inspection, Verification, Testing\u00a0 and Certification Services.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1878, SGS operates in more than 150 countries, with a network of more than 1300 offices and laboratories, employing 70,000 employees.<\/p>\n

In Australia SGS operates a network of over 60 offices and laboratories employing more than 1700 employees and servicing 12 distinct market sectors including Minerals, Oil and Gas, Environmental, Consumer Testing, Agricultural and Food<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u00a0 Former world number 274 Michael Venus (NZL) will travel to Perth next week to compete at the SGS WA Open Platinum AMT from 23-27 September at the State Tennis Centre, Burswood. Venus will join a host of WA talent all vying for the title and $10,000 prize pool, including number 3 seed Zach […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5894,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735","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\/5894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/wa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}