{"id":137203,"date":"2025-09-12T07:54:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/137203\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T07:54:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T07:54:16","slug":"wagga-wagga-serves-up-tennis-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/137203\/","title":{"rendered":"Wagga Wagga serves up tennis international"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Wagga Wagga Tennis International is underway at the Jim Elphick Tennis Centre and is free for spectators to attend.<\/p>\n<p>The city is hosting back-to-back Women\u2019s 35 International Tennis Federation (ITF) World Tennis Tour tournaments which commenced on Sunday 7 September and will run through to Sunday 21 September.<\/p>\n<p>Manager Wagga Leisure, Marc Geppert said the event was a great opportunity for the community to see pro-level tennis here in Wagga Wagga.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Wagga Wagga Tennis International is bringing Australian and international female players to the region who are competing for prize money and world ranking points,\u201d Mr Geppert said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first time the city has hosted a pro-level tennis event, which has been made possible through the recent redevelopment of the Jim Elphick Tennis Centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tournament is free for spectators to attend, so it\u2019s accessible for everyone to be able to come and see some world-class tennis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome visitors have mentioned how hard the players hit the ball at this level, you can really get a feel for the game when you are so close to the action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A women's pro-level tennis match taking place at the Jim Elphick Tennis Centre in Wagga Wagga. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1757568860_476_centre1200.jpg\" class=\"lazyload\"\/>Play is underway at the Jim Elphick Tennis Centre for Wagga Wagga\u2019s first ever pro-level tennis tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Players taking part in the Wagga Wagga Tennis International are representing Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Great Britain, USA, Hong Kong, Chinese Taipei and India, in both singles and doubles.<\/p>\n<p>Gates open at 8am, with play commencing from 10am each day of the tournament, weather permitting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, we had a lengthy delay in play on Wednesday due to the rain, but we expect play to be fairly uninterrupted for the rest of the tournament,\u201d Mr Geppert said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the weather is good, come down to the Jim Elphick Tennis Centre as it\u2019s likely matches will be taking place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wagga Wagga Tennis International finishes on Sunday 21 September.<\/p>\n<p>Information about the tournament can be found via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/tournaments\/pro-tournaments\/australian-pro-tour\/wagga-wagga-tennis-international-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tennis NSW\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wagga Wagga Tennis International is underway at the Jim Elphick Tennis Centre and is free for spectators&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-137203","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}