BRITISH TEENAGER KATIE SWAN RECEIVES AEGON TENNIS CLASSIC BIRMINGHAM WILDCARD

Written by: Staff on 12th June 2015

BRITISH TEENAGER KATIE SWAN RECEIVES AEGON TENNIS CLASSIC BIRMINGHAM WILDCARD

Katie Swan of Great Britain celebrates winning her semifinal match against Dalma Galfi of Hungary during the Australian Open 2015 Junior Championships at Melbourne Park on January 30, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. |

Katie Swan of Great Britain celebrates winning her semifinal match against Dalma Galfi of Hungary during the Australian Open 2015 Junior Championships at Melbourne Park on January 30, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia.

Sixteen-year-old Katie Swan is set to make her WTA Tour debut after she and fellow Britons Johanna Konta and Naomi Broady were granted wildcards into the Aegon Classic Birmingham.

The WTA Tour Premier event runs 15th-21st June on grass at the Edgbaston Priory Club.

Swan, from Bristol, was runner-up in the Australian Open junior tournament earlier this year. Konta, who is from Eastbourne, reached the quarter-finals of this week’s Aegon Open Nottingham. Stockport-born Broady has twice been a semi-finalist this year on the ITF Pro Circuit, the strata of tournaments below the WTA Tour.

“I think all these players will all add something to the tournament and I’m sure that they’re ready to make the most of the opportunity they’ve been given,” said Aegon Classic Birmingham Tournament Director Patrick Hughesman. “It’s an incredibly strong field this year so they’ll have the chance to compete alongside some of the best players in the world at what is now one of the most prestigious tournaments on the WTA Tour.

Katie is one of our most promising young players and she showed at the Australian Open how much potential she has. Johanna has been playing some very impressive tennis at Nottingham this week, while Naomi is one of our best grass court players. They all deserve their chance in the main draw.”

Britons Harriet Dart, Naomi Cavaday, Emily Webley-Smith and Sarah Beth Askew have all been awarded wildcards into the Aegon Classic Birmingham qualifying draw. The two qualifying rounds will be played over Saturday and Sunday before main draw play begins on Monday.

There are still limited tickets for the Aegon Classic Birmingham. For more information and to purchase tickets please visit www.lta.org.uk/major-events/aegon-classic-birmingham

For information on the hospitality packages on offer at The Aegon Classic Birmingham head to www.lta.org.uk/major-events/aegon-classic-birmingham/aegon-classic-hospitality or contact Elliot Sheasby on esheasby@eventmasters.co.uk

TENNIS TIDBITS :

The Lawn Tennis Association’s (LTA) mission is to get more people playing tennis more often, and its role is to develop, promote and govern tennis in Britain.
Aegon is Lead Partner of British Tennis and is helping to transform the sport in this country. They’re supporting young talent through the Aegon Future Stars programme, as well as sponsoring the junior and senior GB Davis and Fed Cup teams and amateur and professional events. Aegon sponsor five world-class grass court tournaments; the Aegon Classic Birmingham, Aegon International Eastbourne and Aegon Championships at The Queen’s Club, and will also sponsor the new Aegon Open Nottingham WTA and ATP events from 2015. For further information visit www.aegontennis.co.uk

The LTA’s purpose is to enrich lives through tennis. Our new values are Teamwork, Integrity, Passion and Excellence which underpin everything that we do.

Tournament website: http://www.lta.org.uk/fans-major-events/LTA-summer-grass-court-events/AEGON-Classic/

Topics: Aegon Classic Birmingham, Katie Swan, Tennis News, Wta

Follow 10SBALLS.COM on:

Facebook:

Twitter:

10sBalls_com says:

June 12, 2015 at 12:52 pm

BRITISH TEENAGER KATIE SWAN RECEIVES AEGON #TENNIS CLASSIC #BIRMINGHAM WILDCARD- http://t.co/8UPNnC9cP7 @Katieswan99 #Aegon
StacTennis says:

June 12, 2015 at 12:55 pm

RT @10sBalls_com: BRITISH TEENAGER KATIE SWAN RECEIVES AEGON #TENNIS CLASSIC #BIRMINGHAM WILDCARD- http://t.co/8UPNnC9cP7 @Katieswan99 #Aeg…