One of Tasmania's oldest events on the tennis calendar, the Tasmanian Easter championships, got underway in Launceston on Friday.
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With almost 150 players involved in the tournament, the weekend incorporates the Pardey Shield - an event for Tasmanian school students with over a century worth of tennis history and an Australian money tournament gold event in the open division.
Men's main draw qualifying action for the AMT kicked off Good Friday for the tennis faithful with main draw women's action proceeding in the twilight hours of the day with Hobart's Edward Bourchier and Alyssa Hibberd the ones to beat.
The first Tasmanian to gain an Intercollegiate Tennis Association ranking in 2010, Bourchier attended Pennsylvania State University and has recently produced strong results on the Australian pro tour alongside younger brother, Harry.
Following Bourchier from the Domain Tennis Centre to the US, Hibberd attended the University of Memphis and has now turned to coaching to rekindle her love for the sport.
Tournament director James Bolzonello said that having the two Tasmanian college products playing makes the event a much higher calibre.
"It's great to have that sort of quality playing these events," he said
"It sets a benchmark for the AMT and obviously spectators want to see these good players and players want to play these players so it sets a good standard."
With 37 players entered, the 14-and-under boys age group is the largest bracket on the event's schedule, with players from all over Australia entered throughout.
"We've got a couple of the 12s and 14s boys who are the best in the country, with two being the number one and two in the country so there's some good matches to be seen."
Australia's highest ranked player born in 2008, Maita Munyimani, made short work of Launceston's Seth Hardinge 6-0 6-0 in the under-14s before taking to court for the 12s against Veer Chaudhari.