The state's tennis players have another thing to be happy about, with the first tournaments since COVID-19 ready to enter.
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With the players hearing the best news since Launceston's regional tennis centre reopened its courts on May 18, tournaments in both ends of the state will be run on July 17-18.
Tennis World Launceston manager and head coach James Bolzonello was pleased to announce the tournament's running.
"It's great [to have a tournament scheduled], not just for myself and my athletes, but for all athletes," he said.
"At the end of the day, we train to be able to compete, we don't want to be training and training and training with no goal in sight.
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"It's great to be able to have that opportunity to use what we learn in our matches and develop as players through match play."
With a national suspension of Australian ranking tournaments in place until September to keep things on a level playing field, the event will be run using the universal tennis rating system, which Bolzonello explained is "like a golf handicap".
"The rating runs from zero to 16, for example [Rafael] Nadal is a 16.4. The beauty of the UTR is that you can rate yourself globally, so that's a benefit towards what we are trying to do here with this effort.
"It just gives the kids the ability to see where they are in the world. With the older kids, it works really well because it gives them the opportunity to get their UTR ranking as high as they can because that helps with their college applications.
"If they want to travel to college or get a college scholarship, the US look at the UTR system and use the UTR system as a guide, so this is great for the players like a Sam Whitehead, who is looking to go to college next year, this is an opportunity for him to improve his UTR."
Already a unique event for the Tasmanian tennis calendar given the circumstances surrounding it, the tournament will be run as singles only to maximise the amount of game time players can get on the court and will feature age groups from 10-and-under right through to open.
"Players haven't played an event since the start of the year, so we want to try and give everyone the opportunity to get back into the competitive environment and try and play matches and hopefully help their game.
"Not only that, but to get them ready for the next block of tournaments coming towards the end of the year."
Bolzonello predicted the safety guidelines and restrictions around the tournament will force a deeper online presence with regularly updated schedules available for players and their families for efficient play.
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