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News Nearby: USTA Wild Card Playoffs This Weekend

Professional tennis' top men, women to compete at Life Time Athletic & Tennis facility.

The 2012 Olympic men’s doubles gold medal winners and 12-time Grand Slam doubles champions Bob and Mike Bryan will play a unique exhibition to help kick off the 2012 USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs, on Dec. 14-16 at Life Time Athletic & Tennis.

Five select doubles teams from Georgia, to be chosen from the state’s top players, from juniors to teaching professionals, will each take on the Bryan brothers in a first-to-four-games exhibition match in the “Battle of Georgia.”

The exhibition will take place, today, Friday, Dec. 14, the opening day of the fourth USTA Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs at Life Time, formerly known as the Racquet Club of the South, a USTA Certified Regional Training Center.

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Sixteen players, eight men and eight women will compete in the wild card playoffs on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with each champion earning a singles main draw wild card into the 2013 Australian Open.

Madison Keys, at 16 years old, and Jesse Levine won last year’s events, while current Top 100 players Ryan Harrison and Lauren Davis are among previous champions.

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Last year’s Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs also included Jack Sock and Steve Johnson, who each advanced to the third round of the 2012 US Open, along with Top 100 player Coco Vandeweghe and local favorite Taylor Townsend, currently the No. 1-ranked junior in the world.

Tickets for the Battle of Georgia exhibition and each day of the 2012 Australian Open Wild Card Playoffs are on sale here.

 


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