The ACT government pledges millions to tennis facility in the capital’s north

ABC NEWS (Australia)

Construction on a new 10-million-dollar tennis facility in Canberra’s north has begun five years after a funding pledge from the act government. The new Gungahlin tennis facility in Amaroo will feature 10 full-size courts, a hitting wall for practice, and a pavilion with change rooms, amenities, and a community space.

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00:00Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios lending his star power to a different sort of grass event.

00:09Just to see more tennis courts being built in Canberra for me.

00:13I'm still here, I've travelled the world, played in all the best tournaments

00:16and somehow I still end up in Canberra, which I don't know why, but I just love it here.

00:20ACT Labor first recruited the Canberra-born athlete in September 2020

00:25to help promote its commitment to build a multi-million dollar gun garland tennis facility within three years if elected.

00:32Community concerns ranging from noise, light and flood risk to traffic, parking and court surface

00:39emerged during consultation in 2022 and pushed back the delivery date,

00:44with development applications only approved last year.

00:48But now, with $200,000 contributions each from Tennis ACT and Tennis Australia,

00:55construction of a ten-court facility with hotshot courts, a pavilion and car parking is finally underway.

01:02We've gotten through all the sort of due diligence

01:05and now we're at the point where we can, you know, start moving dirt around and build the facility.

01:11Though Mother Nature may prove a lasting challenge.

01:14What are we going to do about the wind? Because we know this park is notoriously quite windy.

01:18We'll have to adjust. We might get some tips off Nick.

01:21I think that just will provide some challenges and perhaps that winning edge for people who play here.

01:28Kyrgios's attention is on a winning edge in his Battle of the Sexes exhibition match in January

01:34against four-time Grand Slam champion, Irina Sabalenka.

01:39I did start here. We played in the wind too. We did. Like, you've got to start somewhere and it's a leveller.

01:44So like, you know, Sabalenka wants to play me out here, maybe she's got a chance, but anywhere else, I don't think so.

01:50Construction's expected to finish in September 2026.

01:54What we got quite a lot.

02:01In the morning of these things more venues-

02:05Like this, there was a side Kyrgios on TV speakers.

02:07I left делать together in September 2026,

02:10Tell me what we are doing here with the talk.

02:13There was a historic counter.

02:16Whatever coming out for me is there was a chance now for your act.

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