Townsville Tennis Star To Play Doubles With Lleyton Hewitt Today
We can't wait!
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This afternoon Townsville product JP Smith will share a tennis court with Aussie great, Lleyton Hewitt.
The pair will face Wesley Koolhof and Marcus Daniell in a men's doubles match for the Australian Open.
Get near a telly by 2:35pm today, because that's when the first serve of the match is expected to be played.
Since age 7 JP has been a tennis talent and broke into the world's top 300 for the first time in May 2012.
The soon-to-be 30 year old will make an appearance again on Friday in the mixed doubles with playing partner Astra Sharma.
The Australian Open is famous for drawing celebrity faces into it's crowd and JP says Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Russell Crowe and Will Ferrell is who he'd love to see during his matches at an Aus Open.
We're so stoked for you JP, and can't wait to see you on the court alongside the 'COME ON' King this arvo!