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Final Hobart wildcard awarded to Bojana Bobusic

West Australia’s Bojana Bobusic has been awarded the final wildcard to the Moorilla Hobart International 2013 starting on Sunday.

Bobusic will play the Hobart main draw for the first time after she was defeated in qualifying last year by Great Britain’s Heather Watson.

“I’m really happy. I got to play Hobart in 2012 in qualies and I really enjoyed the event. So to be able to play it again in the main draw is a real bonus,” said Bobusic.

“It’s a really great environment, I played on centre court in front of a crowd and I really enjoyed that, the court played well and it’s a really nice centre. I’m happy to be back again.”

Bobusic has had a whirlwind couple of weeks winning the Australian Open 2013 Play-off in late December, earning direct entry into the first Grand Slam of the year, and earlier this week qualified for the Brisbane International, a WTA Premier event.

“I’m feeling good. In Brisbane I got four matches and pulled up really well from those. I feel like I have a lot of matches under my belt and coming into Australian Open and Hobart I’m feeling fit and healthy,” added the world No.331 who defeated the likes of world No.120 Karin Knapp (ITA) and world No.104 Kristyna Pliskova (CZE) in Queensland.

“I just want to keep doing what I’ve been doing and continuing the same routine. It’s now just
trying to keep the body ticking over, I’ll still get some court time over the next few days but right now it’s more about recovery, getting the body right for Sunday or Monday.”

Mark Handley, Moorilla Hobart International Tournament Director said “It’s fantastic we can host another Australian player in the main draw of the Moorilla Hobart International.”

“Bojana has come back from injury in 2012 and is looking strong and healthy to do well this summer.

“We’re happy we can give her this opportunity to set her up before she competes in her second Australian Open,” he added.

Bobusic will join fellow Australian’s 2011 champion Jarmila Gajdosova and world No.175 Ashleigh Barty in the main draw.

Main draw for Moorilla Hobart International 2013:

Player	Country	Ranking
Su-Wei Hsieh	TPE	25
Sorana Cirstea	ROU	27
Klara Zakopalova	CZE	28
Yaroslava Shvedova	KAZ	29
Carla Suarez Navarro	ESP	34
Francesca Schiavone	ITA	35
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	RUS	36
Sloane Stephens	USA	38
Mona Barthel	GER	39
Shuai Peng	CHN	40
Tsvetana Pironkova	BUL	42
Alize Cornet	FRA	44
Simona Halep	ROU	47
Lourdes Dominquez Lino	ESP	48
Anabel Medina Garrigues	ESP	50
Irina-Camelia Begu	ROU	52
Laura Robson	GBR	53
Kirsten Flipkens	BEL	54
Bojana Jovanovski	SRB	56
Olga Govortsova	BLR	57
Monica Niculescu	ROU	58
Chanelle Scheepers	RSA	60
Romina Oprandi	SUI	61
Timea Babos	HUN	67
Elena Vesnina	RUS	68
WC Ashleigh Barty	AUS	175
WC Jarmila Gajdosova	AUS	184
WC Bojana Bobusic	AUS	331