Harriet Dart excited to be playing tennis again

Harriet Dart will play at the National Tennis Centre but Johanna Konta and Heather Watson are not due to be involved

Image: Harriet Dart leads the line-up at the National Tennis Centre

Harriet Dart is excited to be playing tennis again as she leads the line-up at the newly-created Progress Tour Women's Championships next month.

The British No 3 leads the line-up at the newly-created Progress Tour Women's Championships next month.

The event, to be played at the National Tennis Centre from July 14-18, is the latest addition to the calendar supported by the Lawn Tennis Association LTA) which gives professional British players the chance to compete before the main tours restart in August.

Image: Dart has been craving competitive tennis

Naomi Broady, Samantha Murray and 17-year-old Emma Raducanu are also expected to play, but top British stars Johanna Konta and Heather Watson are not due to be involved currently.

Dart said: "I'm so excited to compete again.

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"It's great that the Progress Tour Women's Championships is giving the British women a chance to play matches and restart our careers in a way which is going to be safe for us and everyone involved."

It is the seventh event at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton over a six-week period, including the Battle of the Brits on June 23 - an event hosted by Jamie Murray that will see his brother Andy, Kyle Edmund and Dan Evans all compete.

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