Victorious Great Britain Davis Cup captain Leon Smith was at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Wednesday to help inspire the next generation of tennis coaches. He worked with more than 70 coaches to ensure they are now ready to deliver the Lawn Tennis Association’s Tennis For Kids initiative, which aims to get
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Sporting scholar Emma Hurst serves up BUCS tennis success
University of Bath sporting scholar Emma Hurst lived up to her billing as number one seed when she won the women’s singles title at the BUCS [British Universities & Colleges Sport] Individual Tennis Championships. The Sport & Exercise Science student, supported by a Trendell Sports Scholarship, was in impressive form over the weekend as she
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Confident start to Federation Cup campaign for Team GB
Team Bath-MCTA Tennis player Anna Smith and doubles partner Jocelyn Rae maintained their 100 per cent record in Federation Cup as they helped Great Britain to a 3-0 win over South Africa on Thursday. Smith and Rae, who reached the third round of the women’s doubles at last month’s Australian Open, turned around an early
Anna Smith and Jocelyn Rae double up for GB Fed Cup campaign
Team Bath-MCTA Tennis player Anna Smith and partner Jocelyn Rae will once again be Great Britain’s doubles pairing as the 2016 Federation Cup competition gets under way this week. The partnership, who reached the second round of the women’s doubles at the Australian Open last month, have won all three of their previous Federation Cup
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University of Bath named Education Venue of the Year by Avon LTA
The University of Bath has been named as Education Venue of the Year by the Avon Lawn Tennis Association (LTA). The award recognises the outstanding work by Team Bath tennis coaches in enhancing the student experience at the University and taking the sport into primary and secondary schools throughout the region. Head of Club Coaching
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Team Bath tennis ace Emma Hurst gets GB call
University of Bath tennis player Emma Hurst will take on some of the best student aces in the world after being selected to represent Great Britain in the Master’U BNP Paribas tournament in France. The Sport & Exercise Science student, a 2014-15 Trendell Sports Scholar, is among the team of three ladies and three men
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Romania’s Ana Bogdan takes women’s singles title
Ana Bogdan provided a fitting finale to a week of top-class tennis at the University of Bath as she won the $25k Aegon GB Pro-Series women’s singles title. The Romanian justified her billing as number one seed after overcoming the number two seed, Croatia’s Ana Vrljic, in a final that lasted more than two hours
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Filip Peliwo wins Aegon GB Pro-Series while GB duos clinch doubles
Former Wimbledon and US Open junior champion Filip Peliwo has followed in the footsteps of Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Nicolas Mahut by winning the Aegon GB Pro-Series $15k men’s singles tennis title at the University of Bath. Peliwo, the number three seed from Canada, battled back brilliantly from losing the first set to beat Germany’s Mats
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Team Bath tennis aces close in on home finals
Team Bath MCTA’s Richard Gabb is one win away from reaching the Aegon GB Pro-Series men’s singles final after serving up another treat for home fans at the University of Bath on Thursday. The 23-year-old overcame Ireland’s Sam Barry 6-4 2-6 7-5 in front of an appreciative crowd at the Sports Training Village on Thursday
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Team Bath tennis aces looking to make singles and doubles progress
There is plenty of home interest on Court 1 at the University of Bath Sports Training Village on Thursday as the Aegon GB Pro-Series tennis tournament reaches its latter stages. Team Bath MCTA’s Lisa Whybourn is first on court as she looks to reach the last eight of the women’s $25k competition. Her match against
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