The international nature of the Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament was illustrated by its roll of honour as players from six countries claimed the titles after another excellent week of world-class competition at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. Italy’s Giulia Capocci wrapped up the second ITF 1 Series women’s singles title of her
Thirteen world top 10-ranked players, including two former tournament champions and two current World Champions, feature among a star-studded line-up for the 2018 Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament, which takes place from 6-10 November at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. Forty three players from 16 different countries, including a host of top Brits,
A four-strong squad of players have been selected to represent Great Britain at the 2018 Dresse and Maere Cups, the respective World Deaf Tennis Team Championships. Taking place from 22nd to 29th September in Antalya, Turkey, the team will be led by Catherine Fletcher, the Tennis Foundation’s National Deaf Coach and will line-up as follows:
British No.1 Lucy Shuker had a tournament to remember at Wimbledon but missed out on winning what would have been her first ever Grand Slam title. Sunday’s final saw Shuker contest her first Grand Slam final for five years, partnering Germany’s Sabine Ellerbrock in the Ladies Doubles final. After successive straight sets semi-final defeats over
Phoebe Suthers claimed her first senior international titles with a sensational set of performances at the 2018 Slovenia Deaf Open in Portoroz over the weekend, the 15-year-old from Elland in Yorkshire ending the prestigious event having dropped a total of just eight games across the women’s singles and doubles events. Suthers, who joined the Tennis
A fine last day of competition for players on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programme saw British No.1 Lucy Shuker partner Diede de Groot of the Netherlands to win the women’s doubles title. From 5-2 down in the third and deciding set of the final the second seeds launched a stirring comeback to
Team Bath Tennis ace Anna Smith has returned to the Great Britain Fed Cup team for next month’s Europe/Africa Group I matches in Estonia. Smith – who flew out to Melbourne on Monday to compete in the 2018 Australian Open – will once again represent her country having finished 2017 ranked in the world’s top
University of Bath students Emma Hurst and Pippa Horn helped Great Britain win a historic gold medal during a memorable weekend at the prestigious Master’U BNP Paribas tournament in France. Already guaranteed their best-ever finish at the world’s biggest annual student tennis team event following an emphatic 7-0 semi-final win over China, Britain produced a
University of Bath students Emma Hurst and Pippa Horn will represent Great Britain this weekend in the world’s biggest student tennis team competition, the Master’U BNP Paribas tournament in France. It will be a third successive appearance at the tournament for Sport & Exercise Science student Hurst, supported by a Trendell Sports Scholarship, who helped
Diede de Groot of the Netherlands, British number one Alfie Hewett, and the USA’s David Wagner were crowned as champions during an outstanding 2017 Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament. Their successes capped a world-class week of competition at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, where multiple Grand Slam champions and Paralympic medallists served up a
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