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Wimbledon wildcards for Anna Smith and Jocelyn Rae

Team Bath MCTA Tennis player Anna Smith (pictured above) and her women’s doubles partner Jocelyn Rae have been handed wildcards for Wimbledon 2016. The Championships, taking place from June 27 to July 10, will mark a third Grand Slam appearance of the year for Smith and Rae, who are Britain’s doubles partnership in the Federation

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GB win 6 medals at European Deaf Tennis Championships

 Great Britain players completed the 13th European Deaf Tennis Championships with a tremendous haul of six medals over the weekend in Portoroz, Slovenia, claiming one gold medal, three silver medals and two bronze medals. Seven players on the Tennis Foundation’s Deaf Tennis Performance Programme were selected for the eight-day tournament, with 2015 World Championships boys’ singles gold medallist Esah

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Whiley and Reid clinch second Roland Garros doubles titles

Jordanne Whiley and Gordon Reid and won their second Roland Garros women’s and men’s doubles titles apiece on Saturday with their respective Japanese partners Yui Kamiji and Shingo Kunieda. Meanwhile, another successful Grand Slam tournament for players on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programme saw Reid finish runner-up in Paris in his second men’s singles final

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Whiley edged out in close encounter in Paris

Jordanne Whiley is out of the singles competition after losing to Sabine Allerbrock in three sets.  Whiley saw her bid to reach her first Roland Garros singles final come to an end in the semi-finals after a close  encounter against Ellerbrock. After dropping the opening set world No.4 Whiley raced through the second set. However, the

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Source: Lucy Shuker

Roland Garros – Wheelchair tennis 2016

The draw for wheelchair tennis was made last night and pits GB’s Lucy Shuker against her doubles partner Marjolein Buis in the first match of the morning, weather permitting they will take to the court at 11.00am local time. With just eight competitors the singles quarter finals line up like this: Lucy Shuker (7) lost to Marjolein

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Lisa Whybourn records career-best win at Eastbourne

Team Bath MCTA Tennis player Lisa Whybourn got her grass-court season off to a stunning start as she recorded a career-best win on day one of the Aegon Eastbourne Trophy. Whybourn made the most of her wildcard entry by beating number-three seed Kai-Lin Zhang of China 2-6 6-3 7-5 on Monday after a two-hour battle,

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Source: Lucy Shuker

Lucy’s on her way to Rio!

Earlier this week I was privileged to have the opportunity to interview Lucy Shuker. For anyone who doesn’t know, Lucy is an British wheelchair tennis player, ranked #7 in the world at singles and #8 in the world in doubles. Lucy’s life changed forever in 2001 when, just 12 days after getting her motorbike licence she

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Davis Cup Legacy comes to University of Bath

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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