A groundbreaking development in the wheelchair tennis calendar will become a reality next month following the announcement of a new grass court tournament to take place at Surbiton from 6th – 8th July. The invitational tournament is being organised by the Tennis Foundation, Great Britain’s leading tennis charity, and is seen as the first step
Lucy Shuker and Andy Lapthorne both defeated higher ranked players on Wednesday’s opening day of Australian Open wheelchair tennis competition, with Shuker reaching her second women’s singles semi-final at Melbourne Park. Defending champion Gordon Reid and Australian Open debutant Alfie Hewett both bowed out of the men’s singles after two tough three set matches, while
World No.1 Gordon Reid begins his Australian Open men’s singles title defence against Joachim Gerard of Belgium in a rematch of last year’s final when the first wheelchair tennis Grand Slam of 2017 gets underway at Melbourne Park on Wednesday. With four Brits on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programme lining up for
Britain’s Lucy Shuker was among the winners as the University of Bath Sports Training Village hosted five fantastic days of world-class competition at the inaugural Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament. Shuker, a double Paralympic medallist from Taunton, maintained her unbeaten record with Diede de Groot of the Netherlands as they claimed the women’s double title
Paralympic stars and University of Bath alumni head entry for Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament. Paralympic stars and University of Bath alumni head the entry for the inaugural Bath Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament taking place this month. Held at the world-class University of Bath Sports Training Village, the event will make its debut in the
Antony Cotterill, Andy Lapthorne and Lucy Shuker ensured a brace of UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters titles for players on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programme on Sunday when, between them, they clinched victory in the quad doubles and women’s doubles finals in Mission Viejo, California. Cotterill and Lapthorne secured an all-British triumph in
Britain’s Wimbledon champions Gordon Reid, Alfie Hewett and Jordanne Whiley (pictured above) are among 25 world top 10 ranked players aiming to boost their Rio 2016 Paralympic aspirations when the 27th British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships takes place at Nottingham Tennis Centre from 26 – 31 July. Organised by the Tennis Foundation, the British
On a great weekend for the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programme, Jordanne Whiley and Japan’s Yui Kamiji also made their own piece of history at the third Grand Slam of the year when the second seeds became the first partnership to win a hat-trick of Wimbledon ladies’ doubles titles. Whiley and Kamiji, the 2014 and
Anna Smith’s Wimbledon adventure has come to an end for 2016 after the Team Bath MCTA Tennis player and partner Neal Skupski were knocked out of the mixed doubles competition. They went into Wednesday’s match against Aisam Qureshi of Pakistan and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova on a high after recovering from 5-2 down in the final set
British No.1 Jordanne Whiley and British No.2 Lucy Shuker will meet for the first time in Grand Slam singles competition on Thursday after the draws were made on Tuesday for the inaugural Wimbledon wheelchair tennis singles events. With five Brits on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programme contesting this week’s historic men’s and
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