Wimbledon champions and Rio Paralympic medallists among British Open Wheelchair Tennis entries. Britain’s Wimbledon champions Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett are among 24 world top 10 ranked players across the men’s, women’s and quad events who are part of another stellar field for the 2017 British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships, which takes place at Nottingham
Great Britain’s Jordanne Whiley won a record-equalling tenth Grand Slam title in claiming the Ladies’ Wheelchair Doubles crown on the final day of play at Wimbledon alongside Japanese partner Yui Kamiji. Whiley’s win caps a successful tournament for wheelchair tennis in this country following the Men’s Doubles victory by Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid on
Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley both begin their doubles campaigns on Friday after bowing out of the ladies’ singles on Thursday. Shuker kept pace with Japan’s world No.1 Yui Kamiji early in their ladies’ singles quarter-final before Kamiji broke in the sixth game and the Australian Open and Roland Garros champion went on to record
British No.1 and world No.7 Lucy Shuker (pictured above), singles semi-finalist at the Australian Open in January, begins her ninth Wimbledon with a ladies’ singles match-up against current world No.1 Yui Kamiji of Japan. Shuker is one of four Brits on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programme playing at the third Grand Slam
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
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