Source: Tennis Foundation

Record breaking weekend for Wheelchair Tennis at Wimbledon

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

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Source: Tennis Foundation

Shuker and Whiley meet at inaugural Wimbledon singles

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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Source: Matchtight

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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Team Bath MCTA doubles players go down fighting at Wimbledon

Grand Slam-seeking Lucie Safarova and Bethanie Mattek-Sands proved too strong for the Team Bath MCTA Tennis ladies’ doubles pairing at Wimbledon on Saturday. Anna Smith and  Jocelyn Rae progressed to the second round of the doubles competitions after beating Slovakian Jana Cepelova and Stefanie Voegele of Switzerland on Wednesday but they were unable to get past Safarova

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