2014 BNP PARIBAS WORLD TEAM CUP WHEELCHAIR TENNIS RESULTS FROM ALPHEN IN THE NETHERLANDS

Written by: Staff on 1st June 2014

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2014 BNP PARIBAS WORLD TEAM CUP WHEELCHAIR TENNIS RESULTS FROM ALPHEN IN THE NETHERLANDS

epa03557708 WHEELCHAIR TENNIS PACKAGE AUSTRALIAN OPEN French player Stephane Houdet in action during a men's singles match in the wheelchair competition at the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, 23 January 2013. Houdet was an accomplished able-bodied junior tennis player in France before he had a motorbike accident at the age 24. He began playing wheelchair tennis when he was 34. Wheelchair Tennis took place in the First Grand Slam of the Year In Melbourne Park from 23-28 January 2013, Australia. The top seven ranked players from the various countries plus a wirldcard entry participated from the men and women events. In the 1970s Brad Parks, an acrobatic skier who suffered an injury which leaves him paraplegic, and wheelchair athlete Jeff Minnenbraker started promoting wheelchair tennis. In 1977 the Los Angeles City Parks and Recreation Department hosted the first ever wheelchair tennis tournament with around 20 players. EPA/Narendra Shrestha |

2014 BNP Paribas World Team Cup – France and Netherlands successfully defend titles

Sunday’s results from the 2014 BNP Paribas World Team Cup wheelchair tennis event taking place in Alphen, Netherlands on 26 May-1 June. A total of 52 teams from 31 nations competed in four categories: men, women, quad and junior.

France successfully defended its BNP Paribas World Team Cup men’s World Group title by defeating Netherlands 2-0 in the final on Sunday while Netherlands retained its women’s World Group title following a 2-1 victory over Great Britain in the final. Britain emerged victorious in the quad category on Saturday, defeating USA 2-1 to claim their fourth title. Russia defeated Spain 2-1 to win its first junior title on Friday.

The World Team Cup is the ITF’s flagship wheelchair tennis event, often referred to as the Davis and Fed Cups of wheelchair tennis. The initial event took place in California in 1985 involving six men’s teams. The women’s competition began the following year, with quad and junior events introduced in 1998 and 2000 respectively. The ITF introduced regional qualifying for the men’s and women’s events in 2012.

For the latest news from the event, please visit: www.itftennis.com/wheelchair.

BNP PARIBAS WORLD TEAM CUP, ALPHEN, NETHERLANDS

RESULTS – 1st June

Men’s World Group – Final

FRANCE (1) defeated NETHERLANDS (2) 2-0

Nicolas Peifer (FRA) d. Tom Egberink (NED) 62 62

Stephane Houdet (FRA) d. Maikel Scheffers (NED) 63 62

Frederic Cattaneo/Stephane Houdet (FRA) v Tom Egberink/Maikel Scheffers (NED) not played

Men’s World Group – 3rd/4th place play-off

GREAT BRITAIN (4) defeated JAPAN (3) 2-1

Takashi Sanada (JPN) d. Marc McCarroll (GBR) 63 60

Gordon Reid (GBR) d. Takuya Miki (JPN) 64 46 64

Marc McCarroll/Gordon Reid (GBR) d. Satoshi Saida/Takashi Sanada (JPN) 61 62

Men’s World Group – promotion play-off

ARGENTINA defeated BRAZIL 2-1

Carlos Santos (BRA) d. Ezequiel Casco (ARG) 60 46 63

Gustavo Fernandez (ARG) d. Daniel Rodrigues (BRA) 63 63

Ezequiel Casco/Gustavo Fernandez (ARG) d. Rafael Medeiros/Daniel Rodrigues (BRA) 67(5) 75 106

Women’s World Group – Final

NETHERLANDS (1) defeated GREAT BRITAIN (4) 2-1

Lucy Shuker (GBR) d. Marjolein Buis (NED) 46 60 63

Aniek van Koot (NED) d. Jordanne Whiley (GBR) 64 61

Marjolein Buis/Aniek van Koot (NED) d. Lucy Shuker/Jordanne Whiley (GBR) 64 61

Women’s World Group – 3rd/4th place play-off

JAPAN (3) defeated GERMANY (2) w/o

Women’s World Group – 5th/6th place play-off

THAILAND defeated CHILE 2-1

Macarena Cabrillana (CHI) d. Wanitha Inthanin (THA) 62 36 63

Sakhorn Kanthasit (THA) d. Francisca Mardones (CHI) 60 60

Wanitha Inthanin/Sakhorn Khanthasit (THA) d. Macarena Cabrillana/Francisca Mardones (CHI) 61 ret.

Women’s World Group – 7th/8th place play-off

USA defeated KOREA, REPUBLIC 2-1

Young-Suk Hong (KOR) d. Kaitlyn Verfuerth (USA) 61 75

Emmy Kaiser (USA) d. Ju-Yeon Park (KOR) 76(3) 62

Emmy Kaiser/Kaitlyn Verfuerth (USA) d. Young-Suk Hong/Ju-Yeon Park (KOR) 5-0 ret.

Women’s World Group – 9th/10th place play-off

COLOMBIA defeated CHINESE TAIPEI w/o

Women’s World Group – 11th/12th place play-off

RUSSIA defeated KENYA 2-0

Dinars Sabitova (RUS) d. Jane Ndenga (KEN) 60 60

Polina Shakirova (RUS) d. Rahael Akoth (KEN) 60 60

Dinars Sabitova/Polina Shakirova (RUS) v Rahael Akoth/Jane Ndenga (KEN) not played

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