Archive: wheelchair-tennis
The United States Tennis Association (USTA) today announced the players and coaches who will represent the United States at the 2015 BNP Paribas World Team Cup.
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The Indian Wells Tennis Garden (IWTG), home to the BNP Paribas Open, has launched a new wheelchair tennis clinic program, it was announced today by Tom Fey, Director of Tennis. The weekly wheelchair tennis clinics are open to the public, free and designed for both beginner and intermediate/advanced players.
The ITF announced today that it has renewed its sponsorship agreement with NEC Corporation as title sponsor of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters and as an Official Partner of the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour through 2017.
Australia's Dylan Alcot rolled into the history books on Friday morning at Melboune Park, completing a 24-hour wheelchair tennis challenge and raising more than AUD$70,000 for charity, with the total still rising.
Shingo Kunieda and Aniek van Koot were crowned men’s and women’s singles champions at the 2014 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters on Sunday as the London 2012 gold and silver medallists completed victorious returns to the venue where they won their Paralympic medals two year ago.
Please find below the latest results from the 2014 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters at Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London on 26-30 November. The ITF’s year-end wheelchair tennis event features eight men, eight women and four quad players.
The Statoil Masters Tennis tournament has added stars of the Special Olympics and two of the best wheelchair players in the world to its evening schedules of matches at the Royal Albert Hall on the 3rd and 4th December respectively.
Please find below the latest results from the 2014 UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters taking place in Mission Viejo, California, USA on 5-9 November. The ITF’s year-end wheelchair doubles event features eight men’s pairs, six women’s pairs and four quad pairs.
Both of the U.S. Open junior singles titles were won by unseeded participants on Sunday. On the boys' side, Australian Omar Jasika overcame Quentin Halys of France 2-6, 7-5, 6-1. The Czech Republic's Marie Bouzkova triumphed in the girls' event by holding off Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 6-4, 7-6(5).
French tennis greats Amelie Mauresmo and Mary Pierce, both two-time singles champions at Grand Slam event tournaments, have been nominated to receive the highest honor in tennis- enshrinement in the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
No. 1 seed Shingo Kunieda booked his spot in the final of the U.S. Open men's wheelchair singles competition on Friday, but not before a serious fight. Kunieda, a four-time champion of this event, held off France's Nicolas Peifer 7-5, 7-6(5). The Japanese star will battle for the title against Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina, who upset second-seeded Frenchman Stephane Houdet 7-6(1), 6-1.
No. 1 seed Shingo Kunieda advanced to the semifinals of the men's wheelchair singles draw with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over France's Michael Jeremiasz on Thursday afternoon at the U.S. Open
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The USTA today announced the field for the 2014 US Open Wheelchair Competition. The event, in its eighth year, will be held Sept. 4-7, at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing, N.Y.
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