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ITF Wheelchair Tour


The ITF has confirmed that the ITF Wheelchair end of season "Masters" events will be held in early November in Florida - looks like same location that the Colleges are playing the NCAA Championships discussed elsewhere

www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/wheelchair-tennis-masters-events-to-return-to-orlando/

Hopefully we can see a few Brits in this.

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coming up in the near future are some large events - the french open, the french riviera open follows, which is a super series event, then wimbledon and then the british open in bolton, which is also a super series event.

ahead of that, starting on 25th may, is the open des hauts in le touquet, which is a warm up event for the french - sort of the queens club to wimbledon - and is a series 1 level, same as the rotterdam event mentioned up this thread. most of the top players will be here so will provide a chance to look at our top players ahead of the big events coming up

www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/open-des-hauts-de-france-le-touquet/fra/2021/wc-itf1s-fra-01a-2021/

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RG warm up event in Le Touquet this

In Quads, Andy Lapthoren is top seed and Antony Cotterill is also playing

in womens, Jordanne Whiley is 3rd seed and Lucy Shuker also plays

in mens, Alfie Hewett is 3rd seed and Gordon Reid also plays

All the top names, pretty much, playing here

 

https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/open-des-hauts-de-france-le-touquet/fra/2021/wc-itf1s-fra-01a-2021/draws-and-results/



-- Edited by JonH comes home on Tuesday 25th of May 2021 05:01:25 PM

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In quads, Andy Lapthorne into the semis in the RG warm up event; in womens, Jordanne Whiley is also into the semis.

Alfie and Gordons results not posted yet for mens.

Doubles results also to come

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To round this up:

Mens - Alfie Hewett is in the semis tomorrow , and Alfie and Gordon Reid in the doubles final

Womens - jordanne whiley is in the semis and also the doubles final

Quads - Andy Lapthorne is in the semis and he and Antony Coterill in the doubles final together.



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Updated results:

Quad Doubles - Andy and Antony lost in the final
quad singles -- Andy Lapthorne into the final, well done. as top seed, he is favoured to win that title

womens singles - jordanne reaches the final (she is seeded 3rd) so well done to her - she plays the Japanese top seed in the final so is the underdog

mens singles - Alfie lost his semi to the Argentinian 2nd seed, sadly wasnt really in it

mens doubles - Alfie and Gordon are into the final, they are top ranked team in the world so should expect to win it.

Jordanne's singles performance is the standout one here, a win in the final would be fantastic.

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forgot to mention, jordanne whiley won the womens doubles title here, so her singles match today is going for the double. good week for her

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Sadly both jordanne and Andy Lapthorne lost their finals as did Alfie and Gordon in the mens doubles final.

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The French Open prize money is announced as $540k which is impressive. Aussie Open was $140k.  The Aussie open in previous years was $300k or more but this years French seems the richest total prize I can see from the itf records. 



-- Edited by JonH comes home on Sunday 30th of May 2021 06:59:45 AM

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The French open wheelchair runs from June 4th to 7th. So starts tomorrow. Draw should be up today.

The French Riviera Open, a super series event with $37k prize money and 24 draw singles follows from 8th to 13th June.

Two big weeks for the wheelchair players.

there are then several series 2 events in later June including a British Grass Court event with 8 player draws at a venue that the itf site doesnt show, but the event seems newly created. 



-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 3rd of June 2021 06:29:22 AM

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French Open wheelchair draw is out.

Mens singles we have alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid, also paired in doubles. 8 man singles draw and 4 pair doubles.

Jordanne Whiley goes in womens singles and doubles.

Andy Lapthorne goes in quads, where the field is 4 singles and a straight doubles final- so we have a finalist!!

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gordon reid lost to the japanese top seed in early play in the wheelchair mens singles quarterfinal

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Jordanne also lost opening round, again to a Japanese player.

Just Alfie and Andy L left in singles. All 4 Brits in doubles still. Although play hasnt started!

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JonH comes home wrote:

Jordanne also lost opening round, again to a Japanese player.

Just Alfie and Andy L left in singles. All 4 Brits in doubles still. Although play hasnt started!


 Yes, Jordanne lost to the #2 seed, Yui Kamiji, with whom she has had a lot of doubles success, and they are again paired together here as the #2 doubles seeds. 



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i find it interesting that the slams are strict 8 player singles draws - if you look at the itf wheelchair tour calendar, many of the wheelchair only events are 24/32 player events - the numbers are there and it is a shame the main events are such light draws

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