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Wheelchair wild cards also announced today. Well done to Lucy Shuker

GENTLEMEN'S WHEELCHAIR SINGLES

Tom EGBERINK (NED)
LADIES' WHEELCHAIR SINGLES

Lucy SHUKER (GBR)
QUAD WHEELCHAIR SINGLES

David WAGNER (USA)

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Alfie plays Gordon opening match at Queens. Dermot Bailey also in the field and in the womens Jordanne Whiley and one other Brit whos name Ill have to go back and check. This is a level 2 event

www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/british-grass-court-tournament/gbr/2021/wc-itf2s-gbr-04a-2021/

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Doubles being played indoors at Queens. There's a livestream on youtube!
www.youtube.com/watch

Edit - first SF over, Alfie and Gordon's match to come soon

Edit again - apparently Alfie and Gordon have given a w/o sadly



-- Edited by Jan on Friday 18th of June 2021 02:00:04 PM



-- Edited by Jan on Friday 18th of June 2021 02:01:23 PM

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Gordon Reid into the mens singles final at Queens to play Fernandez, who Alfie beat in Paris and The French Riviera event finals. Alfie withdrew from his opener versus Gordon.

Be a good win if Gordon can get this.

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Well done Gordon, winning the wheelchair mens singles at Queens!

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Excellent! I just managed to see a few minutes of the match - busy tennis day!

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our wheelchair selection for the olympics is made

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/57559429

mens wheelchair - alfie hewett, gordon reid, dermot bailey

womens wheelchair - jordanne whiley and lucy shuker

quads - andy lapthorne

good luck to them all in tokyo

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Lucy Shuker plays the Sardinia international series 2 final today, having won doubles. This is a 22k prize
Money event, sort of similar to 250 level on main tours.

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good article on Alfie

www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/tennis/article-9731929/Wimbledon-Alfie-Hewett-determined-win-singles-crown.html

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Wheelchair draw is out- we have Alfie and Gordon mens singles and doubles, jordanne and Lucy in womens singles and doubles, and Andy Lapthorne in quads singles and doubles

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Alfie's R1 match is underway - can be viewed on BBC website (and no doubt other places too!)

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Alfie lost the opening set. He stated he finds grass harder than clay and hard, so not a total surprise - grass for the wheelchair game suffers if courts arent as hard, a nice dry Wimbledon helps and we havent had that so I suspect the outside courts are slightly soft relatively and the bounce is thus lower and slower...

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...and this is where my expertise ends, but presumably the chairs are harder to move around on grass?

If anyone has insights on technical aspects of wheelchair tennis, maybe plays it, I would love to know more about how surfaces play for those in a chair?

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Alfie sadly lost his opener, disappointed to see that. Jordanne won hers easily. Good luck to the other 3 later on

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Andy Lapthorne and Lucy Shuker also lost, so apart from Jordanne who is into the semis, Gordon Reid is still to play. Disappointing day in wheelchair really

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