2022 ITF Wheelchair Tour

Jan · Hall of fame

2022 ITF Wheelchair Tour

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And Andy L scraped through to the final

So we have

Singles - Alfie, Lucy and Andy L in respective semis
Doubles - Alfie/Gordon, Lucy + and Andy + in respective finals

Couldn't have asked for me realistically.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Andy has a big match tomorrow, he plays Dylan Alcott on Kia Arena in his Quads Singles semi.

High profile and match starts midnight our time.

Alfie and Lucy are 2nd and 3rd on Court 7 this evening as well.

Jan · Hall of fame

Are these matches being shown on Discovery? I've not found them.

Edit. Of course as soon as I'd posted this I tracked them down!

-- Edited by Jan on Monday 24th of January 2022 01:14:07 PM

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Well done Alfie , winning his semi and playing top seed Kunieda in the final.

Lucy and Andy both lost their singles semis. All 3 plus Gordon in doubles finals though

Jan · Hall of fame

Brilliant! Well done Alfie!!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

The doubles finals tomorrow are Lucy at circa 1 am, Alfie 2 am and Andy in the evening at 6.30 am.

I saw an interview with Lucy after her singles win. Shes a T4 paraplegic which is one of the most severe disablements on the tour so she has done extremely well to achieve all she has achieved. I believe T4 is the part of her spine that is broken , Im not very clear , and that is a very significant inhibitor for her.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Lucy lost her doubles final but they fought hard against the top seeds and took it to an MTB. Good effort and good week for Lucy.

Alfie and Gordon on now and at one set all.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Play has been halted for half an hour now in the final at a set all. Is it the heat stopping play? Not clear from the scoreboard.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Stopped at 5-4 in MTB. Looks like a lot of the outside courts have stopped also.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Nice little article on Alfie who now feels a lot free-er to play tennis after last two years issues

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/60122852

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And they take the title , 10-7 in the MTB for their 9th consecutive doubles slam title

Congrats to Gordon and Alfie

Jan · Hall of fame

Just brilliant!!
Huge congratulations to them both!!!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And it gets even better, Andy Lapthorne and his partner David Wagner (USA) win the Quads doubles title!!

10-7 in the MTB, Andy causes an upset there as they were seeded behind the top seeded opponents!!

Great stuff and well done to Andy Lapthorne!!

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

That is Andy's 6th AO doubles title, 14th slam doubles title in total and his 16th slam title (singles and doubles) overall.

Great career , Andy