2024 ITF Wheelchair Tour

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

2024 ITF Wheelchair Tour

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

And Alfie returns to form with a 0 and 2 win, taking Britain into the final against Spain!

Well done GB mens team - final Sunday, I believe

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Clearly playing Spain on clay wont be easy, but Britain have to fancy their chances

Head to head

Alfie is 18-1 career versus de la puente - hes won twice in straights sets in 2024 alone and beat him on clay last November in the Tour Finals in Barcelona

Gordon is 6-0 career versus Caverzaschi , including a straight sets win in 2024

And of course Alfie and Gordon are the clear worlds top doubles pair.

Of course, you cant count your chickens but a World Cup title has got to be the hope here!?

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In todays two finals , the big news was China upsetting the Dutch team 2-0 in the womens final; real turn up for the books. NL had their top team out as well. Look out for China in the Paralympic event.

In the quad final, host nation Turkey lost out to Chile in the final, well done to Chile in a 2-1 win.

Britains womens and quads teams took 5th place in both events.

Mens final tomorrow

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The win for China is a repeat of their 2017 victory in the womens but more remarkable for the fact that world number 1 , de Groot, lost her 145 match winning streak. As the itf summarised

Ziying Wang defeated world No. 4 Aniek van Koot 6-1 6-3 before Xiaohui Li ended the 145-match winning streak of world No.1 Diede de Groot to earn a remarkable 6-3 6-2 victory.

I was calm on the court and followed our coachs plan, said Li, who is only in her second full season on the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour after winning nine singles titles in 2023. After the match, I am now very emotional, but I managed to stay calm on the court.

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Great start for Britains men in the World Cup Final as Gordon Reid wins 3 and 4.

Need one of the final two matches with Alfie playing singles and Alfie and Gordon then for doubles.

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Marvellous, from a set down, Alfie came back and sealed a 2-0 for Britains men and we take the World Cup title for the second straight year!

Well done to them for a great achievement!

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Later this week, the big money ($70k) Italian Open Series 1 event takes place - with a field of 12 men and 8 for the women, with doubles as well, some good players should show as they build to the French Open.

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The BBC have an article on the World Team Cup triumph for the men

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c51n5vy7gzko

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In Madrid this week, Lucy Shuker and Abbie Breakwell take part in the series 2 event in Madrid

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In the big money Rome series 1 event, Alfie and Gordon come off wheelchair World Cup glory and take part in a 12 player field.

Alfie is top seed and Gordon 4th and both have byes- they could meet in the semis.

They will partner each other as usual in the doubles.

Lucy Shuker and Abbie Breakwell play their respective opening last 16 matches in Madrid today, both are also in the doubles field with non British partners.

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In Barcelona, Lucy Shuker won her opening match and moves into the last 8.

In Rome, the ITF is showing no scores updates although play should have started yesterday. Not sure if no play actually happened or rain got in the way? Who knows!

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Well done Lucy Shuker, she reached the semis of the singles (where she is seeded 2) and final of the doubles (top seed). Good work.

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In Rome, Alfie Caesar won his qf match and now plays Gordon Reidio in the semis, look forward to that. The lads are also in the doubles semis although they got a bye to that round.

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Lucy moves into the doubles final in Madrid . Singles score not yet shown.