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As we go to end of the season, the only major event to come is the Masters in mid Nov.

The men held their Japan Open this past week, with no Brits involved. The womens Japan Open is mid October.

There are also a couple of minor series 3 events in Taiwan, and then the rest are futures level.

In terms of rankings, the only event that can move the dial at the top is the Masters. Alfie is too far ahead of Gordon to be caught; Andy will be the only Quad player taking part from Britain. And there will be no Brits in the ladies event. There are no other events which have anywhere near enough points to make up any rankings gaps for the players below them

So this means, the number one players from GB in the World Rankings as of the end of the season are guaranteed to be:

Mens singles - Alfie Hewett

Quad singles - Andy Lapthorne

Womens singles - Lucy Shuker

Which means no change on the season; nonetheless, well done to all 3 and good luck to them in whatever events they play in before season end

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The entries are announced for the Wheelchair Masters, taking place in mid November

www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/entries-announced-for-2024-wheelchair-tennis-masters-events/

Mens singles - all the top 8 are in, including Alfie and Gordon

Womens singles - no Brits and world number one, Dierde de Groot is not playing - she lost the Paralympic Final and I think that loss hit her hard

Quad singles - all the top 8 are, including Andy

Mens doubles - Alfie and Gordon play (together obviously). 10 of the top 11 players are in but a very much outside German and Israeli pairs of entries make up the field

Womens doubles - most of the top players in but again, surprise final pairs from NL and NL/Ger - no Brits

Quad doubles - Andy and Greg Slade in the field, well done Greg. Andy is with Donald Ramphadi, with whom he won the French last season. Greg partners American David Wagner



-- Edited by JonH comes home on Thursday 3rd of October 2024 11:39:36 PM

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Diede de Groot posted the following on her social channels:

Over the years I have always worked very hard to keep my body and mind in optimal shape and this has brought me a lot in tennis and beyond. Unfortunately, I have been struggling with severe osteoarthritis in my hip for almost two years, which causes pain in my daily life. Surgery is something I have been postponing for a long time, but postponing is no longer an option. I will be undergoing surgery in the coming period and unfortunately I will not be able to play tennis for the time beingThat means there will be no tennis performance updates on my social media channels in the coming period, of course I do occasionally provide an update on the progress of the rehabilitation.

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ALthough there are a couple of events taking place currently in the Wheelchair Tour, they are v small and largely with domestic players taking part (eg womens Japan Open is all Japanese, Brazil event is all Brazilian pretty much).

Seems a shame that there is such a gap for the top players before the Masters takes place in a few weeks time. There is a Series 2 event in France in the week before the Masters, the Open Paratennis du Loiret in a part of Orleans; I imagine many of the Masters contenders will aim to play there in order to get some match practice in ahead of heading to the Netherlands for the Masters

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A series 3 event takes place in Taiwan starting tomorrow; several Brits playing including Ben Bartram, Andrew Penney, Abbie Breakwell, Ruby Bishop, Cornelia Oosthuizen and Greg Slade.

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Nice interview with Alfie

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cy43xnnx301o

Not sure why they are carrying this, as in if it is linked to something, but nice nonetheless

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In a small event Futures in France this week, we had an all British womens semi as 52 year old Caroline McDonald , unseeded, beat 58 year old Helen Bond. Kudos to Caroline, and good luck in the final versus the top seed.

I guess the term futures wasnt aimed at Caroline and Helen but well done for doing so well - Caroline is ranked circa 76 in the world and rising!



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Andrew Penney, Ben Bartram and Cornelia Oosthuizen all into the semis of the Series 3 event this week in Taipei. This finishes Tuesday and then straight on to another Series 3 level event in Taipei also.

All the big names who are in the Masters are keeping their powders dry for now, perhaps to play in the French event the week before the Masters.

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