OOP tomorrow is on Kia Arena - womens singles, quad singles and then mens singles last; Alfie will be on around 3am our time if it goes according to plan.

Alfie sadly lost 2 and 4 in the final.

Still, a good week with two titles for British players !

-- Edited by JonH comes home on Saturday 27th of January 2024 07:12:31 AM

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Oda is an astonishing talent. He's still 17 and only going to get better. Hewett still leads the head-to-head 6-5, but has lost the last 4 matches in straight sets.

Hewett is clearly better than anyone else, and did so well to finish as year-end No. 1 after wins at the US Open and Masters, where Oda had surprise defeats. But going to have to work even harder to find a way to beat him. It's Paralympic year so going to be exciting.

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 He is and seems to have Alfies number at the moment, in singles. 

I dont think Oda plays in the next big event, ABN Amro at Rotterdam. Thats probably the biggest non super series event and gets lots of attention. 

one thing thats struck me reading this week is how there seems to be a lot of consensus that wheelchair doubles is a more exciting version of the sport and that seems backed up by the preferential scheduling the AO organisers have given it versus singles - the wheelchair matches on the big show courts have been more doubles than singles, from memory. 

The Wheelchair Tour makes it way to Rotterdam this week for one of the more high profile stops on the tour. Below Slams and Super Series events, the next tier is ITF 1 Series. Rotterdam is at this level. But the fact it is played alongside the big ATP 500 event and the players are shown on the main courts, means it has a feel of a big event and the entry list is always impressive.

It looks like it is just mens and womens, no quad format. The mens singles is 12 players and womens is 8, with a doubles event for both sexes as well.

The fact that many of the top players are Dutch (the womens game is dominated by NL with Japan, in the mens, NL are probably in the top 3 or 4 nations) means a lot more interest as well.

GB has Alfie, Gordon and Andrew Penney in the mens, with Lucy Shuker in the womens.

Alfie has won the last 3 editions of this event, Gordon won 2 in the further past. Alfie and Gordon have won 2 doubles titles (although not last season) and Gordon has two older titles to make it 4 in total.

It is the first time the women have played here

Draw out.

In the womens, Lucy plays French girl Pauline Deroulede . She is also Lucys partner in doubles.

In the mens- Alfie and Gordon are seeded 1 and 3 and get byes. Andrew Penney plays Casey Ratzlaff of the US.
Alfie and Gordon are playing doubles and get a bye and Andrew partners Casey.

Andrew Penney lost his singles 0 and 0 , ouch.

Todays action sees him in doubles , whilst the womens singles gets underway with Lucy in action.

Mens singles for Alfie and Gordon starts tomorrow, with them both having had opening byes. Ditto, they and Lucy enter the doubles fray tomorrow, also.

Good win for Gordon in the mens last 8. If Alfie wins, they will meet in the semis.

Lucy lost her singles semi.