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The eighteen sport World University Games commence in Germany today. Esther Adeshina, Eiz Maloney and Grace Piper represent GB in tennis. Esther and Eliz are competing in singles and together in doubles. Grace is playing mixed doubles with James Connel. There are numerous world ranked players taking part. Eliz was the flag bearer in last night's opening ceremeny. Neither Esther nor Eliz are scheduled to play today. Their first round draws are as follows:

Eunji Lee (KOR) WR 1068 (CH 1010) v Eliz Maloney WR 1385 (CH 371)

Esther Adeshina WR 635 (CH) v Macarena Vela Vasquez (ECU) No rankings found.



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Do we have a mens team as well?

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JonH comes home wrote:

Do we have a mens team as well?

 Yes. James Connel ( MS, MD, MxD) ,Toby Samuel (MS), Rahul Dhokia (MD)



-- Edited by telstar on Thursday 17th of July 2025 12:30:37 PM

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telstar wrote:
JonH comes home wrote:

Do we have a mens team as well?

 Yes. James Connel ( MS, MD, MxD) ,Toby Samuel (MS), Rahul Dhokia (MD)



-- Edited by telstar on Thursday 17th of July 2025 12:30:37 PM

 Thank you.



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Are they funded?
I know there athletics team have to self fund

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telstar wrote:

The eighteen sport World University Games commence in Germany today. Esther Adeshina, Eliz Maloney and Grace Piper represent GB in tennis. Esther and Eliz are competing in singles and together in doubles. Grace is playing mixed doubles with James Connel. There are numerous world ranked players taking part. Eliz was the flag bearer in last night's opening ceremony. Neither Esther nor Eliz are scheduled to play today. Their first round draws are as follows:

Eunji Lee (KOR) WR 1068 (CH 1010) v Eliz Maloney WR 1385 (CH 371)

Esther Adeshina WR 635 (CH) v Macarena Vela Vasquez (ECU) No rankings found.

 FISU GAMES 2025 TENNIS

link to live scoring above

Esther and Jamie played their 1r singles matches today 



-- Edited by cya on Thursday 17th of July 2025 03:52:32 PM

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Two comprenhensive wins to start the tournament.

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paulisi wrote:

Are they funded?
I know there athletics team have to self fund

 Yes, apparently the British tennis players are fully funded.



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The eighteen sport World University Games commence in Germany today. Esther Adeshina, Eiz Maloney and Grace Piper represent GB in tennis. Esther and Eliz are competing in singles and together in doubles. Grace is playing mixed doubles with James Connel. There are numerous world ranked players taking part. Eliz was the flag bearer in last night's opening ceremeny. Neither Esther nor Eliz are scheduled to play today. Their first round draws are as follows:

Eunji Lee (KOR) WR 1068 (CH 1010) v Eliz Maloney WR 1385 (CH 371)

Esther Adeshina WR 635 (CH) v Macarena Vela Vasquez (ECU) No rankings found.

 Eliz Maloney bt Eunji Lee 6-1, 7-6

Esther Adeshina bt Macarena Vela Vasquez 6-0, 6-0



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After a bit of searching I managed to find the draws

https://rhineruhr2025.com/en/schedule#/h2h-sports-bracket/TEN/*



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2nd Round: Eliz Maloney (GBR) WR 1385 def Polina Iatcenko (AIN) WR 328 7-6, 6-3

An excellent win for Eliz. Certainly her best for a long time!



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2nd Round (Bye in 1st): Esther Adeshina WR 407 and Eliz Maloney WR 688 def Veni Ahti (FIN) WR 1591 and Aino Alkio (FIN) WR 1560 6-2,6-2

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Took these matches from the draw, with rankings from the ITF website

L16:- Eliz Maloney (GBR) WR 1385 v Yekaterina Dmitrichenko (KAZ) UNR/CH723 in 2019

R2 :- Esther Adeshina (GBR) WR635 v Defne Cirpanli (TUR) WR986

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R2 :- Esther Adeshina (GBR) WR635 bt Defne Cirpanli (TUR) WR986 6-3, 6-2

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L16: Zongyu Li (CHN) WR349 bt Esther Adeshina (GBR) WR635 1-6, 7-6, 6-3

L16:- Eliz Maloney (GBR) WR 1385 bt Yekaterina Dmitrichenko (KAZ) UNR/CH723 in 2019 6-1, 6-2

Consolation 1st Round: Grace Piper (GBR) bt Aiko Lardizabal (MEX) 6-1, 6-2


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