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Lapthorne and Wagner seal quad doubles title at Australian Open

  • Wheelchair Tennis

By Paul OsborneGreat Britain's Andy Lapthorne has won his fourth Australian Open wheelchair quads double title following victory in Melbourne today.

tomorrow, where they face Dutch second seeds Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot, who they beat in the Roland

Garros, Wimbledon and US Open finals last seasonReid, on the other hand, partnered Argentina's Gustavo


Wagner, Kunieda and Kamiji top wheelchair tennis world rankings

  • Wheelchair Tennis

By Nick ButlerUnited States' quad tennis star David Wagner will end 2014 as the world's top ranked singles and doubles player, while Japanese duo Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji lead the male and female wheelchair singles standings.  

the first time after dominating the Grand Slam tournaments in 2014, with the 20-year-old winning at Roland

Garros and the US Open, after first finishing runner-up at the Australian Open.She also won a total


Netherlands duo beat world number one pairing at Wheelchair Doubles Masters

  • Wheelchair Tennis

By Daniel EtchellsThe Netherlands' Marjolein Buis and Michaela Spaanstra upset the odds to beat world number one pairing of Japan's Yui Kamiji and Great Britain's Jordanne Whiley at f the 2014 UNIQLO Wheelchair Double Masters in Mission Viejo, California.

last four.Elsewhere, France's Michael Jeremiasz and Great Britain's Gordon Reid beat runners-up at Roland

Garros, Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez and The Netherlands' Nicolas Peifer, across three sets.Contact


Houdet aims for historic Doubles Masters hat trick

  • Wheelchair Tennis

By Emily GoddardFrench wheelchair tennis star Stéphane Houdet is hoping to become the first men's player to win the Doubles Masters three years in succession with victory at this week's event in Mission Viejo, California.

will be aiming to continue the form that saw them winning their first Grand Slam title together at Roland

Garros in France in June.Their biggest challenge at the competition, which takes tomorrow and is scheduled


Calendar Grand Slams galore at US Open as wheelchair doubles play concludes

  • Wheelchair Tennis

By Paul OsborneJordanne Whiley made history today as she became the first British player to win all four Grand Slam titles in a single calendar year after securing the US Open women's wheelchair tennis doubles title alongside Japan's Yui Kamiji.

secured the victory despite Reid and Scheffers saving three match points in the final set tie-break.At Roland

Garros, Houdet partnered Joachim Gérard of Belgium to defeat Argentina's Gustavo Fernández and France's


Defending champion Houdet dumped out of US Open by rising wheelchair tennis star Fernandez

  • Wheelchair Tennis

By Zjan ShirinianDefending champion Stéphane Houdet has crashed out of the wheelchair tennis competition at the US Open after a straight sets defeat at the hands of 20-year-old Gustavo Fernandez.

, coming from a set down to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.Kamiji, who won her first singles Grand Slam title at Roland

Garros in June, will play second seed Aniek Van Koot, who beat countrywoman Marjolein Buis 6-1, 6-3.


Federer saves two match points to overcome Monfils in US Open classic

  • Tennis

By Zjan ShirinianRoger Federer saved two match points as he overcame Gaël Monfils in five gripping sets at the US Open in New York City to keep alive his hopes of an 18th Grand Slam title.

quarter-final four times before, most recently at this year's French Open.His best Grand Slam showing was at Roland

Garros in 2008, when he made it into the last four.Federer will now play Croatia's Marin Cilic, who


Houdet quietly confident of retaining US Open wheelchair tennis title

  • Wheelchair Tennis

By Emily GoddardFrench wheelchair tennis player Stéphane Houdet has said he is confident of retaining his US Open title at the tournament, which is due to get underway at Flushing Meadows in New York City on Thursday (September 4).

Grand Slam.However, the Japanese star has won nine major singles titles, including the Australian Open, Roland

Garros and the World Wheelchair Tennis Tournament, in the last year and defeated Houdet 7-5, 6-3 to

Gustavo Fernández had three match points in the semi-final against Shingo in Roland Garros," Houdet added

Kamiji ensure double delight for Japan at French OpenApril 2014: World number ones lead entries for Roland

Garros wheelchair tennis eventJanuary 2014: Shingo Kunieda seals seventh Australian Wheelchair Tennis


Line-up announced for US Open wheelchair tennis competition

  • Wheelchair Tennis

By Zjan ShirinianThe players who will contest the wheelchair tennis competition at the US Open in September have been announced.

who is on a roll after reaching the final of the Australian Open and winning her first Grand Slam at Roland

Garros in June.Rising star Yui Kamiji won her first Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros last month

Kamiji ensure double delight for Japan at French OpenApril 2014: World number ones lead entries for Roland

Garros wheelchair tennis eventJanuary 2014: Shingo Kunieda seals seventh Australian Wheelchair Tennis


IPC announces shortlist for June's Athlete of the Month award

  • Paralympics

By Paul OsborneThe International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has today announced the shortlist for June's Athlete of the Month award, with the public now able to vote for their favourite of the five athletes on the list.

Batt also landed the Most Value Player award.Yui Kamiji's double success at the 2014 French Open in Roland

Garros earned her a spot on the shortlist.The up-and-coming Japanese wheelchair tennis star secured


Murray returns to scene of historic win as Wimbledon Championships get underway

  • Tennis

By Gary AndersonAfter becoming the first Briton to win the men's singles title in 77 years, Andy Murray returns to Centre Court today to get the defence of his title underway against world number 104 David Goffin of Belgium, with the usual names expected to feature at the business end of the tournament.

features world number one Nadal and 17-time Grand Slam winner Roger Federer of Switzerland.Nadal's win at Roland

Garros was his 14th Grand Slam win and while the Spaniard has traditionally struggled to match his performances

defeat to Ana Ivanovic of Serbia at the Australian Open, which was followed by an even bigger shock at Roland

Garros as the defence of her French Open title was ended by Spain's Garbine Muguruza in the second round.The


Record-breaking French Open viewing figures for Eurosport

  • Tennis

By Zjan ShirinianPan-European television network Eurosport enjoyed record-breaking audience figures during this year's French Open, according to broadcast data.

Spain, both up 128 per cent.The United Kingdom saw a 79 per cent rise in people watching the action at Roland

Garros, and viewing in France on the network was up 49 per cent.The final between Maria Sharapova and


World number one Wagner urges young players to take up wheelchair tennis after training camp appearance

  • Wheelchair Tennis

By Nick ButlerAspiring wheelchair tennis players in the United States enjoyed a golden opportunity to hone their skills last weekend after world number one David Wagner joined in an exhibition clinic at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Centre in the town of Beaverton in Oregon, the location in which he first took up the sport. 

Wagner, who is based in California, did not compete at the French Open in Roland Garros earlier this


Sharapova beats Halep to win French Open for second time

  • Tennis

By Paul OsborneRussia's Maria Sharapova has won her second French Open title after a dramatic three-set victory over Romania's Simona Halep.

her fifth career Grand Slam title.The battle was an epic one, leading to the first three-set final at Roland

Garros since Jennifer Capriati came back to defeat Kim Clijsters 13 years ago."

Open is a fast way to create a mountain to climb.Coming in to this final, in her last 41 matches at Roland

Garros where she has won the first set, Sharapova had triumphed on all but one occasion.That run did


Djokovic and Nadal set to go head-to-head in French Open final

  • Tennis

By Paul OsborneThe world's top two tennis players will meet in Roland Garros for the third straight year

British Wimbledon champion, Murray.Murray was hoping to become just the second man to beat Nadal at Roland

Garros but instead rolled out to an almost humiliating defeat at the hands of the eight-time champion.In

It's six down, one to go for Djokovic as he looks to complete his Grand Slam set on the clay courts of Roland