Britain's Alfie Hewett and Andy Lapthorne and Dutch player Diede de Groot all won a pair of titles each as wheelchair tennis action concluded at the US Open.
Britain’s Andy Lapthorne won his opening quad singles round-robin match at the US Open wheelchair tennis event by taking a straight-sets victory over home player David Wagner in New York.
Home favourite Andy Lapthorne staged an incredible comeback to reach the quad singles final at the British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships in Nottingham.
Japan’s Mitsuteru Moroishi came through his opening quad singles match at the British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships in Nottingham to set up a second-round meeting with top-seeded home favourite Andy Lapthorne.
Australia’s Dylan Alcott stormed to victory in the first quad wheelchair singles final at Wimbledon, thrashing Britain’s Andy Lapthorne 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles partners Dylan Alcott and Andy Lapthorne progressed to the singles final as quad wheelchair tennis made its competitive debut at Wimbledon today.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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