Dylan Alcott won his first sixth straight Australian Open in the quad wheelchair singles with a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Britain’s Andy Lapthorne in the final in his home city of Melbourne.
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.
LTA - Participation Development Partner - Gloucestershire , United Kingdom
We have an exciting opportunity for a Participation Development Partner to join our team in the South and South West region; this is a mobile role mainly covering Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.
The Participation Development Partner is responsible for delivering the participation strategy across the tennis landscape at a regional and county level; leading the deployment and delivery of strategies and plans to the grass roots of the sport across the club, county and volunteer network, park and community tennis venues and education venues.
It's 40 years since the digital clock began its countdown, Al Michaels joined in, and narrated one of the most iconic victories in sport - the 'Miracle on Ice'. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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