As Wimbledon preparations heat up, a number of well-known British athletes, including Gordon Reid, are scheduled to participate this week on England's south coast as Grand Slam candidates.
The biggest wheelchair tennis competition at Rothesay International Eastbourne is set to include former Hermitage Academy pupil Gordon Reid, his longstanding doubles partner Alfie Hewett, plus two other British players, Andy Lapthorne and Lucy Shuker.
Eleven players now rated in the top 10 for men's, women's, and quad singles categories will compete in the wheelchair competition, which gets underway in East Sussex on Thursday and goes through Saturday.
Eleven players now rated in the top 10 for men's, women's, and quad singles categories will compete in the wheelchair competition, which gets underway in East Sussex on Thursday and goes through Saturday.
Being the first major grass court tournament in the LTA to include men's, women's, and quad wheelchair draws in one place, this year's Rothesay International Eastbourne is a historic occasion.
Prior to the wheelchair competitions at the All England Club from July 9–14, Gordon Reid and several other players will participate in the Lexus British Open Roehampton the next week, from July 2–5.
Prior to the wheelchair competitions at the All England Club from July 9–14, Gordon Reid and several other players will participate in the Lexus British Open Roehampton the next week, from July 2–5.
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Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid are part of a distinguished field for the opening of the men's wheelchair singles and doubles tournaments in Eastbourne. They are coming off victories at the French Open in Roland-Garros, where they won their twentieth Grand Slam doubles championship. In the top field of eight men's players, Hewett, now rated No. 2, and Reid, ranked No. 5, are joined by British players Ben Bartram and Dahnon Ward, as well as Gustavo Fernandez, ranked No. 3 in Argentina.
Reid, the 2016 Wimbledon men's singles champion, expressed his excitement for the new grass season after they competed in an exhibition grass court event at the Cinch Championships in London over the weekend, losing to Hewett in the final. "It's an exciting start to the grass season for us," Reid said.
After taking a few days off on clay, we get right into the action. Being at Eastbourne is going to be an amazing opportunity.
It will be fantastic because this is the first time we've held a complete ranking event there. I am excited for next week now that I have the minutes under my belt from the Cinch Championships.
The UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour event in Eastbourne, which has ITF2 classification, is hosting its inaugural men's wheelchair draw this week. In the meanwhile, Eastbourne welcomes back the wheelchair draws for women and quads.
This year's competitors include British No. 2 Abbie Breakwell and three-time Paralympic medallist Lucy Shuker. Four more top-10 players, including Dutchman Jiske Griffioen, rated third in the world, are joining them.
World No. 7 and British No. 1 in the quad category Four players ranked in the top ten join Andy Lapthorne, the reigning winner of the Rothesay International Eastbourne quad singles. World No. 1 Sam Schroder of the Netherlands, No. 5 Heath Davidson of Australia, and No. 6 Ahmet Kaplan of Turkey.
This year's competitors include British No. 2 Abbie Breakwell and three-time Paralympic medallist Lucy Shuker. Four more top-10 players, including Dutchman Jiske Griffioen, rated third in the world, are joining them.
World No. 7 and British No. 1 in the quad category Four players ranked in the top ten join Andy Lapthorne, the reigning winner of the Rothesay International Eastbourne quad singles. World No. 1 Sam Schroder of the Netherlands, No. 5 Heath Davidson of Australia, and No. 6 Ahmet Kaplan of Turkey.
Among the eight players competing in the quad singles event in Eastbourne this week is Greg Slade, the British No. 2 and last year's runner-up in the all-British final against Lapthorne.
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