The sport grew in the 1980s as France became the first country in Europe to put together a specific wheelchair tennis programme. The sport made its first appearance at the Barcelona 1992 Paralympics.
Iraq’s wheelchair tennis players have benefited ... providing training and supplying athletes with tennis equipment, including specially designed wheelchairs for the game. But Iraqi officials ...
While the sport of able-bodied tennis dates back to the late 19th century in the United Kingdom, wheelchair tennis’ roots are in the USA, in 1976. Wheelchair tennis first appeared on the Paralympic ...
I've had some good support in my career but it's amazingly hard to get sponsors in wheelchair tennis. I'm sponsored by my club, a company which is building the biggest airplane in the world and an ...
Held annually, Adaptive Sports Day aims to promote inclusivity in athletics by offering opportunities for anyone to ...
Wheelchair tennis follows the same rules as able-bodied tennis. Except the ball is allowed to bounce twice. The second bounce can be either inside or outside the court boundaries. This is one of the ...