News Archive - Tennis Foundation

13/04/2011 McCarroll and Simpson into last eight in Israel

Britain's Marc McCarroll and Kevin Simpson both progressed to the men's singles quarter-finals at the Israel Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, with McCarroll also earning his place in the men's doubles semi-finals at this week's ITF 2 Series tournament.

12/04/2011 McCarroll looking ahead to Paralympics as 500 days to go milestone approaches

With this Sunday, April 17 marking the 500 days to go milestone until the start of the London 2012 Paralympics, hear from world No 22 Marc McCarroll as he tells us about how he first started playing wheelchair tennis and how much it would mean to him to compete at London 2012.

11/04/2011 Norfolk lifts sixth Florida Open title

Peter Norfolk won his sixth Florida Open quad singles title on Sunday in Boca Raton to bring his tally of major singles titles to 19 at either Grand Slam or Super Series events on the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour.

10/04/2011 British trio to contest Florida Open finals

Peter Norfolk, John Parfitt and Antony Cotterill will all be in finals action on Sunday at the Florida Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships in Boca Raton, the first ITF Super Series event on the 2011 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour.

09/04/2011 Burdekin and Norfolk reach Florida Open semis

British players claimed victories in five of the six matches they were involved in during Friday's third day of the Florida Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships in Boca Raton, with Jamie Burdekin and Peter Norfolk both progressing to the quad singles semi-finals.

08/04/2011 Burdekin and Norfolk into Florida Open quarter-finals

Jamie Burdekin and Peter Norfolk will both contest Friday's quad singles quarter-finals at the Florida Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships after a fine show by Britain's quad players on the second day of action in Boca Raton.

07/04/2011 Parfitt progresses at Florida Open

All three British players in singles action during Wednesday's first day of the Florida Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships were involved in three set matches, with John Parfitt progressing to the second round of the quad singles.

04/04/2011 Winners decided at BUCS Barclays Tennis Individual Championships

Following the recent British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Barclays Tennis Team Championships in Sheffield, the Individual Championships descended on Gosling International High Performance Centre over the weekend.

02/04/2011 Norfolk and Whiley to contest Pensacola semis

Britain's Peter Norfolk and Jordanne Whiley will both contest main draw semi-finals on Saturday at the Pensacola Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships, with Norfolk in the last four of the quad singles and Whiley looking to progress to the women's doubles final.

02/04/2011 Norfolk beats Wagner to win Pensacola Open

Peter Norfolk won his first NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour singles title of 2011 on Sunday after a straight sets win over American world No 1 David Wagner in the quad singles final at the Pensacola Open.