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WHEELCHAIR TENNIS SINGLES ANNOUNCEMENT AT
WIMBLEDON AS WHILEY AND KAMIJI RETAIN TITLE
The only British success
at the All England Club
this year came in the
women’s wheelchair
doubles as Jordanne
Whiley won her sixth
Grand Slam title with
Japanese partner Yui
Kamiji.
Whiley and Kamiji have
forged a successful
partnership, winning
the calendar Grand Slam
last year, and were too
strong for Dutch duo
Jiske Griffioen and Aniek
van Koot in a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3
victory.
At the same time it has
been announced that
from 2016 there will be a
singles event in the men’s
and women’s divisions
of wheelchair tennis at
Wimbledon.
The announcement, which comes on the tenth anniversary
of wheelchair doubles being introduced at SW19, means
there will now be singles at each of the four Grand Slams
and cements wheelchair tennis on the world stage.
Great Britain now hosts nine events on the ITF’s UNIQLO
Wheelchair Tennis Tour, as well as hosting the Tennis
Foundation Development Series for those just starting out
in the sport. These events include the year-end spectacular
that is the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters, which features
the top eight men and women, as well as top four ranked
quad players. This will be hosted by the Tennis Foundation
in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London from 25-29
November 2015.
BREAK WITH TRADITION AS FA CUP GETS FIRST TITLE SPONSOR
The FA Cup will be rebranded as The Emirates FA Cup after
the Football Association signed a three-year contract with
the Dubai-based airline.
The deal, which starts next season and runs until 2018,
means Emirates become the first title sponsor of football’s
oldest knockout competition.
Budweiser ended its three-year association with the FA Cup
last year.
Budweiser’s deal with the FA was styled as “in association
with”, but the new agreement with Emirates sees the
144-year-old competition get a title sponsor for the first
time.
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