Tennis news

• Australian wheelchair tennis event moved after court built on a slope

  11-04-2019 16:22 via theguardian.com
  International Tennis Centre court in Darwin has 49.5cm slopeRemedial work will not start until after Arafura GamesAn international wheelchair tennis event has been forced to move because the show court at a new $16m tennis complex has been built on a slope.The Darwin International Tennis Centre is set to stage the Arafura Games later this month, but wheelchair competitors have been relegated to one of its 14 outside courts. Related: Britain's Tara Moore saves match point at 0-6, 0-5 down –
  
  Read more

• Tara Moore says astonishing tennis comeback is ‘enormous boost’ to career

  11-04-2019 12:02 via theguardian.com
  • Player pulled off one of greatest comebacks in history
  • British No 9 beat Ponchet again in a doubles matchTara Moore, who pulled off one of the great comebacks in tennis history in a £25,000 tournament in Sunderland this week, said the experience has given her career “an enormous boost.”On Tuesday, the British No 9 came back from 0-6, 0-5 and 30-40, clipping the net with an overhead smash on match point, relieved to see the ball land on the line, to beat France&rsq
  
  Read more

• Darwin wheelchair tennis event moved after court built on a slope

  11-04-2019 08:44 via theguardian.com
  International Tennis Centre court has 49.5cm slopeRemedial work will not start until after Arafura GamesAn international wheelchair tennis event has been forced to move because the show court at a new $16m tennis complex has been built on a slope.The Darwin International Tennis Centre is set to stage the Arafura Games later this month, but wheelchair competitors have been relegated to one of its 14 outside courts. Related: Britain's Tara Moore saves match point at 0-6, 0-5 down – and
  
  Read more

Follow @Tennis_News_UK on Twitter!