Asif Abbasi Claims Singles Title in the RMA Sport National Wheelchair Tennis Series

Ellis Crow — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 07:42:20 +0000

Gosling Sports Park Hosts RMA Sport National Wheelchair Tennis Series

Asif Abbasi won the main draw singles at Gosling Sports Park’s RMA Sport National Wheelchair Tennis Series tournament over the weekend. In doing so, Abbasi denied Mark Langeveld a third title of 2017. He also denied Phillip Fielding a first title.

Abbasi had already been successful this year, winning the second draw singles at the Warwick National Series event. On that occasion Langeveld won his second main draw title of the year, beating Fielding in the final. But, with all three players in the one draw in Welwyn Garden City, Abbasi demonstrated a noticeable progression.

Drawn to play Langeveld in his opening match, Abbasi advanced 6-4, 6-4. He then beat Geoff Ellis 6-2, 6-4 in their semi-final.

Nicole Benjamin and Tracey Proudlock at the RMA Sport National Wheelchair Tennis Series- Gosling Sports Park Photo credit: Tracey Proudlock

Nicole Benjamin & Tracey Proudlock at the RMA Sport National Wheelchair Tennis Series- Gosling Sports Park. Image: @TraceyProudlock

Fielding made comfortable progress to his third final of the year, defeating Gary Cox 6-1, 6-1 in the semis. However, he ultimately left with runners-up honours once again as Abbasi secured the title 7-6(8), 6-3.

With six players contesting the B Division singles, the event began in two round-robin groups. Alex de Stryca played and won the same number of games in both his matches. He earned a 4-0, 5-3 win over Sophie Barnett and a 5-3, 4-0 win over Nick King, therefore topping the group.

Tracey Proudlock and Nicole Benjamin vied for supremacy in the other group. It came down to a deciding match tie-break, Proudlock just havnig the edge and emerging the winner 2-4, 4-2, (10-5).

Another match tie-break decided the B Division title. However, this time Proudlock was on the other end of the result as de Stryca prevailed 3-5, 4-1, (10-5).

Benjamin and Tabitha Fung claimed the B Division play-offs for third and fifth places.

With Paralympian Marc McCarroll having recently called time on elite level competition, the former British No.1 paired up with Fielding for the doubles. The duo proved dominant throughout. They won all five of their matches 6-0. Aside from their loss to McCarroll and Fielding, Gary Cox and Geoff Ellis dominated their remaining matches. They finished as runners-up after three 6-1 wins.

The next RMA Sport National Wheelchair Tennis Series event takes place at Liverpool Tennis Centre on 15-16 July 2017.

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RMA Sport National Wheelchair Tennis Series- Taunton Tennis Club

Ellis Crow — Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:34:50 +0000

Ben Johnson-Rolfe won the main draw singles title at Taunton Wheelchair Tennis Tournament over the weekend. The 18-year-old was among the latest players to add their names to the RMA Sport National Wheelchair Tennis Series roll of honour.

A finalist in Loughborough at the first National Series event of 2017, Johnson-Rolfe bowed at the Warwick and Grantham tournaments in the quarter-finals. On both occasions, he lost out to Philip Fielding, but Johnson-Rolfe turned the tables on top seed Fielding in Taunton, edging their semi-final 6-3, 3-6, (10-6).

With Punga having beaten second seed Steve Compton in the quarter-finals, the sequence of close finishes continued in the final. Johnson-Rolfe claims another highly competitive contest 7-6, 1-6, (10-6) for his best result of 2017 so far.

Fielding and Punga joined Johnson-Rolfe and Crompton in reaching the main draw doubles final with relative ease. However, this time it was Fielding and Punga that came out on top. They gained the all-important breaks of serve to win 7-5, 6-4.

Making her tournament debut in a borrowed tennis chair, Fay Dutfield-Horton, won the novice singles title. Dutfield-Horton said of the win: “As an Empowerment Coach, this win has given me the confidence in my own development as a player as well as supporting other to achieve their goals.”

Four of the six matches in the first two rounds ended in 6-0 victories. Kevin Lewis earned back-to-back 6-0 wins as he booked his place in the final. Meanwhile, Dutfield-Horton also won her semi-final against Tabitha Fung without dropping a game. However, the final proved to be an entirely different contest, Dutfield-Horton eventually emerging as the victor 7-5, 7-6(4).

Alexander de Styrcea and Fung took the honours in the novice doubles, winning both their matches in straight sets. That included a 6-0, 6-0 win over runners-up Wendy Tighe and William Johnson.

Fay Dutfield-Horton, winner of the Novice Singles.

“As an Empowerment Coach, this win has given me the confidence in my own development as a player as well as supporting others to achieve their goals.”

With Johnson-Rolfe, who represented Great Britain at the 2016 World Team Cup, winning the main draw singles, the junior singles in Taunton went to another player to recently making his international debut for his country. Fourteen-year-old Alex Chaston collected a 4-0 win, three 4-1 wins and a 4-2 victory to remain unbeaten in his five round-robin contests.

The next RMA Sport National Wheelchair Tennis Series event takes place at Gosling Sports Park on 17-18 June 2017.

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“As an Empowerment Coach, this win has given me the confidence in my own development as a player as well as supporting others to achieve their goals.”