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World No. 1 Suffers First-Round Defeat in Melbourne
16.01.2012 There was a major shock in the first round of the men’s singles at the Melbourne Open on Sunday (15 January) with 2011 world champion and world No. 1 Maikel Scheffers of the Netherlands losing in... -
France, Norway and Great Britain win IFDS Worlds
16.01.2012 Depending on the outcome of results at Miami’s OCR from 22-28 January 2012, several of this week’s winners will be headed to the Paralympic Games in England in July. -
Leaders Consolidate Position Heading into Final Race of 2012 IFDS Worlds
15.01.2012 The leaders from the previous day held onto their overall positions, though the final race of the day in all three categories brought some surprise winners. -
Sailors Thrash it out in Shifting Winds in Charlotte Harbor
14.01.2012 The Netherlands' Theirry Schmitter and Canada's Paul Tingley battle in out in 2.4mR course. -
Contingent of Paralympians Nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards
15.12.2011 Daniel Dias, Terezinha Guilhermina, Oscar Pistorious, Esther Vergeer, David Weir and Irek Zaripov all nominated for top award which will be presented in February. -
Scheffers and Vergeer Finish Year Atop Wheelchair Tennis Rankings
13.12.2011 This is the first time Scheffers has won the honour, while it is the 12th time Vergeer has been named world champion. -
Trio of Dutch Stars Up for Top Disabled Athlete in the Netherlands
02.12.2011 Winners to be selected by nine member jury. -
Houdet and Vergeer Win NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters
14.11.2011 France’s Stephane Houdet and the Netherlands’ Esther Vergeer won the singles titles at the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters this past weekend in Mechelen, Belgium. In the men’s final, Houdet... -
Netherlands Continues to Shine at NEC Wheelchair Masters
11.11.2011 The Netherlands continued to show why it is arguably the world’s top place for Wheelchair Tennis on Thursday (10 November), as it performed a clean sweep in the women’s matches at the NEC... -
Dutch Men Prevail on Day 2 of NEC Wheelchair Masters
10.11.2011 On the second day of the NEC Wheelchair Masters singles tournament in Mechelen, Belgium, the men of the Dutch delegation proved they are the ones to beat, as Maikel Scheffers, Robin Ammerlaan and...
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