Scheffers and Ellerbrock to headline Nottingham Indoor

Dutch world No. 2 and German world No. 3 Sabine Ellerbrock look to lead the field at this weekend’s Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament. 25 Oct 2012

The Netherlands' Maikel Scheffers beat teammate Ronald Vink for bronze in the men's singles competition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

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The quad singles draw has yet to be made but will be headlined by Great Britain’s world No. 4 Andy Lapthorne, London 2012 quads doubles silver medallist.

More than 50 players from seven countries will take part in the Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament this weekend (25-28 October), including men’s world No. 2 Maikel Scheffers of the Netherlands and women’s world No. 3 Sabine Ellerbrock of Germany.

Scheffers, a fourth-place finisher at the London 2012 Paralympic Games, is a two-time champion at the Nottingham Indoor (2007, 2009) and finished as runner-up to Great Britain’s Gordon Reid at last year’s tournament in an epic three-set battle.

Reid, ranked No. 9 in the world, will be back this weekend, and his teammate Marc McCarroll and Poland’s Tadeusz Kruszelnicki could give Scheffers a run for his money as well.

In the women’s singles competition, Ellerbrock, a quarter-finalist in singles at London 2012, will be joined in the draw by London 2012 silver and bronze medallist and Dutch world No. 5 Jiske Griffioen. Ellerbrock is the defending champion at Nottingham Indoor, while the last time Griffioen won the tournament was back in 2005.

Great Britain’s Jordanne Whiley and Louise Hunt could also be in contention for the title.

The quad singles draw has yet to be made but will be headlined by Great Britain’s world No. 4 Andy Lapthorne, London 2012 quads doubles silver medallist.

Organised by the Tennis Foundation in Great Britain, Nottingham Indoor is an ITF 2 Series event on the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour and is held at the City of Nottingham Tennis Centre. The tournament is supported by Nottingham City Council and entry is free to all spectators.