Tennis
Gabb beats Davis Cup player Evans
TeamBath Tennis Academy player Richard Gabb has created an upset by beating the top seed in the opening round of the AEGON Pro-Series tournament at Frinton in Essex yesterday (Wednesday).
Eighteen-year-old Gabb knocked British number six and Davis Cup player Dan Evans out of the tournament by beating him 6-4, 6-3 …
Thursday, July 15th, 2010
Hazarika wins his first ITF title
TeamBath Tennis Academy player Sid Hazarika is celebrating the biggest win of his career to date at the Under-18 AEGON Junior International Tournament in Edinburgh.
The 16-year-old was seeded four for the boys’ singles and beat Germany’s Thomas Weigel in three sets in the final.
Hazarika edged the first set 6-4 before …
Monday, July 12th, 2010
Gabb’s Wimbledon dream ends in quarter-finals
TeamBath Tennis Academy player Richard Gabb’s Junior Wimbledon campaign came to an end with a quarter-final defeat today (Friday).
Gabb, and former TeamBath player Ashley Hewitt, went down 6-4, 6-4 to Russia’s Mikhail Biryukov and Alexander Rumyanstev in this afternoon’s boys’ double clash on court five.
Yesterday the unseeded pair ousted the …
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Gabb through to Junior Wimbledon quarter-finals
TeamBath Tennis Academy player Richard Gabb and former TeamBath player Ashley Hewitt are one more victory away from a place in the boys’ doubles semi-final at Junior Wimbledon.
The pair are back in action today (Friday) in the quarter-finals after accounting for the number two seeds in a bumper second …
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Richard Gabb through to second round at Wimbledon as Toby Martin secures first ATP ranking
TeamBath Tennis Academy player Richard Gabb and former TeamBath player Ashley Hewitt swept aside their opponents in the opening round of their boys’ doubles match at Junior Wimbledon this afternoon (Wednesday)
The unseeded pair beat New Zealand’s Sebastian Lavie and Argentina’s Renzo Olivo 6-3, 6-2 on court six to set up …
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
Tennis teenagers train with Wimbledon winner
TeamBath Tennis Academy players had the opportunity train with former Wimbledon champion Wes Moodie, who finalised his preparations for the French Open at the University of Bath.
South African Moodie is ranked number nine in the world in doubles and won the men’s doubles title at Wimbledon with Stephen Huss in …
Monday, May 24th, 2010
TeamBath Tennis Academy features on BBC 5 Live
University of Bath director of tennis Barry Scollo and coach Jim Edgar featured on a BBC Radio 5 Live programme about developing the grass roots of British tennis last night (Thursday 6 May).
BBC tennis correspondent Jonathan Overend visited the University of Bath campus to see developments at the TeamBath Tennis …
Friday, May 7th, 2010
Hunt earns world top-20 breakthrough
Louise Hunt, a University of Bath-based wheelchair tennis player, smashed through her previous bests to earn career high world singles and doubles rankings after completing back-to-back tournaments in South Africa, with her women’s singles world ranking breaking the world top 20 barrier for the very first time….
Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Curtis captures Under-21 title in big week of tennis in Bath
There was local success at the big week of tennis at the University of Bath with British number nine Jade Curtis winning the women’s singles title in the TeamBath Under-21 Challenge.
The 19-year-old, who has …
Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Pro-Series international tournament is underway
The AEGON Pro-Series international tennis tournament is now underway at the University of Bath Sports Training Village.
The tournament features a truly international entry, including a number of players in and around the top 200 in the world. There is also a strong British entry, including present and past TeamBath players.
The …
Monday, March 15th, 2010
