Asian tennis federation

History [ ] Tennis has been a popular sport in India since around the 1880s when the British Army and Civilian Officers brought the game to India. Soon after regular tournaments like the 'Punjab Lawn tennis Championship' at The history of tennis in India goes back a long way. In the 1880s, the British introduced the game of tennis in India during the colonial rule and soon it started gaining momentum. BK Nehru in 1905 and Sardar Nihal Singh in 1908 were later joined by M Saleem, Fayzee brothers and Jagat Mohan Lal who made it to last 16 stages at the Wimbledon. Ghaus Mohammad was the first Indian to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon in 1939 where he lost to American champion Bobby Riggs. According to the All India Tennis Association, in Davis Cup ties between 1921 and 1929, India beat, among others, France, Romania, Holland, Belgium, Spain and Greece. Top Indian players like Saleem, Fayzee brothers, Cotah Ramaswamy and Krishna Prasad beat a large number of ranked European players and teams to bring glory to the nation. In the 1960s, the sport witnessed a golden era. In the 1970s, The 1990s saw the rise of The 2000s saw India's first WTA tournament winner India's last grand slam win came in 2017 when Grand Slam Finals [ ] In 1997, India won their first Grand Slam title at the French open, in the Mixed Doubles. Since then Indians have won Grand Slam titles in the Mixed Doubles, Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles besides Girls' Doubles events. No Indian has so far won a Grand ...

Shingo Kunieda, the most decorated men’s player in the history of wheelchair tennis, has announced his retirement from the sport. The news brings an end to Kunieda’s record-breaking 21-year international career – one that has elevated the Japanese 38-year-old to iconic status alongside the world’s sporting greats. Kunieda ends his career shortly after becoming the first men’s wheelchair tennis player to complete the career Golden Slam, during a 2022 season on the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour that also saw him earn his 50th Grand Slam title. Today on Jan. 22, I made a decision to retire. Thank you, everyone! After being diagnosed with a spinal tumour at the age of nine, Kunieda took up wheelchair tennis at the age of 11 after his mother discovered the Tennis Training Centre in Kashiwa City, just 30 minutes from their home in Chiba. He made his Tour debut as a 17-year-old in 2001, winning the first of his 117 main draw singles titles at the Kanagawa Cup. One of his most notable early career successes came two years later, when he helped Japan win the first of three World Team Cup men’s titles, while in 2004 he partnered countryman Satoshi Saida to win the men’s doubles gold medal at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. Kunieda would go on to become the only wheelchair tennis player to secure a medal at five successive Paralympic Tennis Events. After being diagnosed with a spinal tumour at the age of nine, Kunieda took up wheelchair tennis at the age of 11 Kunieda, who ends his...

Good form earlier in the year, Chinese Taipei’s Chen Po-Yen and Turkey’s Ebru Acer won the respective men’s and women’s singles titles at the Virtus Global Games 2023, play concluding in the French city of Vichy, on Friday 9th June. Successful in Lignano in May, safely through to the semi-finals, Chen Po-Yen, the no.7 seed, accounted for colleague, Kim Changgi, the no.6 seed (11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-3), the winner the previous round in opposition to Frenchman, Lucas Creange, the top seed (11-8, 5-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7). A place in the final reserved, he confronted the man of the moment, Poland’s Maciej Makajew, a player whose first international venture was some six weeks ago in Greece when he secured bronze. In May he won in Slovenia, claimed bronze in Poland, now silver in Vichy, the complete set; a medal in every international tournament he has entered! Furthermore, in Vichy, it was a worthy silver; he ended the hopes of most creditable opposition. Not seeded, in the opening round he beat Korea Republic’s Kim Gitae, the reigning World champion (11-7, 11-5, 13-11), before recording a quarter-final success against Australia’s Samuel von Einem (11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 6-11, 11-9), silver medallist at the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. A penultimate round place secured another major scalp ensued. He ended the hopes of Hungary’s Peter Palos, the defending champion and winner in both London and Tokyo. Moreover, he won in style, straight games (11-6, 12-10, 11-9). Stunning bu...