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US Junior Team Takes Silver at BNP Paribas World Cup
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The United States Junior Wheelchair team captured the silver medal at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup played earlier this month at the Ali Bey Club in Manavgat, Antalya, Turkey.

The American team of Max Wong (Flushing, New York), Sabina Czauz (Thornton, Colorado), and Lucy Heald (Lookout Mountain, Georgia) went undefeated in the round-robin stage. The Americans beat Brazil 2-0 in the semifinals before losing to Great Britain 2-0 in the championship match. Wong lost to GB’s Ruben Harris, 7-6, 6-3 and Czauz lost 6-0, 6-3 to Lucas John De Gouvela.

The World Team Cup is the International Tennis Federation’s (ITF) flagship wheelchair tennis event. The inaugural event in California in 1985 involved six men’s teams. The women’s competition began the following year, with quad and junior events introduced in 1998 and 2000, respectively. The event has experienced continued growth since.

The USTA was officially designated by the USOPC as the national governing body for the Paralympic sport of wheelchair tennis in June 2002, becoming the first Olympic national governing body to earn this recognition. As the national governing body for wheelchair tennis, the USTA manages wheelchair tennis in the United States, including the sanctioning of tournaments, overseeing wheelchair rankings, creating and managing a high-performance program for developing elite disabled athletes, and selecting teams to compete internationally for the United States.

 
 

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