Who else would deliver within the first Canadian wheelchair tennis outcomes of 2025 however Rob Shaw.
The veteran wheelchair tennis participant wasted no time in turning the web page to begin the brand new yr after accidents hampered him within the last months of 2024. Three tournaments into the brand new season and already Shaw has a pair of finals on his document.
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Shaw kicked off his season down beneath with a trio of occasions in Melbourne, Australia. He posted an identical leads to the primary two occasions, profitable his opening match earlier than dropping within the quarter-finals of the quad singles and reaching the doubles last.
In each doubles attracts, he performed alongside native Heath Davidson, with whom Shaw received 4 titles in 2024. The pair must wait for his or her first of 2025, as they have been defeated in each finals.
On the Australian Open, the draw gods weren’t sort to Shaw as he drew world No. 2 Niels Vink, who additionally beat him within the second ITF Melbourne quarter-final, within the first spherical of the quad singles. Vink beat the Canadian in straight units.
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In quad doubles, Shaw and Davidson reached the semifinals for the second yr in a row at Melbourne Park however as soon as once more fell within the last 4. They have been crushed by the eventual champions Andy Lapthorne and Sam Schroder.
The one different Canadian to have competed to date this yr in an ITF Wheelchair occasion is Mitch McIntyre, who kicked off his season earlier in February at an ITF3 occasion in Bolton, United Kingdom.
McIntyre misplaced within the quarter-finals of the quad singles to Andrew Bogdanov however went on to win the comfort draw with a pair of straight-set wins. He and Bogdanov reached the quad doubles last however misplaced to Gregory Slade and David Wagner. The Canadian is competing at a second ITF occasion in Bolton this week.
