U.S. juniors win in Turkey

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The U.S. will send three teams to compete in the men's, quad and junior events at the the flagship international wheelchair tennis competition, the BNP Paribas World Team Cup, which will be played in Antalya, Turkey from May 7-12. 

 

Of the 10 players who've been selected to represent the red, white and blue, only one, 17-year-old junior Sabina Czauz from Colorado, is making their debut in wheelchair tennis' international team competition.

 

The U.S. will look to better its results from a year ago, where the juniors took home a silver medal and the quad team won a thrilling bronze-medal match. The last American team to win a World Team Cup title of any kind was the juniors in 2017. 

History

The BNP Paribas World Team Cup is the flagship international team competition in wheelchair tennis, born as its counterpart to the Billie Jean King Cup and Davis Cup. The inaugural BNP Paribas World Team Cup was held in California in 1985 with six men’s teams. The women’s event began in 1986, with quad and juniors introduced in 1998 and 2000, respectively. 

Did You Know?

Eleven-time doubles Grand Slam champion and four-time Paralympian Nick Taylor, who retired in 2021, was a member of 21 consecutive U.S. World Team Cup teams in the quad division from 2000-21.