{"id":11844,"date":"2016-06-23T13:53:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-23T03:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/?p=11844"},"modified":"2016-06-23T13:53:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-23T03:53:53","slug":"nsw-duo-win-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nsw\/news\/2016\/06\/23\/nsw-duo-win-gold","title":{"rendered":"NSW duo win gold"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia won eight medals at the 2016 INAS World Tennis Championships<\/strong> in the United States last week.<\/p>\n

Six Australian tennis players including Archie Graham (Newtown, Qld), Kelly Wren (Engadine, NSW), Mitchell James (Qld), Joshua Holloway (Qld), Damian Phillips (NSW) and Carla Lenarduzzi (Vic)<\/strong> travelled to Bethany Beach, Delaware<\/strong> to compete at the tournament in singles, doubles and mixed doubles.<\/p>\n

Each year the INAS World Tennis Championships offer people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to compete on an international level on the Paralympic stage. In 2016 five countries competed at the championships including Australia, USA, Italy, Poland and Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

Final results:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Gold medal play-off<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s singles: Archie Graham (Qld) d\u00a0Ondrej Sedlisky (CZE) 6-2 7-5
\nWomen\u2019s singles: Hanne Lavreysen (BEL) d\u00a0Kelly Wren (NSW) 6-0 6-7 10-4
\nMen\u2019s doubles: Archie Graham (Qld) \/ Damien Phillips (NSW) d Joshua Holloway (Qld) \/ Mitchell James (Qld) 0-6 7-6 10-7
\nWomen\u2019s doubles: Hanne Lavreysen \/ Lies Gielis (BEL) d Kelly Wren (NSW) \/ Carla Lenarduzzi (Vic) 6-7 6-2 10-4
\nMixed doubles: Damien Phillips \/ Kelly Wren (NSW) d\u00a0Jochen Fens \/ Hanne Lavreysen (BEL) 6-4 6-2<\/p>\n

Bronze medal play-off<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Men\u2019s singles: Mitchell James (Qld) d Jiri Humhal (CZE) 6-1
\nMixed doubles: Archie Graham (Qld) \/ Carla Lenarduzzi (Vic) d Brittany Tagliareni \/ Ryan Smith (USA) 6-1<\/p>\n

World rankings after the 2016 INAS World Tennis Championships:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n
Men\u2019s Rankings<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nWomen\u2019s Rankings<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1. Archie Graham AUS<\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Ondrej Sedlisky CZE<\/p>\n

3. Mitchell James AUS<\/strong><\/p>\n

4. Jiri Humhal CZE<\/p>\n

5. Damian Phillips AUS<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. Josef Hus CZE<\/p>\n

7. Joshua Holloway AUS<\/strong><\/p>\n

8. Jakub Jerhot CZE<\/td>\n

1. Hanne Lavreysen BEL<\/p>\n

2. Kelly Wren AUS<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Brittany Tagliareni USA<\/p>\n

4. Lies Gielis BEL<\/p>\n

5. Carla Lenarduzzi AUS<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. Giulia Sgoifa ITA<\/p>\n

7. Kara Diachenko USA<\/p>\n

 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

The next World Championships will take place in Bolton, United Kingdom from 9-15 April 2017.<\/strong><\/p>\n

INAS is a not for profit organisation that aims to promote equality in sport and supports over 130,000 athletes across the world and relies on collaborating with member organisations such as Tennis Australia and fundraising efforts to support athletes in achieving their goals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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