A first-ever wheelchair tennis exhibition at the Stella Artois Champion-ships at The Queen's Club ended with Southend's Jamie Robinson joining forces with British women's number one Kay Forshaw for victory.
They gained a narrow 6-4 advantage over British men's number one Jayant Mistry and Lucy Shuker in an exciting mixed doubles contest.
Mistry, world ranked number 10, and Forshaw, world ranked 13, were also joined by Robinson and Shuker in a post-match interview with the BBC's Andrew Castle.
The exhibition, filmed by the BBC and possibly to be shown during one of their broadcasts from the Stella Artois Championships, proved popular with the crowds as the playersdemonstrated why tennis is one of the fastest growing wheelchair sports in the world.
Wheelchair tennis will also be one of the most popular spectator sports at this September's Athens Paralympic Games, where Mistry, winner of 11 national singles titles, 18 international singles titles and over 30 international doubles, is set to compete in his fourth Games.
Meanwhile, Forshaw, national women's champion for the past two years, will be making her Paralympic debut.
Published Friday June 11, 2004
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