6 July 2016 | Tennis ACT

2016 Australian Paralympic tennis team members, Adam Kellerman, Ben Weekes, Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson were in Canberra this week.

The quartet graced the Canberra Tennis Centre indoor courts in Lyneham for two days at an Australian Paralympic training camp.

It is the last time the squad will be together before they represent Australia in Rio at the 2016 Paralympic tennis event on 9-16 September.

World No.1 Alcott heads the entry list for the quad singles event and will be joined in the field by fellow Aussie, Heath Davidson, who gained entry via a Bipartite Commission Invitation place.

Kellerman, ranked 11th, and Weekes, the world No.26, will contest the 52-player men’s singles event, one of six events on the tennis program.

This will be Weekes’ fourth Paralympic appearance, after Athens (2004), Beijing (2008) and London; his best results were second-round finishes in Athens and London.

Davidson is currently ninth in the world quad rankings.

It is the first Paralympic appearance for both Alcott and Davidson, the former the reigning Australian and US Open quad singles champion.

Alcott is currently riding a 25-match winning streak, with his last singles loss coming back in January.

Tennis at the Rio Paralympics will be a hardcourt event, with a 10,000-capacity centre court and 3,000-capacity secondary show court.

“Following the most successful Paralympic Tennis Event in history at London 2012, I am confident that this year’s event will be an equally memorable competition,” said ITF president David Haggarty.

“Wheelchair tennis has become one of the most popular Paralympic sports thanks to its outstanding athletes and great personalities, and we are looking forward to a great atmosphere and some fierce competition.”

The official team will be announced by the Australian Paralympic Committee at the end of July.