Queensland’s Archie Graham is making ready to compete in a PWII exhibition as a part of an ATP 500 event in London this week.
London, Nice Britain, 21 June 2024 | Leigh Rogers
Two of Australia’s main gamers with an mental impairment have been invited to compete on the prestigious Queen’s Membership in London this week.
Archie Graham and Mitchell James will participate in a three-day exhibition alongside Nice Britain’s main PWII athletes. It is going to be held on the Queen’s Membership from 21-23 June and performed concurrently with an ATP 500 event on the venue.
“I’m feeling very excited, honoured and overwhelmed with loads of feelings that I get an opportunity to play in London at Queen’s Membership alongside the professionals,” Graham mentioned.
“I’ve by no means performed on grass ever, so this will likely be a brand new expertise for me.”
Regardless of his grass-court inexperience, Graham is not any stranger to competing on a world stage. The 30-year-old gained 4 gold medals on the Virtus World Video games in France final yr, reaffirming his world No.1 standing within the II-1 males’s singles class.
After taking out the II-1 males’s singles and doubles titles on the 2023 Australian Tennis Championships in November, the Queensland athlete was topped the Most Excellent Athlete with a Incapacity on the Australian Tennis Awards in December.
Graham then swept the lads’s singles and doubles titles in his class on the Australian Open 2024 PWII Championships, performed at Melbourne Park in January. He additionally entertained crowds at Kia Enviornment throughout All Talents Day at Australian Open 2024, collaborating in an exhibition with stars together with Daria Saville, Alicia Molik and Dylan Alcott.
Decided to do nicely on the Queen’s Membership, Graham has been coaching on grass in latest weeks.
“I discover it quite a bit totally different than the opposite surfaces on the market, the ball doesn’t bounce that prime and actually travels via the court docket very quick,” he famous.
In addition to competing at Queen’s Membership, Graham and James may even attend Wimbledon qualifying and tour the well-known All England Membership as a part of their go to to London.
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