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Esther Vergeer had few role models in wheelchair tennis and limited opportunities when she took up the sport. Vergeer will be added to the Newport, Rhode Island, shrine on Saturday along with American Rick Draney, who won 12 singles titles and six in doubles before the Grand Slam era of wheelchair tennis. Draney has been credited with bringing quad tennis — a classification that accounts for impairment in the arms as well — to the Paralympics and other top tournaments.

Esther Vergeer’s commitment carried her to a brilliant career as a wheelchair champion. Vergeer will be honored for her achievements when she’s inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023 on Saturday along with fellow wheelchair champion Rick Drainey. Paralyzed at the age of eight after undergoing surgery, Vergeer dealt with depression […]

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Wheelchair star Esther Vergeer and quad division pioneer Rick Draney were announced as the International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees for the Class of 2023 on Saturday.

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Canadian tennis great Daniel Nestor has been named to the ballot for the 2023 class of the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Monday.