Players, coaches announced for 2010 Invacare World Team Cup
Friday, April 23, 2010 1:15 AM ET
The players and coaches who will represent the United States at the 2010 Invacare World Team Cup have been named by the USTA. The nation’s top wheelchair tennis players will compete against participants from around the globe, May 3-7, on the clay courts of the Club Ali Bey Manavgat on the Turkish Riviera in Antalya, Turkey.
Turkey will become the 15th nation to host this prestigious event. Often referred to as the wheelchair tennis equivalent of pro tennis’ Davis Cup and Fed Cup competitions, the Invacare World Team Cup tournament brings the elite wheelchair tennis players together to compete for national pride in one of the world’s premier tennis team events.
Over 300 players from more than 30 nations are expected for the 2010 event in Turkey, which will mark the Crystal Anniversary, celebrating 15 years, of the partnership between Invacare and the ITF.
Representing the United States at the 2010 Invacare World Team Cup will be:
| Men’s Team | Quad Team | ||
| Dan James (Coach) | Oakdale, Minn. | Jason Harnett (Coach) | Irvine, Calif. |
| Marsten Anderson | Yorba Linda, Calif. | Bryan Barten | Tucson, Ariz. |
| Zach Beaulieu | Augusta, Maine | Nick Taylor | Wichita, Kan. |
| Paul Moran | Chicago, Ill. | David Wagner | Hillsboro, Ore. |
| Jon Rydberg | Oakdale, Minn. | ||
| Women’s Team | Junior’s Team | ||
| Paul Walker (Coach) | Lakeland, Fla. | Keri Preng (Coach) | Cold Spring, Ky. |
| Emmy Kaiser | Ft. Mitchell, Ky. | Dylan Levine | Paramus, N.J. |
| Hope Lewellen | Chicago, Ill. | Ryan Nelson | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Dana Mathewson | San Diego, Calif. | Mackenzie Soldan | Louisville, Ky. |
| Team Trainer | Team Manager | ||
| John Finley | Middletown, Del. | Jeremiah Yolkut | White Plains, N.Y. |
The U.S. Quad Team will look to bring home the Quad title for the fourth time in the last six years at the World Team Cup. The two-time Paralympic doubles gold-medal team of David Wagner and Nick Taylor are looking to regain the title after losing last year to a team from Great Britain in the finals and the year before that to a team from the Netherlands.
The USTA was officially designated by the USOC as the national governing body for the Paralympic sport of wheelchair tennis in June 2002, becoming the first Olympic national governing body to earn this recognition. As the national governing body for wheelchair tennis, the USTA manages wheelchair tennis in the United States, including the sanctioning of tournaments, overseeing wheelchair rankings, creating and managing a High Performance program for developing elite disabled athletes, and selecting teams to compete internationally for the United States.
