Former wheelchair tennis champion Shingo Kunieda of Japan, who retired in January, spoke on his career experiences and his future after he was awarded the People's Honour by the Japanese Prime Minister following an influential career.

Recently retired wheelchair tennis Grand Slam champion and Paralympic gold medallist Shingo Kunieda will be given the People's Honour award by the Japanese Government on March 17 after a record-breaking career in wheelchair tennis, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno has confirmed.

Dutch wheelchair tennis player Esther Vergeer, the 21-time Grand Slam singles champion, and quad wheelchair tennis pioneer Rick Draney of the United States will achieve tennis immortality on July 22 when they are due to be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF).

Japanese wheelchair tennis great Shingo Kunieda is to become the first Paralympic athlete to be given the People's Honour Award in his home country, shortly after calling time on his illustrious career.

Teenage tennis player Kai Ryan is lobbying the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to officially create a category for athletes with dwarfism, with hopes to one day compete at the Paralympics.

Dutch wheelchair tennis star Diede de Groot secured her ninth straight Grand Slam women's singles title with victory at the Australian Open.

Dutch Paralympic champions Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot triumphed in the wheelchair women's doubles final at the Australian Open, with their compatriots Sam Schröder and Niels Vink winning the quad doubles.

Compatriots and doubles partners Niels Vink and Sam Schröder of The Netherlands are to meet each other in the quad wheelchair tennis singles final at the Australian Open, after convincing straight-set victories today.

Top seeds have safely made it through to the semi-finals of the men's and women's wheelchair tennis singles at the Australian Open, Britain's Alfie Hewett and Diede de Groot of The Netherlands recording victories today.

Belgium's Joachim Gérard was on the end of the biggest upset on the first day of wheelchair tennis competition at the Australian Open, losing his men's singles tie to Chilean Alexander Cataldo.

There will be a new name on the Australian Open men’s singles wheelchair trophy after defending champion Shingo Kunieda’s retirement from the sport.

World number one wheelchair tennis player Shingo Kunieda of Japan has announced his retirement.

France's wheelchair tennis player Nicolas Peifer, twice Paralympic doubles champion, has been sentenced to six months suspended prison sentence for sexual harassment.

Top seed Diede De Groot recovered from a set down to defend the women’s wheelchair singles title at the US Open tennis in New York, and complete the calendar Grand Slam for the second year in a row.

The Netherlands enjoyed a stellar day in the wheelchair tennis finals at the US Open as Dutch athletes secured victory in two of three contests in New York.