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British players add more Melbourne titles
Since Peter Norfolk won his fourth Australian Open quad singles title on Saturday, British players won a further three wheelchair tennis titles on Sunday at the Melbourne Open, an ITF 3 Series tournament taking place a few minutes away from Melbourne Park, home of the year's first Grand Slam.
Marc McCarroll and David Phillipson, two of Britain's top three ranked men's players, linked up to win the men's doubles at the second of the week's NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour events in Australia.Â
Norfolk seals fourth Australian Open title
Alton's Peter Norfolk clinched his fourth Australian Open quad singles title on Saturday at Melbourne Park, producing a polished performance to beat American world No 2 David Wagner 6-2, 7-6(4).
As well as retaining his world No 1 ranking, Norfolk's victory takes his tally of wheelchair tennis majors to 17, while he has now won 41 career singles titles since 2001.
Norfolk launches Australian Open defence in style
Hampshire's Peter Norfolk produced a near faultless display as he launched his Australian Open quad singles title defence on Wednesday with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over American Nick Taylor.
Meanwhile, fellow Briton Lucy Shuker put up a determined effort in her opening women's singles match, but eventually lost out to French world No 3 Florence Gravellier in three sets.
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