August 3, 2018
We had the pleasure of visiting Lucy Shuker during one of her training sessions at Roehampton Club. Lucy shared her Wimbledon experience, her achievements for 2018 so far and what’s on the horizon! Lucy has had such an amazing year so far and with the US Open just around the corner, we are all in […]
June 19, 2018
But that really doesn’t cover the whole story. For these achievements are even more amazing when the severity of Lucy’s disability is taken into account. tennis Lucy explains: “My disability is considered more profound than the other girls in the top flight of wheelchair tennis. It was even suggested in my very early days of playing the […]
June 18, 2018
Part 1 She is arguably the bravest and best sports woman we have in Britain. Yet very few of us even know about Lucy Shuker, or the challenges she faces. With Wimbledon just around the corner and tennis very much in focus once more, the talk will be of Roger Federer and Andy Murray. There won’t be too much mention of the British tennis […]
May 1, 2018
Lucy Shuker beat top seed Katharina Kruger to win the Israel Open; The latest chapter in a stunningly successful first third of the year for the irrepressible Brit. Meanwhile Rafael Nadal saw off all contenders in Barcelona, notching his 400th clay court win. In the Barcelona final he defeated the Greek teenager, Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-2, 6-1 […]
April 23, 2018
Rafael Nadal’s sweeping backhand clinched his eleventh triumph at Monte Carlo, with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Kei Nishikori. It meant the popular Spaniard retains his world number one status for now. And few would bet against him underlining that dominance at the French Open in Roland Garros, too. Nadal gazed up to the blue heavens beyond the […]
April 17, 2018
Wheelchair tennis star Lucy Shuker has enjoyed some amazing doubles results with her Dutch partner Diede De Groot in the USA recently, including an incredible comeback against top opposition. So how much is Lucy’s diet part of the secret behind her success? WDH decided to talk to Lucy about food, glorious food – and how she gets the best […]
September 30, 2017
Of all the matches I have played in the last few weeks in North America; there are two stand-out moments for me. I was lucky enough to be scheduled on Arthur Ashe, which was a huge privilege. But, the most satisfying one has to be the doubles final at the US Open Super Series in […]
April 11, 2017
Lucy Shuker produced a stunning performance to take the ITF 2 Series Arizona Open in Tucson, USA. But she is doing fantastic things off the tennis court too, raising awareness of Alzheimers and Dementia. In Arizona, Shuker defeated world number four Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands in the singles final. That meant she came […]
March 8, 2017
We at WimbledonDebentureHolders.com (WDH) are delighted to announce our continued sponsorship of Paralympic wheelchair tennis medallist, Lucy Shuker, for 2017. Lucy is, without a doubt, one of the most inspirational women we have the privilege to know and we thought it only fitting to make this announcement on International Women’s Day 2017. Lucy demonstrates the values enshrined […]
March 2, 2017
On 22nd February, I travelled over to the bleak and drizzly Bolton Indoors Arena on behalf of the Wimbledon Debenture Holders team, to watch our fantastic wheelchair tennis player, three time Paralympic Wheelchair Tennis Player and Double Paralympic Bronze Medallist, Lucy Shuker. Upon arrival into the arena, I was instantly in admiration of all the players […]