BNP Paribas World Team Cup 2024 Qualifiers: Results & updates
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Get the latest results and updates from the Lexus GB World Team Cup squad competing in the BNP Paribas World Team Cup Qualifiers in Latvia from 13-17 March.
BNP Paribas World Team Cup highlights
- Great Britain through to the World Team Cup Finals in May
- The Brits defeated Germany 2-0 in the final
- Great Britain undefeated in all rubbers throughout the week
- Oliver Cox becomes LTA Colour Holder No.325
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Day five: Brits book their place in the Finals
Andy Lapthorne and Greg Slade completed a dominant week for the Lexus GB World Team Cup Team at their European Qualification quad event in Latvia as a 2-0 victory over Germany sealed Great Britain’s return to the quad World Group of eight elite nations.
British No.2 Slade moved 4-0 up inside 15 minutes in his opening singles match against Marcus Laudan and served out the set to love. The world No.19 dropped serve just twice in the second set and served out to love as a forehand winner completed a 6-0, 6-2 win against a play that Slade had beaten only twice in their previous six meeting.
World No.7 and three-time World Team Cup champion Lapthorne had just one previous 6-1, 6-2 win over Maximillian Laudan on his career record, but Lapthorne proved even more dominant in their latest encounter and faced only one game point against him in a 6-0, 6-0 victory.
Lapthorne’s power and accuracy proved far too much as he and Slade beat both German twin brothers with ease and his and Slade’s fourth singles wins of the week brought an end to a tremendous week for the Great Britain team after 3-0 round-robin groups wins over both Sweden and France and a 2-0 semi-final victory over Turkey.
The European Qualification victory means that Great Britain will have a full complement of men’s, women’s, quad and junior teams at the 2024 BNP Paribas World Team Cup World Group in Antalya, Turkey on 7-12 May.
Recent results
The Lexus GB World Team Cup team moved comfortably into Sunday's European Qualification quad final in Latvia after Andy Lapthorne and Greg Slade earned a 2-0 victory over Turkey in the semi-final.
Slade kicked off proceedings with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Ugur Altinel before Lapthorne came from 2-0 down in the second set of his first ever singles match against Ahmet Kaplan to seal a 6-1, 6-2 victory.
While Altinel earned the first break to move 3-1 up on Slade in the opening rubber, the British No.2 broke straight back and strung together four games in a row before serving out the first set.
Slade then went on to make it eight out of nine games as he forged into a 3-0 second set lead and maintained his momentum to move within touching distance of victory. The world No.19 brought up match point with a crisp forehand winner before successfully closing in on a vital win.
It was then over to British No.1 Lapthorne, who edged a close third game against Kaplan to take a narrow lead. An errant service game from the Turkish No.1 gave Lapthorne a useful cushion and despite his opponent continuing to make life difficult, the world No.7 served out the first set after 40 minutes.
Lapthorne showed off the full array of shots in his armoury as he fought back from 2-0 down in the second set to lead 4-2, as the three-time World Team Cup champion broke Kaplan to love to put a place in Sunday's final in sight.
The Brit capped off an impressive performance by winning his sixth game in a row to set up a final clash against either France or Germany in Sunday's final.
The Lexus GB World Team Cup quad team booked a semi-final against Turkey after completing their round-robin group in Latvia with a 3-0 victory over France to finish top of their three-nation pool.
Greg Slade took his unbeaten career record against Jerome de Meyere to three matches as he dominated large parts of the opening singles match to beat the Frenchman 6-3, 6-1.
Slade broke the French serve to love to go 2-0 up and was never behind in the opening set before easing to a commanding 5-0 second set lead en route to closing out the match in 63 minutes.
Three-time World Team Cup champion Andy Lapthorne’s first career match against 19-year-old Justin Michel demonstrated just why Lapthorne is a 17-time Grand Slam champion and three-time Paralympic medallist as the world No.7 eased to a 6-0, 6-0 win to give Great Britain an unassailable lead in the tie.
Lapthorne faced a game point at 4-0 up in the second set but the former world No.1 held on to his clean sheet and broke Michel’s serve to love to wrap up victory in 48 minutes.
After a memorable day for Oliver Cox and Gary Cox in GB’s first group tie against Sweden, when Oliver earned his LTA Colour Holder status and Gary his first win as a Lexus GB World Team Cup team player, the two players again took to the court for the doubles match again France and battled to a narrow 6-3, 1-6, 10-7 victory.
Cox and Cox powered to a 4-0 first set lead, but with France threatening to level set the British duo had to dig deep to snatch the longest game and reestablish a 5-3 cushion before converting their first set point.
However, from there onwards the Brits were made to work even harder for their victory, taking a 5-2 lead in the deciding match tie-break before being reeled in at 5-5 and eventually taking five of the last seven points.
The Lexus GB World Team Cup quad team got off to the perfect start in the first tie of the group stages, claiming a 3-0 win over Sweden.
British No.2 Greg Slade got the tie underway with an impressive 6-0, 6-3 win over former world No.5 Anders Hard in 53 minutes.
In his first match since claiming three titles at the Bolton Indoor Wheelchair Tennis events last month, Slade broke the Swedish star six times to give the Brits an early advantage.
It was then over to 17-time Grand Slam champion Andy Lapthorne who put in a dominant performance to beat Petter Edstrom 6-0, 6-0 in 33 minutes.
Lapthorne lost just seven points as he sealed the win for the British side.
Oliver Cox was then given the chance to make his senior World Team Cup debut and become LTA Colour Holder No.325, alongside Gary Cox in the doubles.
Despite coming into their clash with Edstrom and Hard having only played six World Team Cup matches between them, compared to their opponent’s 70 – the British duo managed to see out the team victory with a 6-4, 6-2 win.
This marked Gary Cox’s first win for GB as well, having made his debut back in 2022.
