Wheelchair tennis became his calling. Wagner also was instrumental in getting quad tennis added to the U.S. Open and is a 19-time quad doubles champion and six-time quad singles winner at tennis’ Grand Slam events. The foundation trains coaches to teach wheelchair tennis and supplies wheelchairs for those who want to try it. You and I could go play tennis, and you don’t have to sit down and play. And that was truly what attracted me to the sport.”He learned about wheelchair tennis from pioneers Randy Snow, Dan James and Rick Draney.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 04, 2021 23:27 UTC