This view from Miles Daley, a 28-year-old black tennis coach from Hackney, is one held by many people in Britain. When he started playing tennis at school, Daley was the "only black kid or kid of colour, period". With Britons like Jordanne Whiley and Alfie Hewett winning Grand Slam wheelchair titles, there are role models in disability tennis. Now 23, the Scot is ranked the world's leading learning disability tennis player. Iannotti, who also plays in mainstream events, says some learning disability players are given assistance by umpires with the scoring or where to serve fromIn 2015, Iannotti joined the Great Britain Learning Disability programme.

Source: BBC June 26, 2021 05:03 UTC