Penney claims Torino doubles trophy
Andrew Penney claimed his third men’s doubles title of 2026 at the WC100 Trofeo Della Mole in Turin as Britain’s wheelchair players reached a series of finals across tournaments in Italy, Germany and Belgium.
Penney won his first career title partnering Malaysia’s Mohamad Yusshazwan Yusoff as the top seeds eased to three straight sets wins, beating Britain’s Ruben Harris and Adam Berdichevscky of Israel 6-3, 6-3 in the title decider, which was also Harris’s fourth doubles final of the 2026.
Penney and Harris also met in the singles quarter-finals in Turin, Penney prevailing 6-2, 6-2 before coming from a set down to beat Berdichevsky in the semi-finals and ultimately finishing runner-up to Yusoff, who took the title decider 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-2.
Lucy Shuker’s hopes of earning the 99th doubles title of her career ended in a runner-up finish at the inaugural WC500 Hamburg Wheelchair Open with Ksenia Chasteau of France. They lost to Dutch duo Jinte Bo and Lizzy de Greef 6-1, 6-4 in the final.
There were also runners-up honours for Ben Bartram and Bazil’s Daniel Roodrigues at the WC250 Belgian Open. Playing their fourth tournament together, Bartram and Rodrigues beat Casey Ratzlaff and Ji Zhenxu 6-2, 6-3 to end a run of three semi-final losses, but their hopes of a first title as a partnership came to and end against Dutch fourth seed Robin Groenewoud and Maarten Ter Hofte, who won a thrilling conclusion to the final 3-6, 6-3, 10-6.