Lucy Shuker wins wheelchair tennis bronze in doubles (From This is The West Country)
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Lucy Shuker wins wheelchair tennis bronze in doubles
9:35am Saturday 8th September 2012 in News
By Daniel Milligan
Lucy Shuker and doubles partner Jordanne Whiley
A SECOND athlete from Taunton Deane will bring home a Paralympic medal after winning bronze in the wheelchair tennis.
Lucy Shuker, 32, from Trull, won the doubles bronze medal match with fellow Brit Jordanne Whiley as they beat Thailand's Ratana Techamaneewat and Sakhorn Khanthasit 7-6, 6-7, 3-6 at Eton Manor yesterday (September 7).
Lucy, who trains at Blackbrook Pavilion in Taunton, told reporters after the match: "I'm speechless. We played so badly in the first set, we didn't play our game.
"I'm in disbelief at the moment that we came through and won that. I know Jordanne can fight back so I knew that we had a chance."
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