Adaptive Standing Tennis

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rdf:langString Adaptive Standing Tennis is a form of tennis for individuals with physical disability who play the sport of tennis standing, or ambulatory as opposed to their counterparts who play wheelchair tennis, playing tennis in a wheelchair. The newly emerged form of tennis allows individuals with physical disability the opportunity to choose whether to play tennis ambulatory or in a wheelchair. People who play adaptive standing tennis may have an amputation, cerebral palsy, limb malformations, or hemiplegia. Adaptive standing tennis is also referred to as TAP. TAP is the acronym for Tenis Adaptivo de Pie, or stand-up adaptive tennis in Spanish. While still not an officially sanctioned category of tennis, organizers and players look to eventually have adaptive standing tennis officially sanctioned by the International Tennis Federation and International Paralympic Committee to be played at tennis grand slams and in the Paralympics.