Wheelchair tennis star Vergeer, pioneer Draney join Hall

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Wheelchair star Esther Vergeer and quad division pioneer Rick Draney are the International Tennis Hall of Fame inductees for the Class of 2023. It is the first time two people were elected in the same year in the Wheelchair Tennis Category, which appears on the Hall ballot every four years. The additions of Vergeer and Draney were announced Saturday and raise the total number of wheelchair tennis inductees to seven. For the second consecutive year, no one nominated in the Player Category was picked to join the Hall, which has been around since 1955. The Class of 2022 marked the first time in history no one on the ballot was selected.