Hewett and Reid Win Fifth French Open Doubles Title
British duo Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid claimed their fifth consecutive wheelchair men’s doubles title at the French Open.
The top-seeded team secured an impressive 6-1, 6-4 victory over the second-seeded Japanese pair Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda on Court 14 at Roland Garros.
Hewett, 26, and Reid, 32, advanced to the final after defeating Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez and France’s Stephane Houdet with set scores of 3-6, 6-2, 10-8 in the semifinals.
The British pair took control early in the final by breaking their opponents’ serve in the opening game. They further broke serve in the fifth and seventh games, winning the first set in just 26 minutes.
In the second set, they broke serve again in the sixth game, but Miki and Oda immediately broke back. However, three games later, Hewett and Reid secured the decisive break to win the set and the match.
Hewett and Reid previously won this event in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023. This latest victory means the pair have now won 20 Grand Slam doubles titles together, with five each at the US Open, Wimbledon, the Australian Open, and the French Open.
The British duo will reunite in Paris for the Paralympic Games in a few months’ time.
Hewett commented, “It was a really enjoyable match, and hopefully, we can produce similar tennis in a few months’ time. We’ve had many tough matches, and they beat us last time, but I’m sure we’ll have many more finals in the future.”
Elsewhere on Saturday, British player Andy Lapthorne and Israel’s Guy Sasson experienced disappointment in the men’s quad wheelchair doubles final. They lost 7-6 (11-9), 6-1 to the top-seeded Dutch pair Sam Schroder and Niels Vink.
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