Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid won the French Open men’s wheelchair doubles title for a fourth successive year, while compatriot Andy Lapthorne also triumphed in Paris.
Hewett and Reid beat Gustavo Fernandez and Martin de la Puente 7-6 (11-9) 7-5 for a 17th Grand Slam title together.
Lapthorne and South Africa’s Donald Ramphadi beat Heath Davidson and Robert Shaw 1-6 6-2 10-3 in the quad doubles.
But Hewett lost the men’s singles final 6-1 6-4 to 17-year-old Tokito Oda.
The Japanese teenager also replaces Hewett as world number one with the victory.
Hewett, 25, was chasing a fourth successive singles title at Roland Garros but recovered from the defeat to triumph in the doubles alongside Reid later on Saturday.
They edged an enthralling opening set in a tie-break after one hour and 17 minutes on court 14 before coming from 4-2 down in the second set to seal the title.
“Alfie had a tough match earlier and to come back and give that effort today, this is what all the hard work is for,” Reid said.
“It was a great level of tennis today – the match was so close and the first set could have gone either way, there was just a couple of points in it.”
Hewett has now won 24 Grand Slam titles overall – seven in singles and 17 in doubles – while Reid is one behind on 23 with two singles triumphs and 21 doubles crowns.
Lapthorne, meanwhile, claimed his 14th doubles Slam crown alongside new partner Ramphadi as they came from a set down to beat the second seeds, Australia’s Davidson and Canada’s Shaw.
“This is the first time we’ve played together and we’ve ended up winning, so hopefully it’s a sign of things to come,” said Lapthorne, after claiming his second Roland Garros quad wheelchair title.
‘Many more finals between us ahead’
Oda and his coaching team were overwhelmed by the teenager’s first major title, embracing each other in tears amid emotional scenes on the tournament’s main show court, Court Philippe Chatrier.
The win means he becomes the youngest men’s wheelchair singles world number one, claiming revenge for his defeat by Hewett in the Australian Open final earlier this year.
“You fully deserved that title today, that was simply amazing out there – and for a young lad, that’s seriously impressive,” a gracious Hewett told the champion in…
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