Alfie Hewett has received his first Paralympics gold medal, partnering Gordon Reid to victory within the wheelchair tennis males’s doubles.
The Britons defeated Japan’s Tokito Oda and Takuya Miki 6-2 6-1 at Roland Garros.
It completes a profession ‘Golden Slam’ for Reid and Hewett in doubles, the place they’re the dominant power within the males’s recreation.
Regardless of the scoreline, the primary set was extraordinarily aggressive, lasting an hour with each pairings having eight break-point alternatives.
Nevertheless, Hewett and Reid raced by means of the second, a superb Hewett cross-court drop-shot winner sealing victory.
Instantly afterwards, Hewett leaned again and threw his racquet within the air in celebration earlier than he and Reid shared an extended embrace.
It’s a fifth Paralympics medal for 32-year-old Reid, who defeated Hewett to win singles gold at Rio 2016.
Hewett, who has 4 medals with a fifth assured, can be throughout the online from Oda once more on Saturday after they meet within the males’s singles closing.
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