Britons Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid received their fifth Australian Open males’s wheelchair doubles title in a row and there was additionally success for Britain’s Andy Lapthorne within the quad doubles.
Hewett and Reid beat the Japanese pair of Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda 6-3 6-2 within the ultimate of their second match on Friday after rain delays on Thursday.
Lapthorne and American team-mate David Wagner received an exciting quad ultimate.
They beat Donald Ramphadi and Man Sasson 6-4 3-6 10-2.
Hewett and Reid have now received 19 Grand Slam wheelchair doubles title collectively.
“A few of the factors in that match actually displayed the very best of wheelchair tennis,” Hewett stated. “The perfect bit about it’s you are feeling the love and the thrill from the group as nicely and you may inform they’re moving into the match.”
Earlier on Friday, Hewett and Reid superior from their semi-final with a 6-3 6-3 win over one other Japanese pairing, Daisuke Arai and Takashi Sanada.
“There have been some kinfolk and a few Scots on the market,” added Reid. “A few of them have simply flown over yesterday for this match.
“Clearly, it was nice to have them there. My dad and mom are out right here as nicely. It was my dad’s first time on the Australian Open. Hopefully he loved himself immediately and loved that.”
Hewett received the lads’s wheelchair singles on the Australian Open in 2023 and the highest seed will play within the ultimate on Saturday when he takes on second seed Oda.
