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Wimbledon: Alfie Hewett loses to Shingo Kunieda in men's wheelchair singles final

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Published in Tennis
Sunday, 10 July 2022 07:02

Britain's Alfie Hewett lost a dramatic Wimbledon men's wheelchair singles final in a final set tie-break against Japanese top seed Shingo Kunieda.

Contesting his first singles final at SW19, Hewett, 24, served for the championship four times.

But Kunieda won seven successive points from 5-3 down in the tie-break to complete a remarkable golden Slam with a 4-6 7-5 7-6 (10-5) victory.

"I'm obviously gutted. That is going to sting for a while," said Hewett.

"It has been incredible this week to get wheelchair tennis on Court One and to get the amount of spectators that were there. There have been some incredible matches. I will reflect on this with a lot of positives and I'm just ready for a break."

He added: "Congratulations to Shingo and his team. We were both so desperate to win. You are one of the best wheelchair players we will ever see. That was epic from you today."

It is a first Wimbledon title for world number one Kunieda, who has won 11 singles titles at the Australian Open in addition to eight victories at the French Open and eight at the US Open.

The reigning Paralympic champion now holds all four major men's wheelchair singles titles.

Kunieda, 38, said it was "a dream came true right now", adding: "Thank you to Alfie for a great battle. You have more years [ahead of you] than me so you can get this title in the future.

"Thank you to my team for the great support every day. A special thanks to Roger Federer. He gave me very good advice last year so he was one of the reasons I got the title this year."

More to follow.

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