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Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid’s bid for an 11th consecutive wheelchair doubles grand slam title was ended by Gustavo Fernandez and Shingo Kunieda at Wimbledon.
The top-seeded British duo were beaten 6-3 6-1 by the second seeds in the final on Court Three.
Hewett and Reid had not lost a slam final together since Wimbledon in 2019.
Alfie Hewett & Gordon Reid's record breaking Grand Slam run ends at 10 titles in a row after losing out at @Wimbledon #BackTheBrits 🇬🇧 | #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/Hnk3SNQF1z
— LTA (@the_LTA) July 9, 2022
Their reign was brought to a disappointing end when Hewett double-faulted on match point.
Hewett faces top seed Kunieda of Japan in the singles final on Sunday, having beaten Argentinian Fernandez in the semi-final late on Friday night.
Hewett said: “We can’t take anything away from these guys, they’ve been desperate to beat us for some time now.
“Yesterday was a massive day for myself, an incredible day that I’ll always remember, so today was challenging to go again. But we’ll be back next year.”
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