US Open 2017: Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid win wheelchair doubles title

Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid won the US Open wheelchair doubles title with victory over top seeds Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer.

The second seeds, who beat the same French duo to retain their Wimbledon title in July, triumphed 7-5 6-4.

Earlier, unseeded Hewett beat Reid 7-5 5-7 7-6 (10-8) to secure his place in Sunday’s wheelchair singles final.

Britain’s Andy Lapthorne and American David Wagner teamed up to win the wheelchair quad doubles title.

The three-time Australian Open champions beat Australia’s Dylan Alcott and American Bryan Berten 7-5 6-2 in the final.

Both Hewett, 19, and second seed Reid, 25, had match points during the final set of their semi-final, but it was the English teenager who claimed victory over the Scot after three hours and two minutes.

“I’m a bit speechless right now. It was an amazing match,” said Hewett. “It was absolutely exhausting.”

Hewett faces 2013 champion Houdet on Sunday and will be looking to add the US title to the French Open crown he won earlier in the year.

Earlier, Lapthorne beat Bertens 7-5 6-2 in the quad singles.

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