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The Guardian
12-07-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Wimbledon: Cash and Glasspool net first all-British men's doubles title in 89 years
The British pair Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool made Wimbledon history by winning the men's doubles title. Cash, 28, and 31-year-old Glasspool beat the Australian Rinky Hijikata and David Pel of the Netherlands 6-2, 7-6 (3) in the final on Centre Court. Jonny Marray, Neal Skupski and Henry Patten 12 months ago have all been home winners at Wimbledon in the past 15 years, but all with foreign partners. Cash and Glasspool are the first all-British pairing to win the title since Pat Hughes and Raymond Tuckey lifted the trophy in 1936 – the year Fred Perry won his last men's singles title. 'When you say that it sounds incredible,' said Glasspool. 'It's been one Brit [winner] the last couple of years, now we've given you two Brits.' Cash and Glasspool have dominated on the grass this summer and, following titles at Queen's and in Eastbourne, have now won 14 straight matches. 'We've played a crazy amount of tennis on grass, there was a lot of pressure on our shoulders,' added Cash. 'It means the world. Our team backed us all the way. To do it here is incredible.' In the men's wheelchair doubles final, Britain's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid lost their title. The six-time winners and top seeds were upset 7-6 (1) 7-5 on Court One by Martin De La Puente from Spain and the Dutchman Ruben Spaargaren. 'It's an incredible feeling to be out here on an iconic court like this,' said Hewett, 27. 'We've got our hands on the trophy a couple of times before, but win or lose it's always a special feeling playing on home turf.' Scotland's Reid, 33, added: 'Obviously we are really disappointed. It wasn't our best performance today but we have to say congratulations to Martin and Ruben.' Yara El-Shaboury's report from Wimbledon to follow shortly
BBC News
12-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
GB's Hewett & Reid lose Wimbledon wheelchair final
Great Britain's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid were unable to defend their Wimbledon men's wheelchair doubles title as they were beaten in a thrilling final by Martin de la Puente and Ruben and Reid were going for an incredible 24th Grand Slam title as a pair - and a third in a row at SW19 - and backed by a vocal home crowd on Court in attendance were treated to some high-quality tennis in an absorbing encounter, where any mistake was immediately De la Puente and Spaargaren had the quality in the high-pressure moments to win 7-6 (7-1) 7-5."Really disappointed," said Reid on court afterwards. "It wasn't our best performance and they deserved it. They had a great week. "You never want to finish the week with a loss but if you are going to do it anywhere it is here in front of this crowd."Hewett added: "It is an incredible feeling to be out here on an iconic court like this. "To play in front of this crowd is what we always dream of. I hope it continues in the following years."It was clear this was going to be high-calibre final from the outset as there was little to separate either pair until a titanic tussle at 5-5 ended with De la Puente and Spaargaren getting the Hewett and Reid responded superbly by breaking back immediately to take the opening set to a felt like the British duo had the momentum but their opponents flew out of the blocks, winning six unanswered points on their way to taking the first seeds Hewett and Reid are the dominant force in wheelchair doubles and duly fought back from that disappointment - they immediately got a break and followed it up with the hold to lead mistakes started to creep into the British pair's game, and a double fault by Hewett at break point got their opponents level. More errors on serve meant De la Puente and Spaargaren broke once more to seal the win and the Wimbledon title.
