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BBC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Hewett and Reid into sixth-straight French Open final
British pair Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett reached the final of the French Open men's wheelchair doubles for the sixth straight top seeds beat Casey Ratzlaff of the USA and Japan's Takuya Miki 6-2 6-3 amid increasingly heavy rain at Roland ace from Reid sealed victory in Paris on the pair's second match will play either Tokito Oda of Japan and France's Stephane Houdet or the duo of Spaniard Daniel Caverzaschi and Argentine Gustavo Fernandez in the Reid and Engand's Hewett have won the past five titles at Roland claimed victory in an hour and 14 minutes amid a sea of umbrellas on court 12, with all the other outdoor courts being covered to protect against the rain. Following a first set which saw six breaks of serve - four of them by the British team - the second was much more straightforward for the perennial champions, in spite of the capped a slightly odd day for Reid and Hewett, which they started as opponents in the singles the second seed, triumphed 6-2 6-4. He will play fourth seed Fernandez in the singles Britain's Andy Lapthorne suffered double elimination in men's quad wheelchair events on Englishman's day started with a 6-4 6-4 defeat in the singles semi-final to top seed Niels Vink of the then suffered another last-four loss in the doubles as, along with Dutch partner Sam Schroder, he was beaten in the match tie-break by Ahmet Kaplan of Turkey and South Africa's Donald Ramphadi, losing 6-3 2-6 and Schroder, the second seeds, fought back from losing the first set by winning the second in 35 minutes, and were ahead in the first-to-10 shootout decider before suffering defeat against their unseeded opponents.
BBC News
4 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Reid & Hewett begin French Open defence with win
French Open 2025Dates: 25 May-8 June Venue: Roland GarrosCoverage: Live radio commentaries across 5 Live Sport and BBC Sounds, plus live text commentaries on the BBC Sport website and app British wheelchair doubles pair Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid progressed to the semi-finals of the French Open as they began their pursuit of a sixth consecutive title at Roland duo beat Chile's Alexander Cataldo and Israel's Sergei Lysov 6-1 4-6 [10-4].Meanwhile, fellow Briton Andy Lapthorne beat Canada's Robert Shaw 7-5 7-5 in the men's quad wheelchair 34, has never won a singles title on the French clay, with his most recent Grand Slam final coming in Paris in will face Dutch top seed Niels Vink in the last seeds Hewett and Reid are scheduled to face each other in the semi-finals of the singles draw after they began their campaigns with dominant has won the French major three times, most recently in 2021, while Reid is a two-time pair are five-time defending doubles champions in Paris and will face Japan's Takuya Miki and American Casey Ratzlaff in the semis.
