Hewett & Reid into fifth straight French Open final

Britain's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid person reached a 5th successive French Open men's wheelchair doubles final.

The apical seeds fought backmost from a group down to triumph 3-6 6-2 10-8 against Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez and Frenchman Stephane Houdet.

Hewett, 26, and Reid, 32, will return connected Japanese 2nd seeds Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda connected Saturday, having mislaid conscionable 1 of their 5 erstwhile Paris finals.

Fellow Briton Andy Lapthorne will besides beryllium seeking occurrence successful nan quad wheelchair doubles last alongside Israeli partner Guy Sasson.

The 2nd seeds claimed a 6-2 3-6 10-2 triumph against Canada's Robert Shaw and American David Wagner connected Friday.

Lapthorne is into nan last for a 2nd twelvemonth running, having won nan 2023 title pinch South Africa's Donald Ramphadi.

Hewett and Reid person won each of nan Grand Slam doubles titles together and they will effort to apical that disconnected pinch Paralympic golden successful September astatine Roland Garros.