Hewett wins singles to complete career Grand Slam

Britain's Alfie Hewett won his first Wimbledon wheelchair singles title to complete a profession Grand Slam pinch a convincing triumph complete Spain's Martin de la Puente.

Hewett fell to agonising defeats successful nan past 2 Wimbledon finals but this clip looked utterly ascendant successful his 6-2 6-3 triumph connected Court One.

After taking nan title pinch a crushing backhand return nan 26-year-old threw his racquet into nan aerial and past dropped his caput into his thigh successful beforehand of feverish support.

Hewett became nan 2nd antheral subordinate aft Japanese fable Shingo Kunieda to triumph some nan singles and doubles of each Grand Slam.

Later connected Sunday he could go nan first man since Briton's Gordon Reid successful 2016 to triumph nan Wimbledon singles and doubles title successful nan aforesaid year.

He partners Reid against Japan's Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda connected tribunal 3 pinch nan British brace having won 5 of nan past 7 titles together.

In beforehand of a sun-kissed crowd, Hewett achieved his redemption.

Two years agone he served for nan Championship 4 times earlier losing to Kunieda. In past year's last he led nan first group against Oda 4-1 but mislaid 11 of nan adjacent 13 games.

This was nan 1 title he wanted and he made a accelerated start, converting his eighth break constituent to lead 2-1 successful nan opener pinch a booming forehand winner.

But De la Puente, who was successful his first Grand Slam singles last having beaten defending champion Oda successful nan past four, instantly collapsed back.

Second seed Hewett had struggled pinch a enarthrosis rumor astatine nan commencement of nan tourney but successful nan last he was quickly backmost to his free-flowing best, and he soon took his crippled a level supra De la Puente's.

Dominating connected nan attack he past doubly collapsed his force and clinched a superb first group successful 40 minutes aft De La Puente returned a powerful first service long.

At nan commencement of nan 2nd group Hewett initially looked much relaxed, uncovering nan lines arsenic he collapsed De La Puente to 15 to spell 1-0 ahead.

But location was to beryllium different twist pinch some players abruptly struggling successful lukewarm conditions, exchanging 4 much breaks of serve.

With a 4-3 lead Hewett was taken to deuce connected service but squeezed to a clasp earlier he collapsed his force 1 last time, getting complete nan statement connected his 2nd title constituent pinch a superb return winner.

Hewett has now won 9 Grand Slam singles titles to spell pinch his 20 successful nan doubles, only Kunieda, 50, has won much successful nan men's game.