French Open: Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid win men's wheelchair doubles title

Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid won the men's wheelchair doubles to hand Britain belated success at the French Open.

The top seeds defended their title with a 7-6 (7-5) 7-6 (7-5) victory over Shingo Kunieda and Gustavo Fernandez for a 10th consecutive Grand Slam doubles crown.

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The match was due to take place on Saturday but was postponed due to rain.

Hewett, 24, from Norwich, said: "What a battle that was out there today.

"It was probably some of the best wheelchair tennis we could have put on today. Now I'm looking forward to the grass-court season ahead."

Now having won a total of 15 Grand Slam titles together with Reid since the first of their four titles at Wimbledon in 2016, Hewett added: "I think this is probably one of the best victories that we have had together. Gordy was saying earlier, it's probably like 50, 60 per cent out there today, and we're still able to take home the title.

"It's a great feeling to come off the back of not playing with this guy for four months and to return with the level we brought to the court today is, I think, seriously impressive and a real showcase of how good our sport can be, as well.

"I thought it was a really entertaining doubles final and I really enjoyed playing in it. It's a great relief to get over the line and get the number 10 in a row."

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Scot Reid, who now has five Roland Garros men's doubles titles to his name after also securing back-to-back victories partnering Kunieda in 2015 and 2016, said: "I think it's obviously a record that we are really proud of. It just shows our level of consistency. That is difficult to achieve in any sport. Yeah, something that we are really pleased with. But at the end of the day it's just another Grand Slam title that we are trying to fight to win.

"Whether it's the 10th or whatever number, we still enjoy it, still appreciate it. Obviously, we are not stopping here. We are going for more."

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