Norfolk tennis player wins Australian Open wheelchair doubles title

They won in straight sets

Gordon Reid (L) and Alfie Hewett (R)
Author: Sian RochePublished 27th Jan 2023

Norfolk tennis player Alfie Hewett has won the Australian Open men's wheelchair doubles title for the fourth successive time.

He and partner Gordon Reid beat Dutch pair Maikel Scheffers and Ruben Spaargaren in straight sets in the final in Melbourne.

They won 6-1 6-2 in a match lasting just one hour and three minutes at Melbourne Park.

It's Hewett and Reid's 15th Grand Slam title together.

Alfie will take to the courts again on Saturday to play Japan's 16-year-old Tokito Oda in the men's singles final on Saturday.

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