Hewett and Reid into sixth-straight French Open final

French Open 2025

Dates: 25 May-8 June Venue: Roland Garros

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British brace Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett reached nan last of nan French Open men's wheelchair doubles for nan sixth consecutive year.

The apical seeds hit Casey Ratzlaff of nan USA and Japan's Takuya Miki 6-2 6-3 amid progressively dense rainfall astatine Roland Garros.

An ace from Reid sealed triumph successful Paris connected nan pair's 2nd lucifer point.

They will play either Tokito Oda of Japan and France's Stephane Houdet aliases nan duo of Spaniard Daniel Caverzaschi and Argentine Gustavo Fernandez successful nan final.

Scotland's Reid and Engand's Hewett person won nan past 5 titles astatine Roland Garros.

They claimed triumph successful an hr and 14 minutes amid a oversea of umbrellas connected tribunal 12, pinch each nan different outdoor courts being covered to protect against nan rain.

Following a first group which saw six breaks of service - 4 of them by nan British squad - nan 2nd was overmuch much straightforward for nan perennial champions, successful spite of nan conditions.

It capped a somewhat overseas time for Reid and Hewett, which they started arsenic opponents successful nan singles quarter-finals.

Hewett, nan 2nd seed, triumphed 6-2 6-4. He will play 4th seed Fernandez successful nan singles semi-finals.

Elsewhere, Britain's Andy Lapthorne suffered double elimination successful men's quad wheelchair events connected Thursday.

The Englishman's time started pinch a 6-4 6-4 conclusion successful nan singles semi-final to apical seed Niels Vink of nan Netherlands.

He past suffered different last-four nonaccomplishment successful nan doubles as, on pinch Dutch partner Sam Schroder, he was beaten successful nan lucifer tie-break by Ahmet Kaplan of Turkey and South Africa's Donald Ramphadi, losing 6-3 2-6 10-7.

Lapthorne and Schroder, nan 2nd seeds, fought backmost from losing nan first group by winning nan 2nd successful 35 minutes, and were up successful nan first-to-10 shootout decider earlier suffering conclusion against their unseeded opponents.