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Lexus British Open Roehampton 2026: Brits Alfie Hewett, Gordon Reid, Andy Lapthorne & Greg Slade reach finals
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Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid made short work of their respective men’s singles and doubles semi-finals on Thursday’s penultimate day of the Lexus British Open Roehampton, with defending champion Hewett setting up the latest in a long line of major singles finals against Japanese top seed Tokito Oda.
Meanwhile, Andy Lapthorne and Greg Slade upset second seeds Sam Schroder and Jin Woodman after an epic comeback to reach the quad doubles final and complete a fine day for British players.
In a rematch of last year’s men’s singles final against 2024 champion Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina, Hewett opened with a love service game and fired his second and third aces of the match in quick succession in the eighth game to open up a 5-3 lead before calmly delivering a forehand pass to earn the first.
After taking a 2-0 second set lead, world No.2 Hewett withstood a fightback from Fernandez before wrapping up a 6-3, 6-2 victory to reach his third successive final in Roehampton.
“I’m very happy, it's nice to play on home turf, and to be back in another British Open final is a good feeling," he said. "You just want to focus on what you're doing, so that's what I've been doing, just taking care of my business. Especially on the grass, it's tough, so to try and be on the front foot and get that first strike is really important. I feel like I've been doing that so far.”
World No.1 Oda, making his tournament debut in Roehampton, beat Spain’s Martin de la Puente 6-3, 6-3 in the other semi-final to set up a repeat of last year’s men’s singles final at the Wimbledon Championships.
Hewett and Reid face another Wimbledon 2025 rematch in Friday’s men’s doubles final in Roehampton after defeating the less experienced Dutch pairing of Tom Egberink and Maarten Ter Hofte 6-2, 6-1.
The 24-time Grand Slam champions’ superiority was evident from the outset, with Reid also emphasising the importance of seizing the initiative.
“We have to be aggressive, on grass especially, trying to get the first strike on the point and getting on top of the net as much as we could. There were a lot of deciding deuces, especially in the first set. We took most of those, thankfully, and we started to dictate a little bit more as the match went on.”
Reigning British Open champions Hewett and Reid will now play reigning Wimbledon champions Martin de la Puente of Spain and Ruben Spaargaren of the Netherlands, who beat British No.3 Ben Bartram and his Japanese partner Takuya Miki 6-3, 6-2.
Elsewhere, Paris 2024 Paralympic quad doubles silver medallists Lapthorne and Slade battled back from 4-2 down in the second set of their British Open semi-final to defeat Dutch-Australian duo Schroder and Woodman 1-6, 7-5, 10-7.
They will play top seeds Guy Sasson of Israel and Niels Vink of the Netherlands for the title.
Last week’s Lexus Eastbourne Open champion Woodman secured another big result after defeating reigning British Open champion Vink 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the quad singles semi-finals.
Neither of the world’s top two ranked players will contest Friday’s quad singles final after Sasson defeated Schroder 5-7, 7-5, 6-2 in the other semi final.
World No.2 Diede de Groot prevailed in a women’s singles semi-final that was not necessarily reflective of the one-sided scoreline after the top seed beat fellow Dutch player Aniek van Koot 6-1, 6-1.
De Groot will play reigning Wimbledon champion Wang Ziying in Friday’s final after Wang won her all-Chinese semi-final against Li Xiaohui 6-4, 6-4.
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