Wimbledon 2025: Alfie Hewett into men's wheelchair singles final
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Alfie Hewett booked his place in his 21st Grand Sam men’s singles final today at The Championships, Wimbledon, after the reigning champion defeated last year’s runner-up Martin de la Puente of Spain 6-0, 7-5 at the All England Club.
Hewett, who will now partner fellow Brit Gordon Reid in Saturday’s men’s doubles final as the top seeds bid for a seventh Wimbledon doubles title since 2016, will face Japanese top seed Tokito Oda in Sunday’s singles final for the second time in three years.
Currently a 10-time Grand Slam singles champion, world No.2 Hewett said: “I came out of the blocks pretty well and couldn’t have asked for a better start, really.
"Second set, I expected him to come out swinging and bit more and make a few more first served and a few more returns and to put me under a bit more pressure. I just needed to keep doing what I was doing and try not t drop off too much, so yes, I’m very happy.
“Last year was a special one, winning it (the Wimbledon title for the first time), but I wanted to feel something else this year and enjoy the experience a lot more and I feel like I’ve done that so far.”
Hewett, who will play Oda in a Grand Slam singles final for the sixth time on Sunday, added: “He (Oda) plays with a lot of aggression. He’s a live and die by the sword kind of guy, so he’s incredibly difficult to play against. I’ve only played against him once on the grass and he beat me, so I want to try and changed that this time.”
Opening up a 3-0 lead after just 12 minutes and firing down an ace on game point to make it 4-0, Hewett raced into a one set lead after just 25 minutes as he comfortably retrieved a De la Puente drop shot on set point with a forehand pass.
A second ace saw Hewett open up a 3-1 second set lead, but after a technical time-out for a wheelchair repair De la Puente got himself back into the set, only for Hewett to claim seven of the last eight points, ending the semi-final with a third ace.
Earlier in the day Greg Slade’s hopes of advancing to the quad singles final came to an end after a 6-1, 6-3 loss to world No.2 Sam Schroder of the Netherlands. However, Slade still maintains hopes of a first Grand Slam title as he partners South Africa’s Donald Ramphadi in Saturday’s quad doubles final.
