Hewett, Reid Win Paralympic Doubles

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Paralympics 2024 wheelchair tennis: Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid win men's doubles gold

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Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid beat Japan 's Tokito Oda and Takuya Miki 6 -2 6-1 in the wheelchair tennis men's doubles decider at Roland Garros .

It is a fifth Paralympic gold medal for Reid , who defeated Hewett to win singles gold at Rio 2016 .

Reid and Hewett have won 21 Grand Slam titles together in doubles, including all three played this year.

Hewett will play Oda again in the men's singles final on Saturday .

The Briton 's quest has echoes of Novak Djokovic in the Olympics last month , where the Serb - a 24 -time Grand Slam singles champion - finally won a gold medal at Roland Garros . Meanwhile, Japan 's Yui Kamiji , 30 , took the women's singles gold, upsetting Dutch world number one and Tokyo 2020 champion Diede de Groot 4-6 6-3 6-4. Another Dutchwoman, Aniek van Koot , secured the bronze with a 7 -6 (7-3) 6 -1 win over China 's Wang Ziying ..