Hewett and Reid bid for sixth US Open title
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid start their bid for a sixth wheelchair doubles title at the US Open with a dominant victory in New York.
Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid, the British wheelchair doubles champions, began their quest for a sixth US Open title with a commanding 6-3 6-1 victory over Stephane Houdet and Zhenxu Ji, the French and Chinese team. This solid opening win secured their place in the semi-finals, where they will face Japan's Tokito Oda and Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez, who claimed the 2025 championship. Hewett, 28, and Reid, 34, boast an impressive 25 Grand Slam doubles titles together.
In other matches on Tuesday, Andy Lapthorne, a British quad wheelchair doubles player, started his campaign with a winning result. He and his South African partner Leon Els defeated Americans David Wagner and Andrew Bogdanov 7-6 (7-5) 6-1. However, Greg Slade and Heath Davidson, both from Australia, faced a tough loss, losing 6-0 6-0 to the top-seeded Dutch duo Niels Vink and Israel's Guy Sasson. This pair has claimed all three Grand Slam tournaments so far in 2026, as well as the last six major events overall.
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