HELENSBURGH'S Gordon Reid and his doubles partner Alfie Hewett have won their second successive US Open wheelchair tennis title.
The GB pair secured their fifth Grand Slam doubles crown together after a gruelling contest against top seeds Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer in New York.
Second seeds Hewett and Reid fought back from 4-2 down in the opening set of the men’s doubles final and saved set points at 6-5 down before French top seeds Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer took the lead. However, Hewett and Reid built on an early 3-0 lead in the second set to force the deciding match tie-break.
After exchanging early breaks with Houdet and Peifer in the tie-break, Hewett and Reid gathered momentum to earn themselves six match points at 9-3.
However, it wasn’t until their seventh match point at the end of a grueling contest that Hewett and Reid managed to put the seal on a late-night 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (11-9) victory and their fifth Grand Slam doubles title together after two hours and 23 minutes.
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