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Alfie Hewett lost last year's Australian Open final to Shingo Kunieda| Venue: Melbourne Park Dates: 16-29 January |
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Britain's Alfie Hewett will contest two Australian Open finals after winning his semi-finals in both the wheelchair singles and doubles.
Hewett, the world number one in singles, defeated Japan's Takuya Miki 6-1 6-1 to reach his third successive singles final in Melbourne.
He and fellow Briton Gordon Reid then beat Daisuke Arai and Takashi Sanada, also of Japan, 6-4 6-4 in the doubles.
Hewett and Reid are chasing a fourth successive doubles title in Melbourne.
The second seeds will face Dutch duo Maikel Scheffers and Ruben Spaargaren in the final.
Hewett will take on Tokito Oda of Japan for the singles title as he seeks a maiden crown at Melbourne Park.
The 25-year-old is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion - having won three apiece at the French Open and the US Open - but lost the past two Australian Open finals.
Fellow Briton Lucy Shuker could not follow them into qualifying for a final, as she and American partner Dana Mathewson lost 6-2 6-1 in the women's wheelchair doubles semi-finals to Dutch top seeds Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot.
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