Hewett loses wheelchair final to top seed Oda

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Alfie Hewett plays a backhandHewett has won three singles titles at both the US Open and French Open and one at the Australian Open
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Great Britain's Alfie Hewett missed out on a career Grand Slam in singles as he lost to Tokito Oda in the Wimbledon men's wheelchair singles final.

The 17-year-old top seed from Japan won 6-4 6-2 to claim his second major title after winning last month's French Open.

Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam singles title seven-time major champion Hewett has not won.

It is his second straight defeat in the Wimbledon final after he lost last year to Japan's Shingo Kunieda.

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