Hewett reaches wheelchair final but Reid beaten

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Venue: All England Club Dates: 3-16 July
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Great Britain's Alfie Hewett is through to the Wimbledon men's wheelchair singles final after defeating Martin de la Puente in straight sets.

The 25-year-old second seed beat the Spaniard 6-3 6-2 under the roof on Court One.

He will face Japan's Tokito Oda, 17, in Sunday's final after the top seed beat British number two Gordon Reid 6-3 6-4.

Hewett and Reid face Oda and Japan's Takuya Miki in the men's doubles final later on Saturday.

Hewett, who lost to Japan's Shingo Kunieda in last year's singles final, is hoping to achieve a career Grand Slam with victory at Wimbledon.

He was 3-1 down in the first set but won 11 of the next 13 games to reach his 15th major singles final.

Reid, champion in 2016, was broken three times in his loss.

Hewitt and Reid will contest their 15th successive Grand Slam men's wheelchair doubles final later on Saturday. The pair have won 17 major doubles titles together.

Also on Saturday, the women's wheelchair singles final takes place between the Netherlands' Diede de Groot and Jiske Griffioen.

In the quad wheelchair singles semi-finals, Dutchman Niels Vink beat Donald Ramphadi of South Africa 6-1 6-0 while Australia's Heath Davidson defeated Sam Schroder of the Netherlands 6-4 2-6 6-3.

Vink partners Schroder in the quad doubles final against Davidson and Canada's Robert Shaw later on Saturday.

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