Alfie Hewett wins TWO Wimbledon finals on the same day
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Winning one Wimbledon final would be a dream come true for many tennis players - but imagine winning TWO on the same weekend.
That's exactly what England's Alfie Hewett has achieved.
He won both the wheelchair singles and doubles finals just hours apart from each other - that's a busy day!
It's his first ever Wimbledon singles title and afterwards, Hewett said it had been the 'best day of his life'.
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Who else won at Wimbledon?
Carlos Alcaraz beat Novak Djokovic in three sets, winning the men's singles title for a second year in a row at Wimbledon.
"Honestly, it is a dream for me winning this trophy," said Alcaraz, who was presented with the trophy by Catherine, the Princess of Wales.
The princess was at the tournament while she is still receiving treatment for cancer.
On Saturday, Barbora Krejcikova from the Czech Republic won her first Wimbledon women's singles title.
Who is Alfie Hewett?
Alfie is a Grand Slam champion and triple Paralympic silver medallist.
He was born in 1997 with a congenital heart defect and was diagnosed with Perthes disease at the age of six. This affects a person's hip movement.
Alfie started playing wheelchair tennis in 2005 and currently ranks number one in the world.
2024 was the year his Wimbledon dreams came true, winning the singles title for the first time and completing a career Grand Slam.
He is the second male player, after Japanese legend Shingo Kunieda, to win both the singles and doubles title at every Grand Slam.
Alfie has won nine Grand Slam singles titles and every major trophy across singles and doubles.
He said: "Today's the stuff of dreams really. It's been a memorable day, the best of my life."
He and tennis partner Gordon Reid have won the Wimbledon doubles title six times.
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