Tokyo Paralympics: Gordon Reid wins wheelchair tennis bronze medal match
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Paralympic Games on the BBC |
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Venue: Tokyo, Japan Dates: 24 August-5 September Time in Tokyo: BST +8 |
Coverage: Follow on Radio 5 Live and on the BBC Sport website |
Gordon Reid beat fellow Briton Alfie Hewett in the men's singles wheelchair tennis bronze-medal match to secure his second medal at the Tokyo Paralympics.
Scot Reid won 6-3 3-6 7-5 against his doubles partner, after the pair had missed out on a medal in that event.
Englishman Hewett lost to Reid in the gold-medal match at Rio 2016, and together they took silver in the doubles in Brazil and Japan.
"It was the most difficult match I had ever played in my life," said Reid.
"The thing we said to each other then (following the doubles match) was that the last thing we wanted to do was come here and play against each other on the same court. I just said I was sorry that we had to do that.
"But that's sport, that's the way it is. That's tennis - there's no draws in tennis, there has to be winners and losers.
"It doesn't feel like I am a winner today at the moment. But I am sure once the emotions settle down I will be proud of the fact I have won another singles medal and have the full collection, so it is quite a cool thing to do."
Elsewhere, Ben Rowlings finished seventh in the final of the T34 800m final. Derek Rae competes in the T46 marathon later.
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