French Open 2021: Alfie Hewett reaches men's singles and doubles wheelchair finals
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Alfie Hewett won the wheelchair singles title at Roland Garros in 2017 and 2020, while he and Gordon Reid are also the defending champions in the doubles
Britain's Alfie Hewett reached the French Open wheelchair singles and doubles finals with two comeback wins.
Hewett trailed 5-1 in the deciding set and saved three match points in a 1-6 7-5 7-6 (8-6) win over Argentine second seed Gustavo Fernandez in the singles.
He will defend his title against Japanese top seed Shingo Kunieda.
The 23-year-old then teamed up with fellow Briton Gordon Reid to reach the doubles final with a 2-6 6-2 10-8 win over Fernandez and Kunieda.
On his singles win, Hewett said: "I'll never forget this. I think for me this was the match of my life - so far.
"It's very cliche of me to say this but tennis is never over until it's over. You have to really believe that down to the core.
"I had nothing else on my mind apart from making sure that I made balls in the court and just tried to be as aggressive as possible and hope that maybe Gustavo would miss a few."
However, there was disappointment for Andy Lapthorne in the quad wheelchair semi-finals, with the British second seed losing 6-1 6-4 to Sam Schroder of the Netherlands.
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