Alfie Hewett claimed the atmosphere on Court One made wheelchair tennis the winner after losing the Wimbledon men’s singles final to Tokito Oda. Defending champion Hewett saved three Championships points before going down 3-6 7-5 6-2 Japan’s No.1 seed.

British defending champion Alfie Hewett is into the men's Wimbledon wheelchair singles final after beating Martin de la Puente in straight sets.

Vicky Tolfrey, Professor of Applied Disability Sport and Director of the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport explained: “The project team got together, and we decided to bring Alfie to Loughborough, where we have our laboratory to look at the biomechanics and use our specialised wheelchair ergometer.

Alfie Hewett heads to Wimbledon with a monkey off his back – and his place in the pantheon of wheelchair tennis greats firmly secure. The Norfolk star, 27, grabbed a long-awaited maiden singles ...

Full coverage guide.Two-time defending wheelchair doubles champions Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid got their campaign off to a winning start at Wimbledon.The British pair beat Takuya Miki of Japan and American Casey Ratzlaff 6-3 6-2 to progress to the semi-finals.

Alfie Hewett suffered heartbreak when he was beaten by Japan’s Tokito Oda in a pulsating gold-medal match of the men’s wheelchair tennis singles at Roland Garros.