Britain's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid have won their seventh successive French Open wheelchair doubles ****** le.
The top seeds claimed a 6-2 6-3 victory over Spain's Martin de la Puente and France's Stephane Houdet to win their 24th Grand Slam ****** le together.
"This was one of the toughest tournaments we faced when we first started playing doubles with each other and it took us a fair few years to get our hands on this trophy," Hewett said during the trophy presentation.
"To win seven in a row is some achievement and I just want to say it's an absolute pleasure to be your doubles partner."
With the crowd cheering against them, in favour of home hope Houdet, Hewett and Reid produced a clinical performance - hitting 29 winners to their opponents' 14 and winning 55% of points on the French-Spanish duo's first serve.
The top seeds claimed a 6-2 6-3 victory over Spain's Martin de la Puente and France's Stephane Houdet to win their 24th Grand Slam ****** le together.
"This was one of the toughest tournaments we faced when we first started playing doubles with each other and it took us a fair few years to get our hands on this trophy," Hewett said during the trophy presentation.
"To win seven in a row is some achievement and I just want to say it's an absolute pleasure to be your doubles partner."
With the crowd cheering against them, in favour of home hope Houdet, Hewett and Reid produced a clinical performance - hitting 29 winners to their opponents' 14 and winning 55% of points on the French-Spanish duo's first serve.
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