British duo Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid got here from a set and a break all the way down to win the boys’s wheelchair doubles title for the sixth time as a partnership on the US Open.
5 years on from their most up-to-date title at Flushing Meadows, the legendary pair battled again to beat Spain’s Martin de la Puente and Ruben Spaargaren of the Netherlands 2-6 6-3 10-7 in a match tie-break.
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It’s a outstanding thirtieth Grand Slam doubles title for 34-year-old Reid, 11 years on from the Scot’s first, with 26 of them coming alongside Hewett.
“We have not received right here for 5 years so that is one thing we have been determined for and extremely motivated for,” Hewett, 28, mentioned.
“It will not be the final, we have a lot extra doubles to play sooner or later.
“These are the type of matches we need to play in entrance of such a tremendous crowd. I am glad we may placed on a little bit of a present for you tonight.”
Reid added: “It has been greater than 13 years we have been enjoying collectively and he is not sick of me but. Hopefully we have a number of extra years left in us.”
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The title seemed a great distance off as high seeds Hewett and Reid struggled within the first set, dropping six video games in a row after going up 2-0 early.
De le Puente and Spaargaren stored the stress up within the second and seemed in management after breaking to guide 3-2.
Nevertheless, Hewett and Reid hit again instantly and the momentum of the match switched straight away.
The British duo took 4 consecutive video games to win the set and pressure the 10-point match tie-break.
It went forwards and backwards within the early phases however Hewett and Reid opened up a spot to guide 7-4 and regardless of a double fault from Hewett at 8-6, they stored their composure to seal their third main win of 2026.
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Earlier, Hewett booked his place within the males’s wheelchair singles remaining. The second seed was main 6-0 3-0 when Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez retired injured.
He’ll face defending champion and high seed Tokito Oda of Japan, who has received the earlier three majors in 2026 and goes for the calendar Grand Slam.
In the meantime, Briton Matthew Knoesen had a day to recollect as he received each the junior boys wheelchair singles and doubles titles.
The singles crown was claimed with a 6-0 6-2 win over Australia’s Sonny Rennison, whereas Knoesen partnered with Hirofumi Inoue of Japan to win the doubles title – they beat fellow Briton Will Barton and Italy’s Lorenzo Politano 6-1 6-0.
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