Reid and Hewett retain doubles title

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Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett won gold and silver medals respectively at the Rio Paralympics

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Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett defended their men’s wheelchair doubles title at Wimbledon with a 6-7 (5-7) 7-5 7-6 (7-3) win over Nicolas Peifer and Stephane Houdet of France.

The British pair were a set down when rain stopped play for two hours.

They raced into 5-1 lead when the match resumed, and held off a recovery from the top seeds to take it to a decider.

Hewett and Reid let four championship points slip but eventually prevailed in a tense tie-break.

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