Winning five straight points, Hewett was awarded with an immediate break in the second before consolidating his lead with a comfortable hold and a second break to build a healthy 3-0 lead.

At the sixth time of asking, the Briton crossed the finish line after producing his second ace of the set to claim the scoreboard advantage.

However, it was the British No.1 who looked to be in pole position after earning a total of five set points at 6-5, but Kunieda recovered well from a 40-0 deficit to call for a tiebreak. The world No.2, Alfie Hewett, defeated Shingo Kunieda 7-6(2), 6-1 in the Wheelchair men's singles final to lift his third US Open title.Ī battle of the breaks in the opening set left spectators on the edge of their seats as there appeared to be few and far between the No.1 and No.2 seed.

Lucy Shuker, Gordon Reid and Andy Lapthorne knocked out in wheelchair singlesĭay 14 - Alfie Hewett defeats Shingo Kunieda to win his third US Open title.

Hewett and Gordon Reid finish runners-up in the men's doubles.

Alfie Hewett wins his 21st Grand Slam title after defeating Shingo Kunieda in straight-sets.

Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram beat Neal Skupski and Wesley Koolhof to US Open men's doubles title.

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