Heartbreak for ParalympicsGB’s Hewett and Reid as France win gold in thriller

  • Rio repeat as GB duo take silver in wheelchair tennis final
  • France’s Houdet and Peifer prevail 7-5, 0-6, 7-6 (4)

Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid had to settle for a second successive silver in the men’s wheelchair tennis doubles after an epic three-set battle against the defending champions at the Ariake Tennis Centre in Tokyo.

The gold medal was decided by a third-set tiebreak with France’s Rio 2016 winner Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer coming out on top 7-5, 0-6, 7-6 (4).

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