Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid won the sixth consecutive men’s wheelchair double title from Australian Open.
The British pair now has 17 of the 20 Grand Slam titles in the form of 22, with 22 together, and acquired the first disabled Olympic gold last summer.
They defeated Daniel Caverzaschi of Spain and Stephane Hudet in France to 6-2 6-4 in the Melbourne Finals.
Reid said, “I think the core is never rested in our position, we are never satisfied with our level and performance, and we are not always trying to improve.
“What kind of title we got, no number of numbers, we always go back and review and see where we can improve and get better.”
Hewett will try to achieve two successes on Saturday when taking a big rival tokito ODA in the single finals.
LAPTHORNE won the eighth consecutive quad -double title from Melbourne.
Andy Lapthorne has partnered with the Dutch, Sam Schroder, in the Quad Wheelchair doubles, and won the 6-1 6-4 victory over the Top Seeds Niels Vink and Guy Sasson.
Lapthorne is a big West HAM fan and spurred with the support of the club. He wants to go home on time to see the Aston Villa on Sunday. Sky Sports.
“I think my flight is at 11 pm tomorrow. If it is not delayed, I will go straight into the car and drive to Villa Park,” he said.
“If not, I rested a week, went to the training ground, showed the trophy, met the boys, and had a message from Vladimir Coufal last night.
“He is amazing to me that he’s just seeing and looking at good luck and things.
“Two media teams wish me good luck. And it is really good to get the support of the club fans and the people of the club. It drives me.”
A 15 -year -old Brit Hannah Klugman missed the trophy in a women’s doubles.
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