{"id":82700,"date":"2020-09-19T12:59:22","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T12:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alfiehewett.com\/?p=82700"},"modified":"2020-09-19T12:59:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T12:59:22","slug":"us-open-alfie-hewett-fails-in-bid-to-win-third-consecutive-wheelchair-singles-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alfiehewett.com\/2020\/09\/19\/us-open-alfie-hewett-fails-in-bid-to-win-third-consecutive-wheelchair-singles-title\/","title":{"rendered":"US Open: Alfie Hewett fails in bid to win third consecutive wheelchair singles title"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hewett recovered from 4-1 down in the third set to serve for the match at 6-5, but eventually was beaten 6-3 3-6 7-6 (7-3) after two hours and fifty-four minutes on Louis Armstrong Stadium.<\/p>\n

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The 22-year-old, whose only previous defeat at Flushing Meadows was the singles final on his debut in 2017, won the doubles title alongside compatriot Gordon Reid on Saturday.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=”0″ override_padding=”yes” h_padding=”2″ top_padding=”4″ bottom_padding=”4″ overlay_alpha=”50″ gutter_size=”4″ column_width_percent=”100″ shift_y=”0″ z_index=”0″][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image media=”82702″ media_width_percent=”100″][\/vc_column][vc_column column_width_percent=”100″ position_vertical=”middle” gutter_size=”3″ overlay_alpha=”50″ shift_x=”0″ shift_y=”0″ shift_y_down=”0″ z_index=”0″ medium_width=”0″ mobile_width=”0″ width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]There was success, though, for fellow Brit Jordanne Whiley<\/strong> and her Japanese partner Yui Kamiji as they won the US Open women’s wheelchair doubles to claim their 11th Grand Slam title together.<\/p>\n

Jordanne Whiley (right) and Yui Kamiji last won the US Open doubles title together in 2014<\/p>\n

They beat Dutch top seeds Marjolein Buis and Diede de Groot 6-3 6-3 in New York.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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