History for Helensburgh tennis superstar Gordon Reid after US Open win
dailyrecord.co.ukGet the latest news from Record Sport with our daily newsletterHelensburgh tennis hero Gordon Reid made history at the US Open, completing the first ever calendar year Grand Slam in men’s wheelchair tennis.Reid and partner Alfie Hewett took just an hour and 14 minutes to defeat Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez and Japan’s Shingo Kunieda 6-2, 6-1, repeating their win over the same partnership in the 2019 final, which the Brits won in a deciding match tie-break.Remarkably it was a fifth consecutive US Open title for Reid, who has now got 19 Grand Slam titles to his name.He said: “It’s an amazing feeling.“To do it together as a team is something we take a lot of pride in.“There’s a little bit of regret we couldn’t make it the Golden Slam (the duo.
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