Helensburgh 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 won the Tokyo Paralympic silver medal).
“We were three points away from doing that. To come here and finish the year strongly together and go home with all four at the same time, it’s a good feeling.”
Reid’s next target is the sport’s year-end Doubles Masters in Orlando in November,
He added: “We’ve committed a lot of time, a lot of hours behind the scenes to improving. Obviously getting the titles is what we’re trying to achieve. Moments like this is what we do that for.”
