Shingo Kunieda of Japan and Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina won the men s wheelchair doubles title at Wimbledon. Kunieda and Fernandez beat Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid of Britain 6-3, 6-1 on No. 3 Court. Kunieda is considered to be the greatest wheelchair tennis player of all time. He won his third doubles title at Wimbledon but he is still looking for his first title in singles at the All England Club. He will face Hewett in the singles final.
Dutch top seed Diede de Groot claimed her 15th wheelchair women's
singles Grand Slam title today, beating Japanese second seed Yui
Kamiji 6-4, 6-2 at Wimbledon.
Diede de Groot of the Netherlands closes in on compatriot Esther Vergeer s records in women s wheelchair tennis at just about every Grand Slam tournament. De Groot won her seventh straight major singles title and fourth overall at Wimbledon by beating Yui Kamiji of Japan 6-4, 6-2 on No. 3 Court. It was de Groot s 15th singles title at one of the four biggest tournaments in tennis. Vergeer has 21. De Groot says \