Alfie Hewett claimed the atmosphere on Court One made wheelchair tennis the winner after losing the Wimbledon men’s singles final to Tokito Oda. Defending champion Hewett saved three Championships points before going down 3-6 7-5 6-2 Japan’s No.1 seed.

British defending champion Alfie Hewett is into the men's Wimbledon wheelchair singles final after beating Martin de la Puente in straight sets.

Vicky Tolfrey, Professor of Applied Disability Sport and Director of the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport explained: “The project team got together, and we decided to bring Alfie to Loughborough, where we have our laboratory to look at the biomechanics and use our specialised wheelchair ergometer.

Tokito Oda of Japan won his second Wimbledon title by beating his biggest rival and defending champion Alfie Hewett of Britain 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the men's wheelchair singles final.

Full coverage guide.Two-time defending wheelchair doubles champions Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid got their campaign off to a winning start at Wimbledon.The British pair beat Takuya Miki of Japan and American Casey Ratzlaff 6-3 6-2 to progress to the semi-finals.

Alfie Hewett says doing his homework helped him combat the threat of the unknown and propel him into the Wimbledon semi-finals.