Great Britain's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid are unable to defend their Wimbledon men's wheelchair doubles title as they are beaten in a thrilling final by Martin de la Puente and Ruben Spaargaren.

Alfie Hewett insists past glories do not count for anything ahead of his dual Wimbledon title defence. The Norfolk tennis star, 27, returns to SW19 off the back of victory at the LTA's Lexus British Open just two days ago, with the title the latest in a trophy cabinet fit to bursting.

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.

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.

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Watch highlights as Great Britain's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid are unable to defend their Wimbledon men's wheelchair doubles title, losing 7-6 (7-1) 7-5 to the second seed team of Martin de la Puente and Ruben Spaargaren.