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Hewett denied second Paralympics tennis gold as Oda wins dramatic final
- Japanese rival wins 6-2, 4-6, 7-5, avenging doubles loss
- Hewett unable to convert match point at 5-3 in third set
Alfie Hewett will have to make do with just the single golden slam, for now at least, after he was edged out in a thrilling men’s wheelchair tennis singles final 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 by Tokito Oda.
In what is developing into an abiding rivalry at the top of the men’s wheelchair game, the Japanese teenager repeated his success over Hewett in the final of the French Open two years ago. A combination of power and brave shot-making ultimately won out for Oda, just 18 years of age, after Hewett – who sustained a groin injury in the first set – had earned match point at 5-3 in the third.
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