THE CHAMPIONSHIPS

July 14, 2024

Alfie Hewett

Gordon Reid

Press Conference

HEWETT-REID/Miki-Oda

6-4, 7-6

THE MODERATOR: We have Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett, men's wheelchair doubles Wimbledon champions.

Guys, another title to add to your collection. Not a bad day all-around. How are you feeling, Gordon?

GORDON REID: Yeah, probably slightly fresher than this guy sitting on my left.

It was great. A beautiful way to end the week. Obviously it was a perfect day for Alfie. Yeah, glad we can celebrate together tonight.

THE MODERATOR: Alfie, the pressure of getting that doubles win as well so you can really end the day on a high, how was that going? How tired were you?

ALFIE HEWETT: I actually felt quite good out there. It was a good battle between us and Tokito and Takuya. They're a good partnership.

I knew I had to bring a lot of energy. When you just won your first Wimbledon singles title, there's no complaints about energy. There's a lot of good vibes.

I'm just glad we could get out there and be clinical when we needed to be.

THE MODERATOR: Questions, please.

Q. Another doubles partnership, what is it that makes you guys so special?

GORDON REID: Well, I think it's a lot of experience together. We've been a team for a long time now, longer than I think any other team I've seen in the men's division. We've been through a lot. We've learned a lot of lessons, good and bad ones over the years.

I think it's, yeah, that drive to always improve. Even this week obviously at the moment we're buzzing and we're enjoying the win. When the dust settles, we'll look back and analyze it and work out what went well and what we can do better leading into the Paralympics.

It's a lot of hard work behind the scenes is the main secret.

Q. What is it with you and second sets this week?

ALFIE HEWETT: Yeah, it's been a challenge. The scorelines have been a lot tighter. We don't underestimate the opponents. Just because we've won 20 Grand Slams before, it doesn't mean that we're just going to go out there and clean everyone out.

Yeah, it's having that respect for the opponents. They played well. They played a lot better. Maybe our standards dropped a little bit in the second set. I think that's fine. It happens in sport. It's all about the reaction. At 5-2 we spoke about it, obviously the change of ends. We were able to find a way back into it.

Q. You've had this amazing day. What would it mean to you if England win tonight?

GORDON REID: You asking me (laughter)?

Q. Will you be able to watch it tonight, or are you having to go out and mark your victories here?

ALFIE HEWETT: Putting my feet up with a slight bit of alcohol and some nice food. Watching a football game is my idea of a great celebration. I'll be keeping my eyes firmly on the match, that's for sure.

Q. Gordon, we look to the Paralympics. We're going to have crowds unlike in Tokyo. What are you anticipating? What is it going to be like on clay with Roland Garros feeling different to a normal French Open?

GORDON REID: It's difficult to know. As you say with the no crowds in Tokyo, it feels like that momentum with the Paralympics got halted a little bit. I'm kind of hoping for a similar experience to what London was like. We won't be the home players. They're big stadiums at Roland Garros. Hoping to fill it up as much as possible.

Whether the crowd is with us or against us, I think we'll thrive under that atmosphere. Yeah, just really excited to get back out there.