Australian Open 2024 results: Alfie Hewett, Gordon Reid and Andy Lapthorne win titles
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Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid have now won 19 wheelchair doubles Grand Slam titles together
Britons Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid won their fifth Australian Open men's wheelchair doubles title in a row and there was also success for Britain's Andy Lapthorne in the quad doubles.
Hewett and Reid beat the Japanese pair of Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda 6-3 6-2 in the final in their second match on Friday after rain delays on Thursday.
Lapthorne and American team-mate David Wagner won a thrilling quad final.
They beat Donald Ramphadi and Guy Sasson 6-4 3-6 10-2.
Hewett and Reid have now won 19 Grand Slam wheelchair doubles title together.
"Some of the points in that match really displayed the best of wheelchair tennis," Hewett said. "The best bit about it is you feel the love and the excitement from the crowd as well and you can tell they're getting into the match."
Earlier on Friday, Hewett and Reid advanced from their semi-final with a 6-3 6-3 win over another Japanese pairing, Daisuke Arai and Takashi Sanada.
"There were some relatives and some Scots out there," added Reid. "Some of them have just flown over yesterday for this match.
"Obviously, it was great to have them there. My parents are out here as well. It was my dad's first time at the Australian Open. Hopefully he enjoyed himself today and enjoyed that."
Hewett won the men's wheelchair singles at the Australian Open in 2023 and the top seed will play in the final on Saturday when he takes on second seed Oda.
Lapthorne dedicates quad doubles title to uncle
Andy Lapthorne (left) and David Wagner have won nine Grand Slam titles together and beat South Africa's Donald Ramphadi and Israel's Guy Sasson in the final
Lapthorne and Wagner also had to play twice on Friday and gained a 6-3 6-2 success against the duo of Australia's Heath Davidson and Canada's Robert Shaw to set up their final with Ramphadi and Sasson.
Lapthorne's victory was especially poignant after he missed his uncle's funeral during his bid for a 17th career Grand Slam title and his ninth Grand Slam title alongside Wagner.
"It's 10 years this week since we won our first one and we've somehow managed to do it again, so big thanks to David," said Lapthorne. "I lost my uncle about three or four days before I came out here, so that one's for him.
"[During the match] I played probably one of the best 10-15 minutes of tennis that I've ever played at a Grand Slam, in terms of just not missing a ball and feeling really confident."