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Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett reached his fifth consecutive wheelchair singles final at Wimbledon after fighting back from a set down to defeat Gustavo Fernandez.
Second seed Hewett was knocked out in the first set tie-break but recovered well to storm to a 6-7 (2-7) 6-0 6-3 victory over the Argentine.
“It was a rollercoaster of a match. I always seem to have a match like that in the semifinals against Gustavo,” said Hewett, the 2024 champion.
“It’s these types of matches that I believe put wheelchair tennis on the map a lot.”
Hewett, a 10-time Grand Slam singles champion, said he wanted to “leave this place” once he was set on Court One.
“I took myself away after the first set and tried to focus on the next set and forget what happened, because I don’t think I played my best tennis,” he said.
“I was very stressed and emotions got the better of me.”
Hewett will face Japan’s Tokito Oda, who got the better of the Briton in last year’s Wimbledon final and has won the past five Grand Slam singles titles.
“He’s obviously flying at the moment, winning all the Grand Slams this year and he’s number one in the world for a reason,” Hewett said.
Hewett and teammate Gordon Reid, six-time Wimbledon doubles champions, will take on Oda and Fernandez in the doubles showpiece on Saturday.
The British pair missed out on a third consecutive doubles title last year, losing to Spain’s Martin de la Puente and Ruben Spurgeren of the Netherlands.
In the quad wheelchair singles semi-finals, Britain’s Andy Lapthorne was beaten 6-1 6-1 by second seed Sam Schroeder, who will face fellow Dutchman – and number one seed – Nils Vink in the final.
