Gordon Reid wraps up 2024 Wimbledon with a win whilst junior Scots continue to impress on the international circuit.
Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett win sixth Wimbledon title
Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett were victorious once again at Wimbledon on Sunday, collecting their sixth doubles title at SW19 as a team.
The Brits started off with a win on No.1 Court against Martin De la Puente of Spain and Joachim Gerard of Belgium. Reid and Hewett got off to a quick start, taking the opening set 6-1 before having to battle back in the second set to secure the match 7-5.
Friday’s semi-final saw Reid and Hewett play Tom Egberink and Maikel Scheffers where the four-time champions got off to another swift start winning the opening set 6-1. However, the Dutch duo fought back to take the lead in the second set.
Facing a 3-5 deficit Reid and Hewett managed to stay in the second set to force a tie-break. There was little in the breaker as both teams took turns in taking the lead. Reid and Hewett fended off five set points before taking the win 14-12 to move into the final.
Sunday’s final would be a repeat of the 2023 final with Gordon and Alfie facing Japanese pair and second seeds Takuya Miki and Tokito Oda.
Once again Reid and Hewett took advantage of the match, winning the first set 6-4 before going down 2-5 in the second set.
For the third consecutive match, the defending champions had to find a way back into the second set. They managed to boost their level to force a second set tie-break where they would prevail 7-2 to clinch the second set and the Wimbledon title.
The win marks Gordon and Alfie’s sixth Wimbledon and Gordon’s one hundredth career pro doubles title.
Oluwadare and Robertson’s Wimbledon recap
Hephzibah Oluwadare and Charlie Robertson both reached the round of sixteen at the 2024 Junior Championship’s last week. The GB National Academy players bettered their results in the second appearance in the Junior events.
Hephzibah started the week off by upsetting ITF Juniors world number twelve Kaitlyn Rolls 6-1 6-2 in round one. She then followed up her win with a second round victory over Rose Marie Nijkamp of the Netherlands 6-3 7-5.
In the round of sixteen Oluwadare faced Monika Stankiewicz who was on a run of form after beating fifth-seeded Hannah Klugman. Stankiewicz was able to keep her momentum, defeating Oluwadare 6-2 6-3.
Meanwhile in the Boys’ event, Charlie Robertson began his tournament on a busy Court 3 against Germany’s Max Schoenhaus. Despite dropping the second set, Robertson prevailed 6-4 2-6 6-3.
Charlie then upset ninth-seeded Jangjun Kim of South Korea after he battled back from a set down to win 4-6 7-6 6-3 to progress to the round of sixteen.
However, it was not to be in round three as Robertson lost out to eventual singles finalist Mees Rottgering 6-7 2-6.
McKechnie wins Dublin double
Caelan McKechnie was victourious in both singles and doubles last week at the 14U Tennis Europe Ireland 4 held in Dublin.
Following his impressive two weeks in Edinburgh, Caelan managed to keep his form rolling dropping only four games in his first two singles matches.
In his quarter-final he beat Irish eighth seed Daniel Brink 6-3 6-1 before besting doubles partner Rocco Bellamy 6-3 6-2 in the semis to reach the final.
McKechnie was set to face qualifier Daniel Cummings in the final but was given a walkover from Cummings which would see him win the title.
In the doubles, McKechnie teamed up with Rocco Bellamy where the pair put together a convincing run to the title.
McKechnie and Bellamy didn’t lose more than three games in a set in their four matches played. They bested Irish fourth seeds Daniel Brink and Ronan Doyle in the final 6-1 6-3 which would see Caelan go undefeated for the week.
