Lucas Sithole and Donald Ramphadi secured Africa’s first ever wheelchair tennis medal at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, winning bronze in the quad doubles. The duo overcame a Brazilian team in a thrilling tiebreak, adding to South Africa’s growing medal count.
Alfie Hewett claimed his first Wimbledon singles title, completing his career Grand Slam in wheelchair tennis. He also won the doubles title with Gordon Reid, adding to his already impressive 21 major doubles titles. Meanwhile, Yui Kamiji won her eighth Wimbledon doubles title and Kgothatso Montjane won her first.
Diede de Groot claimed her 15th consecutive Grand Slam title by winning the women’s wheelchair singles final at Wimbledon, defeating fellow Dutchwoman Aniek van Koot. This victory marks her sixth Wimbledon singles title and extends her record streak of major titles to 23.
Alfie Hewett, the wheelchair tennis star, has set his sights on winning the Wimbledon singles title after reaching the final in the past two years. Hewett, who has won 27 Grand Slam titles in singles and doubles, has made significant progress on grass and aims to add the elusive Wimbledon singles trophy to his collection. Alongside Gordon Reid, he has clinched five Wimbledon doubles titles and will be looking to defend their title this year.
