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Oda crushes Hewett 6-1 6-1 for third Wimbledon wheelchair title

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Japan's Tokito Oda dismantled Alfie Hewett 6-1 6-1 on Court One to capture his third Wimbledon men's wheelchair singles crown. The 20-year-old top seed and defending champion needed just 63 minutes to extend his Grand Slam winning streak to six consecutive majors, a run that began after his loss to Hewett in the 2025 Australian Open final.

Hewett, 28, arrived on the back of a seventh Wimbledon doubles title won Saturday alongside Gordon Reid, but his singles form collapsed under Oda's pressure. The Briton served 10 double faults — three in his opening game alone and six in the first set — handing Oda free points throughout a lopsided contest. "Right now, I'm extremely disappointed," Hewett said afterward. "It's not the performance I wanted today, I don't think Tokito read the script."

Oda has now claimed three of the four 2026 Grand Slam singles titles, leaving only the US Open to complete a calendar-year sweep. Hewett, the 2024 Wimbledon champion, acknowledged the scale of the challenge: "That's three Grand Slams now [in 2026] so I know what his goal will be going into the US Open. Hopefully someone can stop him."

With Oda's serve-and-return game peaking on grass and hard courts alike, the 20-year-old enters Flushing Meadows as the overwhelming favorite. Hewett must rediscover first-serve reliability if he hopes to disrupt a dominance that currently has no obvious answer on tour.