Reid and Hewett prepare for Wimbledon with cinch Championships win

Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett geared up for Wimbledon in perfect style as they claimed the wheelchair doubles title at the 2023 cinch Championships. The pair head to SW19 in search of their fifth title fresh from victory over Joachim Gerard and Stephane Houdet at The Queen's Club, recovering from a set down to take the title 1-6 7-5 10-3.

Ad It was timely tonic for Hewett, who earlier lost the singles final to Gerard 4-6 6-3 7-5 as the Belgian sealed a second-successive cinch Championships title. WTA EastbourneRybakina withdraws from Eastbourne due to illness ahead of Wimbledon defenceA MINUTE AGO Elsewhere in the men's singles, new world No.1 Carlos Alcaraz insisted Novak Djokovic is still the red-hot Wimbledon favourite in the wake of his own maiden grass court title at the cinch Championships.

Alcaraz beat Alex de Minaur 6-4 6-4 to cap a remarkable week for the Spaniard that has seen his game on this surface take visible leaps forward. The Spaniard revealed at the start of the week that he had low expectations for his time in West London but he now feels at the level required to challenge for the title in SW19.

Against De Minaur, who lists grass as his favourite surface, Alcaraz showed glimpses of his powerful and ruthless best, saving two crucial break points midway through the first set before immediately taking the sole opportunity offered up to him the very next game. It was enough for the 20-year-old to take control of the contest, with victory elevating him back to the top of the rankings pile ahead of the season's third Grand Slam, though he was under no illusions as to scale of the challenge posed by seven-time champion Djokovic.