Watch: Japan Star Celebrates Tennis Gold By Spinning Wheelchair, But Wheel Comes Off

In an epic Paralympics tennis singles final, Great Britain's Alfie Hewett incurred a 2-6, 6-4, 5-7 to Japan's Tokito Oda. The matches lasted just over 2 1/2 hours, in front of a virtually sell-out crowd on the Philippe-Chatrier court at Roland Garros, in a great advertisement for the event. The pivotal moment came when Hewett narrowly failed to convert a match point at 5-3 on Oda's serve, the Japanese held and then broke Hewett to level at 5-5.

Oda -- who beat Hewett in last year's Wimbledon final -- won the next two games to take the gold. While it was indeed a thrilling clash of wheelchair tennis, it was Oda's celebration that left everyone stunned. 

Oda, who at 18 years and 123 days became the youngest ever Paralympic men's wheelchair singles champion, celebrated by spinning on his wheelchair but the force of it took the wheels off his chair.

Hewett was left at the net as Oda, crying tears of joy, lay on the ground in the chair after deciding to take off its wheels and throw it around himself. The Briton then graciously came round and helped pick the wheels up before hugging Oda and whispering in his ear.

Crazy Celebration of Winning Gold

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"I said, just take this in and enjoy this because what we've done today out there is nothing short of absolutely remarkable," said Hewett on the chat he had with Oda.

"It may go down in wheelchair tennis Paralympic history as the greatest match ever."

Wheelchair tennis is part of the four Grand Slam tournaments but prize money is tiny by comparison.

Hewett won GBP 65,000 (USD 85,000) when he secured the Wimbledon title in July, to complete a career singles Golden Slam, just GBP 5,000 more than first-round