Wimbledon singles champion Alfie Hewett will go for gold in Paris after being chosen in a six-player wheelchair tennis ParalympicsGB squad for the 2024 Video games.
Hewett, 26, is a three-time Paralympics silver medallist, having been a runner-up in males’s singles and doubles at Rio 2016 and in doubles at Tokyo in 2021.
It’s the solely main title he’s but to win.
Gordon Reid, who has received 21 Grand Slams as Hewett’s doubles companion, will be a part of Hewett, Ben Bartram and Dahnon Ward within the males’s singles and doubles at Roland Garros.
Hewett will head to France on a excessive after touchdown a primary Wimbledon singles title, finishing a profession Grand Slam, whereas he and Reid lifted the doubles trophy at SW19 for the sixth time.
Lucy Shuker and Andy Lapthorne full the crew, chosen to compete within the ladies’s wheelchair and quad wheelchair occasions respectively.
Shuker, a three-time doubles medallist, will likely be competing in her fifth Paralympic Video games on the age of 44.
“I like the thrill that begins with the Olympics after which to see the Paralympics unfold showcasing what athletes with all types of disabilities can obtain,” stated Shuker.
“It is a time that unites the world and I can not wait to be part of it.”
The Tokyo 2020 Video games – delayed to 2021 – was a profitable version for ParalympicsGB because the crew received 124 medals throughout 18 completely different sports activities.
The wheelchair tennis competitors in Paris begins on 30 August and runs to 7 September.