GORDON REID says he and Alfie Hewett are still hungry for success after their record-breaking sequence of 10 Grand Slam doubles titles in a row came to an end.

The British pair lost 6-3, 6-1 to Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina and Japan’s Shingo Kunieda in the men's wheelchair doubles final at Wimbledon on Saturday.

It was Reid and Hewett's first defeat in a Grand Slam doubles final since Wimbledon 2019.

Reid's preparations for the championships at SW19 were hampered after he ruptured a tendon in his wrist while playing in France shortly after the pair's victory at Roland Garros last month - while Hewett was unable to hit his best form after spending almost five hours and 50 minutes on court on Friday during the singles and doubles semi-finals.

The former Hermitage Academy pupil, winner of 21 Grand Slam titles, 19 of them coming in doubles, said:  “Congratulations to Shingo and Gustavo - I thought they played a brilliant match, so they deserve to be the winners.

"Under the circumstances, given what happened yesterday and the number of hours Alfie had on court and the lack of hours I’ve had on court recently due to a wrist injury, this was just one ask too many.   

“We're really proud of the run we've had. Unfortunately, circumstances didn't help us to continue that today.

"At the end of the day, we gave it our best shot and just came second best to the better team. There's lots of hunger, we want to keep improving, keep adding to the titles.” 

As this article was published on Sunday, Hewett was in action against Kunieda in the men's singles final, with the British player winning the first set 6-4.