Day 10: Alfie Hewett facing end of Paralympic career - due to being deemed not disabled enough
The TelegraphA tearful Alfie Hewett admitted his Paralympic future is “out of his hands” as a review into whether his disability qualifies him to play threatens to end his wheelchair tennis career aged just 23. Hewett's dreams of ever winning a Paralympic gold medal could well have ended on Friday, when he and doubles partner Gordon Reid were forced to settle for silver in a marathon final against France's Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer. His partnership with Reid this season, winning all three grand slam doubles titles so far, has been a marker of their close bond too: "The fact that we've put in seven, eight years of work together, we've had a lot of highs and some lows as well, but it's been an absolute pleasure to be on the court with Gordon - I couldn't have asked for a better partnership." Reigning champions Houdet and Peifer also beat Reid and Hewett to gold in Rio, but this time it took an epic three-and-a-half hours for a winner to emerge.
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