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Reid won 1st ever Wimbledon Wheelchair singles

British Paralympian Gordon Reid won the first-ever Wimbledon wheelchair men’s singles title after defeating Sweden's Paralympic champion Stefan Olsson 6-1, 6-4. 
•    Reid also won the wheelchair men’s doubles title on Saturday, alongside compatriot Alfie Hewett. 
•    Wheelchair tennis has featured in Wimbledon since 2001, but 2016 is the first edition to feature men’s and women’s singles.
•    Wheelchair doubles matches have been contested at Wimbledon since 2001 but this was the first year that singles were introduced, with Reid its inaugural champion.
•    Also Britain’s Jordanne Whiley and Yui Kamiji of Japan were crowned Wimbledon’s wheelchair women’s doubles champions.
•    They beat Dutch duo Aniek van Koot and Jiske Griffioen 6-2, 6-2 in one hour and nine minutes. 
•    Reid became Wimbledon’s first-ever wheelchair men’s singles winner by beating Sweden’s Stefan Olson 6-1, 6-4 and the 24-year-old will go down in SW19 history.

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