Alfie Hewett makes passionate wheelchair tennis address at Wimbledon after losing final

Alfie Hewett claimed the atmosphere on Court One made wheelchair tennis the winner after losing the Wimbledon men's singles final to Tokito Oda.

Defending champion Hewett saved three Championships points before going down 3-6 7-5 6-2 Japan's No.1 seed.

The top two have now shared the last 11 wheelchair Grand Slam singles titles.

And world No.2 Hewett, 27, said: "It's incredible, last year was such a special moment for me, my family and my team to clinch my first ever Wimbledon singles. To be honest, I don't think trophies can beat this sort of atmosphere and support. To have that behind you is even better.

"This sort of atmosphere doesn't happen to us on a regular basis. It is really incredible what has happened over recent years at Wimbledon.

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"Of course I would have loved to give everyone here a celebration but I was beaten by the better player in the big moments.

"Congratulations Tokito. To play matches like this with an audience like this is what we dreamed of. Win or lose, that's the real win today."

Belgium's Elise Mertens and Russian Veronika Kudermetova claimed the women's doubles title by beating Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Estonia's Jelena Ostapenko 3-6 6-2 6-4.

Russian Kudermetova said: "It's special, my first slam in doubles. A few years ago I was playing in the final here and had a few match points and lost that final and it was so painful. I really wanted it and this is mine now."