Hewett later made it through to the doubles final alongside British partner Gordon Reid. World No.1 Alfie Hewett is into his third successive Australian Open men’s singles final after defeating Japan’s Takuya Miki. With the momentum swinging in his favour, the Brit dominated the second set, securing the title with an ace on the first championship point to lift his maiden Australian Open singles trophy. The 16-year-old Japanese rising star took an early 3-1 but Hewett fought back to win five games in a row to claim the first set. This victory comes just one day after Hewett lifted his 16th doubles title at a major tournament alongside compatriot Gordon Reid. Hewett, who finished runner up in the 20 Australian Open finals, has now won seven Grand Slam titles. It's been a week to remember for World No.1 Alfie Hewett who finally lifts his maiden Australian Open men's wheelchair singles title after defeating Tokito Oda of Japan 6-3, 6-1.

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Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk bow out in the semi-final.

Hewett through to mens singles and reaches doubles final alongside partner Reid.

Hewett and Gordon Reid win men's wheelchair doubles title for fourth year in a row.

Alfie Hewett wins mens wheelchair singles title for the first time in his career.

Following the match against Lipscomb, UR will face Belmont on Mar. as the home Doubleheader match against Virginia Wesleyan, originally slated for Mar.

On court five, Miano defeated Mahesh (JMU) 7(7)-6(4), 7(7)-6(5) while Alex Wernink defeated Edson Sanchez 6-1, 6-3 on court six for the Spider victory. In singles action, Kliebhan posted a 6-2, 7(7)-6(1) victory over Sinopoli (JMU), on court two while John Walsh was victorious on court four, defeating Sadek Youssef (JMU), 6-4, 6-4.

In doubles action, JMU alum William Karpinski and Daniel Kliebhan posted a 7(7)-6(3) victory over Koons/Mahesh (JMU) on court one while Davis Wiley, this week's A-10 Rookie of the Week, and Sebastian Miano recorded a 6-0 victory over Sadek/Sinopoli (JMU) on court three to give the Spiders the doubles point.

With the win, the Spiders push their win streak to three-straight matches and improved to 7-3 overall while the Dukes fell to 5-3 on the young season. – The University of Richmond Men's Tennis team posted a thrilling 5-2 victory over JMU Thursday afternoon at home.

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