Wimbledon Alfie huitt wins first wheelchair singles title Alfie huitt claimed his first men's wheelchair singles Wimbledon title on Sunday beating Spaniard Martin dent in straight sets on no one Court the Brit has now won a singles and doubles title at all of tennis's Majors having lost in the final of the singles at Wimbledon in both of the last two years the 26-year-old ranked no two for the tournament took the first set in convincing fashion as D La pente struggled to hold serve huitt who has battled a shoulder issue throughout the tournament had difficulties with his own serve in the second set as he attempted to close out the match a stunning return on breakpoint in the seventh game of the set saw huitt Tak an advantage he refused to relinquish eventually winning 6-2 6 to3 these last few years have been difficult leaving the championship to leave on singles final loss has been not far off heartbreaking the last couple of years huitt said in his onc court interview after clinching Victory I've been really trying to see the positives in my developments and my game on grass but when you've been watching this ever since a young kid and it's been a dream for so long narrowly missing out is a real tough one I'll be honest last night I was a b full of nerves because I didn't want to walk away with another loss today so I'm just really really proud of my performance out there and so grateful for all of you huitt now has 29 Grand Slam titles between singles and doubles and has a chance to reach 30 major wins later on Sunday as he and fellow Brit Gordon read take on Japan's takam Miki and toito Oda for the men's doubles title Oda 18 is the current no one singles player in the world and beat huitt in the final in West London 2023 huitt will reclaim top spot in the men's wheelchair singles rankings after the victory over de la pente