Great Britain’s Alfie Hewitt reaches his fifth consecutive wheelchair singles final at Wimbledon after fighting back from a set down to defeat Gustavo Fernandez.
Second seed Hewitt crashed out in the first set tie-break but recovered well to beat the Argentine 6-7 (2-7) 6-0 6-3.
“It was a roller coaster. I always seem to have matches like this in the semi-finals against Gustavo,” said 2024 champion Hewitt.
“I think it’s matches like these that make wheelchair tennis more popular.”
Hewitt, a 10-time Grand Slam singles champion, said he wanted to “leave this place” when he fell on Court One.
“After the first set I pulled myself together and just tried to focus on the next set and forget about what happened because I don’t think I played my best tennis,” he said.
“I was too stressed and my emotions got the best of me.”
Hewitt will face Japan’s Tokito Oda, who defeated the Briton in last year’s Wimbledon final and has won the last five Grand Slam singles titles.
“Obviously he’s flying now, he’s won every Grand Slam this year and he’s number one in the world for a reason,” Hewitt said.
Hewitt and teammate Gordon Reid, six-time Wimbledon doubles champions, will face Oda and Fernandez in the doubles on Saturday.
The British pair missed out on a third consecutive doubles title last year to Spain’s Martin de la Puente and Ruben Spaargaren of the Netherlands.
In the four-wheelchair singles semi-final, Britain’s Andy Lapthorne lost 6-1 6-1 to second seed Sam Schroeder, who will face Dutchman – and number one – Niels Vinck in the final.