Australian Open: Alfie Hewett into men’s wheelchair singles and doubles finals; Ranah Stoiber into girls’ semi-finals | Tennis News

England’s Alfie Hewett has qualified for the men’s wheelchair singles and doubles finals at the Australian Open, while Ranah Stoiber is through to the women’s semi-finals.

Hewett will try to make it third time lucky in the men’s wheelchair singles in Melbourne after easing into the final with a 6-1 6-1 victory over Japan’s Takuya Miki.

Hewett, top seed following the retirement of long-time rival Shingo Kunieda, faces another Japanese player, third seed Tokito Oda, in the final as he aims to win his seventh Grand Slam singles title.

Hewett will also try to win a fourth consecutive doubles title here with Gordon Reid. The pair reached the final with a 6-4 6-4 win over Daisuke Arai and Takashi Sanada.

Stoiber became the first British girl to reach the junior semi-finals at the Australian Open for eight years.

The 17-year-old beat Pole Weronika Ewald 6-3 6-3 in the quarter-finals to go one better than her run at the US Open last summer.

Katie Swan, who lost in the final in 2015, was the last British girl to make the last four at Melbourne Park while Aidan McHugh reached the men’s semi-finals in 2018.

Stoiber is seeking to become the first British girl to win a junior Grand Slam singles title since Heather Watson at the US Open in 2009 and the first overall since Oliver Golding won the men’s title in New York in 2011.

She will face 15-year-old Mirra Andreeva of Russia, already in the top 300 in the women’s rankings, in the semi-finals.

Speaking about her inspiration, Stoiber previously said: “Emma Raducanu has given great hope to British tennis players. She is very young, so seeing what she is doing inspires me to work hard every day to try and reach her level.