Israeli Paralympic tennis player Guy Sasson and his Dutch partner, Niels Vink, won the Quad Wheelchair Doubles title at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships on Saturday.
The pair defeated Sam Sam Schröder and Jin Woodman 6-2, 6-1, in under an hour, becoming back-to-back champions at the esteemed tournament.
“I’m glad I have a wonderful partner, and I think we complement each other as a pair. We just work well together,” Sasson told Israel’s public broadcaster Kan.
“I was injured 11 years ago in a snowboarding accident, and when I finished rehab, I looked for a framework where I could continue rehabilitating myself through sports.
“No one thought at first that it was going to be something professional in an organised and competitive way at the level I’m at today. It fills up my life today.”
The win in London is Sasson’s sixth grand slam title.
Born and raised in Ramat Gan, the 46-year-old Sasson took up wheelchair tennis after a snowboarding accident in France left him paralysed from the knees down.
Sasson is ranked world Number 3 in Quad singles, while his personal ranking in doubles has reached Number 2 in the world. Vink is ranked world Number 1 in both Quad singles and Quad doubles.
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