Britons Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid successfully defended their Australian Open men's wheelchair doubles title with victory over Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer of France.

The top seeds came through 7-5 7-6 (7-3) in a repeat of last year's final.

Hewett will later face Joachim Gerard in the wheelchair singles final.

Britain's Andy Lapthorne and American David Wagner lost the quads doubles final to Australian pair Dylan Alcott and Heath Davidson.

Three-time defending champions Alcott and Davidson won 6-2 3-6 10-7.

Lapthorne took a break from tennis to focus on his mental health after the French Open in October, and admitted he had found it difficult in Melbourne at times.

"David's been very understanding of the situation and really encouraged me, even when I've been fairly useless at times on this trip," he said.

"Especially in the tie-breaker, all of a sudden the pressure comes and the anxiety comes and all those feelings I had back at Roland Garros start to come back again.

"It was tough, I know it probably hindered us, probably the reason why we didn't win. But I'm battling away and I'm trying my best."

There was also defeat for Britain's Lucy Shuker, as she and South African partner Kgothatso Montjane lost the women's wheelchair doubles final 6-4 6-1 against Dutch pair Diede de Groot and Aniek van Koot.
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