Diede de Groot of The Netherlands has added a second Wimbledon women's singles wheelchair title to her CV ©Getty Images

Top seed Diede de Groot made a successful defence of her Wimbledon women's wheelchair singles title today as she defeated fellow Dutch player Aniek van Koot at the All England Club.

De Groot, 21, earned a 6-3, 6-2 victory against the 27-year-old former world number one, who had beaten second seed Yui Kamiji in her semi-final at the Grand Slam.

The match lasted two minutes over the hour on the grass.

Earlier on court three, Britain's Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewitt won the men's doubles wheelchair title for the third year in succession.

Britain's Gordon Reid celebrates exuberantly as he and Alfie Hewett secure their third successive Wimbledon men's doubles wheelchair title ©Getty Images
Britain's Gordon Reid celebrates exuberantly as he and Alfie Hewett secure their third successive Wimbledon men's doubles wheelchair title ©Getty Images

The home players took an hour and 25 minutes to defeat Sweden's singles titleholder Stefan Olsson and Joachim Gerard of Beligium, 6-1, 6-4.

It was all relatively straightforward after their momentous semi-final victory over Japan's world number one Shingo Kunieda and last year's and this year’s singles finalist Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina.

The Britons had progressed 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 in a match taking two hours and 48 minutes.

The men's singles and women's doubles finals will be held tomorrow.