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Tokito Oda’s bid to win his third consecutive Grand Slam men’s wheelchair tennis tournament ended Friday with a semifinal loss to Spain’s Martin de la Puente at Wimbledon. De la Puente defeated the top-seeded Japanese 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 after winning seven of his 11 break points. Oda committed 25 unforced errors. Oda had won four of the previous five Grand Slam events, including the first two of 2024 and last year’s Wimbledon. “I think I let my guard down,” the 18-year-old said. “Rather than my opponent stepping up, my play deteriorated. I wasn’t in bad shape, but I could’ve done better with shot s…

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