Belgium’s Joachim Gerard beat newly-crowned world number one Gordon Reid to seal the successful defence of his NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters men’s singles title ©Getty Images

Belgium’s Joachim Gerard beat newly-crowned world number one Gordon Reid to seal the successful defence of his NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters men’s singles title at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in London.

The 28-year-old came from behind to triumph 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 against his British opponent, who ensured he will end the year at the top of the global rankings by reaching the final.

Reid, the Rio 2016 Paralympic champion, was 2-4 down in the opening set but won the next four games consecutively to take a one-set led.

Neither player was able to stamp their authority on the second set with seven breaks of serve in succession but Gerard managed to serve out the set at 5-4 to bring himself back onto level terms.

The Belgian broke Reid twice at the start of the third set to go 4-0 ahead and although the Scot battled back to trail 5-4, Gerard held his nerve to wrap up the victory.

"I'm so happy to retain my title," said Gerard.

"It's been a good year for me and hopefully next year I can do like Gordon has done and become world number one."

The Netherlands' Jiske Griffioen has retained her women's singles title ©Getty Images
The Netherlands' Jiske Griffioen has retained her women's singles title ©Getty Images

The defending champions in the women’s singles and quad singles also retained their titles today as The Netherlands’ Jiske Griffioen and the United States’ David Wagner won the respective finals.

Rio 2016 Paralympic gold medallist Griffioen avenged her defeat to Japan’s Yui Kamiji in the pool stages by claiming a convincing 6-4, 6-4 victory.

"I’m really happy," said the world number one.  

"It has been a long, tough week.  

"She (Kamiji) is a tough opponent and we always have close matches. 

"I’m really pleased, even if it was a struggle, to have won and retained my title."

Wagner, meanwhile, eased to a 6-4, 6-1 win over Israel’s Itay Erenlib to claim his ninth Masters crown.

"It’s hard to sum up," said the American. 

"It has been a long and hard week because the best of the best are here. 

"I pulled on a lot of experience out there."

The third-place play-off matches also took place today. 

Sweden's Stefan Olsson beat France's Stephane Houdet 6-3, 6-1 in the men's singles, while The Netherlands' Diede de Groot defeated compatriot Marjolein Buis 6-1, 6-1 in the women's singles.

In the quad division, Great Britain's Andy Lapthorne overcame South Korea's Kyu-Seung Kim 6-1, 6-2.