The tight contest ended in a match tiebreak in the deciding doubles rubber in Alphen, The Netherlands.

Beijing 2008 Paralympic bronze medallist Jamie Burdekin had given the British team a winning start against the defending champions, getting the better of world number nine Nick Taylor 6-0, 6-1

But world number one David Wagner, of the US, levelled the match with a 6-1, 6-0 win over Andy Lapthorne.

That took the tie into a deciding doubles match where Burdekin and Lapthorne made a quick start against Wagner and Taylor, taking the first set 6-1.

The American duo showed their class and experience, however, to take the second set 6-2 and force a tiebreak.

Britain made the best start to the tiebreak and although the US pair made up ground, it was Burdekin and Lapthorne who finished the strongest with a string of key aces to seal a dramatic 10-7 win in the third.

David Wagner put up a strong defence of the United States' quad title, but it was ultimately not enough ©Getty Images



"It's fantastic to win the title again and before we've won it with Peter Norfolk in our team, but it's great to see we can still do it now he has retired with our current team," said a delighted Lapthorne

"It was a real team effort this week and we've all played our part and played some fantastic tennis.

"It's always an honour to represent your country and my success this week has been helped by the amazing support we get from the Tennis Foundation and UK Sport through our National Lottery funding."

After losing out to the US in a tiebreak in a deciding doubles rubber in the semi-finals, Israel won the bronze medal, beating Japan 2-1 in another crucial doubles rubber.

Japan had finished top of its round-robin group after a surprise 2-1 win over the US in the opening tie of the competition.

The penultimate day of action in Alphen also say Belgium with the men's World Group II title to earn promotion back to the top tier of 12 nations in the World Group.

They did so, led by Mike Denayer and Joachim Gerard, with a 2-1 victory over top seeds Brazil.

The tiebreak was won by world number four Gerard, with the match ending 4-6, 6-3, 10-7.

Gerard said: "It was a tough final, but I was happy with my singles win.

"Brazil have a good team and made it hard for us in the doubles, so I'm very happy we could win and that we will be back in the World Group."

Britain's women's team will face The Netherlands in the final tomorrow as the tournament comes to a close.

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