By Emily Goddard

Gordon Reid has defended his men’s singles title at the Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament ©The Tennis FoundationGordon Reid and Jiske Griffioen have successfully defended their men's and women's singles titles at the Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament to signal their intentions at the year-end Wheelchair Tennis Masters.

Great Britain's world number three Reid added to his 2011 and 2013 titles as he defeated Swedish former world number two Stefan Olsson 6-0, 6-1, while world number two Griffioen of The Netherlands secured victory over Reid's compatriot and calendar-year Grand Slam winner Jordanne Whiley 6-0, 6-4 to take her third successive and fourth overall Nottingham Indoor women's accolade.

"I'm really pleased with the way I played - that is exactly the way I want to play next week," Reid said.

"I just hope I haven't peaked a little bit too soon.

"The way I played there doesn't surprise me because I do it consistently in training.

"The hardest thing about tennis is putting what you do in practice into match play situations - I did it perfectly today.

"I have convinced myself that I can do it in matches in a pressure situation because that was a final match against a player in really good form."

Jiske Griffioen has secured her third successive and fourth overall Nottingham Indoor women’s crown ©The Tennis FoundationJiske Griffioen has secured her third successive and fourth overall Nottingham Indoor women’s crown ©The Tennis Foundation


Griffioen was also pleased with her victory and said she had worked on things she will use at the Masters, due toget underway on Wednesday (November 26) at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre in London's Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Reid did, however, miss out on claiming the doubles title, as he and France's Michaël Jeremiasz were beaten 6-4, 6-3 by top seeds Joachim Gérard of Belgium and Jeremiasz's compatriot Nicolas Peifer.

Yesterday, Britons Andy Lapthorne and Jamie Burdekin clinched the quad doubles crown in a 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 win over Australia's Dylan Alcott and fellow Briton Antony Cotterill, while Whiley took the doubles title with Lucy Shuker when they overcame South Africa's Kgothatso Montjane and the United States' Kaitlyn Verfuerth 6-4, 7-5.

"It was a good win and nice to win a title with Jordanne again," said Shuker.

"Our games really complement each other and I'm chuffed to end the season with that doubles victory."

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