Reigning champions Houdet and Peifer had been the favourites for the tournament at Sportcentrum Schaapskooi from day one but lost the final in dramatic circumstances.

The French duo thrashed Britain's Reid and Hewett 6-1 in the first set and looked like they would go on to win the match with ease as they raced into a 2-0 lead in the second set.

The Britons have vast experience of coming back from adverse situations, however, having recovered from a set down in their Wimbledon final earlier this year, also against Houdet and Peifer, to win the title.

they also came back from a set and 3-0 down to beat Joachim Gerard and Stefan Olsson of Belgium and Sweden, respectively, in the earlier stages of this tournament.

Those exploits were repeated here with Reid and Hewett eventually winning the final two sets 6-4, 7-5, breaking the Frenchmen’s serve in the penultimate game, to take the title.

The women’s final was similarly dramatic with Rio 2016 silver medalists Marjolein Buis and Diede de Groot, playing in their homeland, completing a victory over Sabine Ellerbrock and Aniek van Koot of Germany and The Netherlands, respectively.

After Buis and de Groot had taken the first set 6-2, Ellerbrock and Van Koot looked to be favourites for the second as they went into a 4-3 lead.

The Dutch pair won three straight games to take the set 6-4, handing them the title.

The men's bronze medallists were Stefan Olsson and Frederic Cattaneo from Sweden and France, respectively, who beat Maikel Scheffers and Gustavo Fernandez of The Netherlands and Argentina 6-1, 7-5.

Women's third place was claimed by Britain’s Lucy Shuker and America's Dana Mathewson, who saw off the challenge of Charlotte Famin, France, and Kgohatso Montjane, South Africa, in three sets - 6-1, 5-7, 6-1.