By Zjan Shirinian

Glasgow was one of the 11 places to host a Ticket2Tokyo event ©Tennis FoundationEighty budding wheelchair tennis players have been fine-tuning their skills at a Talent ID Festival aimed at finding athletes who could compete for Great Britain at Tokyo 2020.

The Tennis Foundation's Ticket2Tokyo event, supported by the Lawn Tennis Association and UK Sport, was hosted at 11 venues across the country.

It aims to attract potential athletes with the "desire and dedication to train to become elite athletes and compete for ParalympicsGB at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games".

Players of all ages took to the courts over the weekend, with support on hand from members of the Tennis Foundation's Wheelchair Tennis Performance Programme.

British men's number one and world number three Gordon Reid passed on tips to those being put through their paces in the Scottish city of Glasgow by fellow Paralympian-turned-coach Kevin Simpson and Karen Ross, the Tennis Foundation's talent manager and senior programme coach.

"We've had a wonderful weekend of wheelchair tennis activity across all parts of the UK and a broad age range of athletes taking to the courts, including players as young as five years old in Taunton," said Ash Smith, the Tennis Foundation's performance development coach.