Gordon Reid and Andy Lapthorne equalled the records for most men’s singles and quad singles titles won at the LTA’s Bolton Indoor ITF 2 Wheelchair Tennis Tournament as both Brits secured their third victories apiece with straight sets wins at Bolton Arena on Sunday.
The women’s singles title went to American second seed Dana Mathewson, who ended British number one Lucy Shuker’s title defence.
Sixth-seed Reid wrapped up a tremendous week, the British number two beating Dutch third seed and Tokyo Paralympic silver medallist Tom Egberink 6-2, 6-3 for his first singles title since the 2021 cinch Championships after an injury-hit 2022 season.
Reid led Spanish second seed Martin de la Puente 6-2 before world number six De la Puente was forced to retire from Saturday’s semi-final due to illness and the Briton won seven games in a row against Egberink to earn a commanding 6-2, 3-0 lead before wrapping up the title decider.
The 2014 and 2015 Bolton champion said: “I’m really happy with the week. It was a strong line-up with a lot of top players so to come here and win quite convincingly is great.
“The level of performance today was high from me and it’s a good confidence-booster for the rest of the year.
“I had a couple of good singles wins out in Australia last month but to back it up here in the semi-finals and the final is obviously a bonus.”
Reid left Bolton with two titles after teaming up with 17-year-old Brit Ben Bartram to win their first tournament together as a partnership.
Twenty two-time Grand Slam champion Reid and Bartram beat Dutch second seeds Egberink and Maikel Scheffers 1-6, 6-4, (10-7) in their doubles semi-final before being awarded a walkover in the final.
World number seven Lapthorne, the 2016 and 2018 quad singles champion in Bolton, completed his hat-trick of tournament victories after a 6-2, 6-3 win against fellow Brit and seventh seed Greg Slade, who was contesting his first ITF 2 final after beating Brazilian second seed Ymanitu Silva.
“Singles-wise it’s been a good week,” said Lapthorne.
“It’s always good to get some wins in early in the season and really good to be playing against another Brit.
“That’s the first time in a while that we’ve had an all-British quad final and there are some good signs there for the future.”
Lapthorne and Slade finished runners-up in the quad doubles after victory went to the top seeds, Slovakia’s Tomas Masaryk and Silva 6-0, 3-6, (10-6).
With Bolton Arena having hosted the first two British-based world-ranking events on the International Tennis Federation’s UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour across 10 days, the ITF 2 women’s singles title went to Mathewson just five days after the world number nine won the ITF 3 title. Mathewson beat world number 10 Shuker 6-3, 6-0.
There were also runners-up honours for Shuker in the women’s doubles as French second seeds Pauline Deroulede and Emmanuelle Morch edged out second seeds Shuker and Cornelia Oosthuizen 7-6 (4), 2-6, (10-6) after a deciding match tie-break.
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