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| Written by Marshall Thomas and Donald Fullarton | |||
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HELENSBURGH Tennis Club's Gordon Reid was one of only two non-seeds in yesterday's men's main draw singles quarter-finals at the 21st British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships at Nottingham Tennis Centre. The 18-year-old British no.2 produced a polished opening performance to overcome French eighth seed Frederic Cazeaudumec 6-3, 6-2, but then failed to make the last four.Gordon said after beating the Frenchman: "I was pretty happy in the match. There were plenty of good points and some not so good, so I just need to focus on taking the good points away for tomorrow's match. We went to three sets recently, so I'm looking forward to it." Yesterday he faced fourth seed Ronald Vink of the Netherlands in the last eight, having taken the Dutchman to three sets in their only previous match this season, at May's World Team Cup in Turkey. He put up a fine effort against Vink, but the world no.6 eventually proved too strong and wrapped up a 6-4, 6-4 victory. Updates, drawsheets and order of play all week can be found at this website. The NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour originated in 1992 with 11 international tournaments. It has grown into a tour comprising of 160 events in 42 countries around the world in 2010, and concludes with the most prestigious event, the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters, a year-end world championship for the top eight men and top eight women players. With international rankings and prize money, tournaments offer various draws allowing all players a chance to compete at a competitive level. The no.1 ranked male and female players at the end of the year are honoured as the Wheelchair Tennis World Champions during the ITF World Champions Dinner held at Roland Garros.
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