Helensburgh wheelchair tennis star Gordon Reid is back in action in Rotterdam today (Thursday) following a whirlwind week after his Australian Open singles win last weekend.

The 24-year-old claimed his first singles Grand Slam in Melbourne with a 7-6, (9-7), 6-4 win over Belgian Joachim Gerard in the final. He returned to Scotland last Tuesday, where everyone wanted a piece of Britain's latest Grand Slam champion.

He didn’t have long to celebrate his victory, getting back into training on Friday and now starts his Rotterdam Open singles and doubles campaign.

In amongst a host of media commitments last week, Reid was invited along to Ibrox Stadium on Saturday to watch his boyhood heroes Rangers draw 0-0 with Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup.

The highlight of the day for the Helensburgh hero was going onto the pitch at half-time to hold his Australian open trophy aloft in front of 33,581 fans.

Reid told Rangers TV pitchside: “It’s been a mental week, I was straight back from Melbourne and when I got back I’ve had a lot of media. It means a lot to be here. I’ve been a Rangers a fan all my life and the way the club and the fans have got behind me, it’s brilliant to have that backing.

“It’s a perfect start to the year for me, I’m feeling confident and playing well.”

Meanwhile Reid has thrown his support behind the Tennis Foundation’s new National Wheelchair Tennis Series, which gets under way next month in Loughborough.

The Tennis Foundation National Wheelchair Tennis Series, which will feature 10 tournaments between March and November, caters for players of all abilities and is the entry-level tier of tournaments for wheelchair players in Great Britain.

All events are run by experienced, local organisers with the support of the Tennis Foundation.

Reid, played in and won his first tournament at a corresponding Tennis Foundation-supported tournament in Glasgow in 2005.

He said: “The Tennis Foundation have been instrumental in my development as a player and I had only been out of hospital for six weeks before being able to play my first tournament at Scotstoun Tennis Centre in Glasgow, where I’d first tried the sport just a few weeks beforehand.

“To play in a division appropriate to my level at the time was really encouraging and to win my event was a bonus, but aside from that I got such a lot out of just being able to meet and watch more experienced players and it was the start of what has been an incredible journey so far."