GORDON REID says he’s looking forward to taking his Far East form into this summer’s two Grand Slam tournaments after he retained his Japan Open Super Series men’s singles title.

With Roland Garros and Wimbledon looming large on the horizon in June and July, the Helensburgh wheelchair tennis star defeated world number three Shingo Kunieda 6-4, 4-6, 6-1 in the final in Iizuka on Saturday to clinch back-to-back Japan singles crowns.

And Reid ended the tournament as singles and doubles champion in the same year for the first time after partnering fellow Brit Alfie Hewett to win Friday’s men’s doubles final, when Kunieda was again on the opposite side of the net.

Reid also leaves Asia with three titles in three events in two weeks after winning the men’s singles at the previous week’s Korea Open ITF 1 Series.

As well as marking another successful tournament for players on the Tennis Foundation’s Wheelchair Tennis World Class Programme, Saturday’s victory means Reid has now won three career singles titles at Super Series level – the highest tier of standalone wheelchair tennis tournaments outside of the four Grand Slams.

Reid said: “It means a lot to me to win the Japan Open for a second year running.

“Shingo is always a tough opponent and somebody I enjoy sharing the court with, so it was a great moment for me today in front of a fantastic crowd.

“Taking the title is the perfect end to this tour for me and I’m looking forward to taking this confidence into the rest of the tournaments over the summer.”

The Burgh star reached Saturday’s final after four straight-sets wins, including a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Hewett in the second all-Brit Super Series singles semi-final between the two players this season.

Reid and Hewett claimed their third Super Series men’s doubles title together on Friday without having dropped a set in Iizuka.

The top seeds beat the second seeds, Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez and Kunieda, 7-6(5), 6-4 in the final.

Reid, now a two-time Japan Open men’s doubles champion, is now after winning the 2015 title partnering Kunieda. Both Reid and Hewett are now looking forward to the second Grand Slam tournament of 2018 in Paris early next month.

However, before then, both Reid and Hewett will lead the Great Britain men’s challenge at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup, which takes place in Apeldoorn in the Netherlands from May 28 to June 3.