The 23-year-old’s final preparation for the first Grand Slam of the year will come when he contests the men’s doubles at this week’s ITF 2 Series Melbourne Wheelchair Tennis Open, which begins today (Thursday).

Reid lost out in the singles semi-finals at last week’s Sydney International Open, where he started well with a 6-0, 7-5 win over fellow Brit and doubles partner Alfie Hewett before defeating Japan’s world number eight Takashi Sanada 6-3, 6-0 in the quarter-finals.

However, world number one Shingo Kunieda proved a different proposition in the last four. The Japanese top seed went on to claim a 6-2, 6-1 victory, to avenge his loss to British number one Reid in their semi–final in Sydney in 2014 and subsequently succeeded Reid as the Sydney champion.

Despite the loss Reid is confident that he is close to playing at his best, the level he will need to be is he is to have a successful Australian Open.

He told Advertiser Sport: “It was a mixed week in Sydney, I don’t feel like I’m far off the tennis I want to be playing but at the same time there are definitely things to improve on going into Melbourne.

“It’s good preparation for the Australian Open and the Melbourne Open will be important to polish up my game going into the first Grand Slam of the year.” Reid will be going for a second men’s doubles title of 2015 in Melbourne this week when he partners Hewett for the third tournament in a row.

The duo won the Queensland Open two weeks ago before being semi-finalists last week in Sydney, where they were edged out by Japanese duo Satoshi Saida and Sanada, the eventual runners-up.