HELENSBURGH wheelchair tennis star Gordon Reid missed out on a second successive Grand Slam title as he finished runner-up in the Wimbledon men’s doubles on Sunday.

World number three Reid, who was playing alongside Michael Jeremiasz from France, lost out 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 in the final to Nicolas Peifer of France and Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina.

After narrowly dropping the opening set, Reid and Jeremiasz put together four games in a row to take the second and a 1-0 lead in the decider.

However, a second Grand Slam title for Roland Garros doubles champion Reid, ultimately proved elusive. After beating top seeds Shingo Kunieda and Stephane Houdet in their semi-final, Fernandez and Peifer sealed the title.

Reid said: “Yesterday’s marathon semi-final really took it out of us after being on court for nearly three hours. Today we didn’t play the big points as well and Fernandez and Peifer were just on too good form.

“After narrowly losing that first set I was really pleased with how we came back in the second and the crowd were just amazing. I had so many friends and family cheering me on so I can’t wait to come back next year to play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon.

“The great thing about tennis is that there’s always another tournament to head to and I’m looking forward to travelling straight up to Nottingham for the British Open next week to test myself against all the top players again.” That semi-final contest on Saturday proved to be a thriller as Reid and Jeremiasz won a final set tie break to get past compatriot Alfie Hewett and Joachim Gerard of Belgium.

In a tense encounter the more experienced pair prevailed 7-6(9), 3-6, 7-6(4).

Hewett, making his Grand Slam debut, held both his opening service games as he and Gerard took a 5-2 first set lead.

However, second seeds Reid and Jeremiasz fought back to force the first set tie-break and saved three set points en route to seizing the advantage.

Hewett and Gerard took another commanding second set lead, going 3-0 ahead, and went on to force a decider.

There were signs of an upset being on the cards in the final set as junior world number one Hewett and Gerard took a 5-2 lead, but Reid and Jeremiasz saved a match point to make it 5-5 and then forced a second tie-break.

But experience showed as the last three points of the tie-break went to Reid and Jeremiasz with Reid sealing a thrilling victory thanks to a backhand winner after two hours and 50 minutes of pulsating wheelchair tennis.