Helensburgh wheelchair tennis player Gordon Reid has been named in the Great Britain team for the World Team Cup next week.

The former Hermitage Academy pupil and his GB team-mates will be heading to Vilamoura in Portugal for this year’s BNP Paribas World Team Cup taking place between May 1 and 7.

Reid's long-time doubles partner Alfie Hewett says this year's Great Britain line-up is the country's “strongest team since 2019”.

World number one Alfie Hewett and reigning US Open junior Ben Bartram will be joining Reid as part of the men’s team captained by experienced coach Martyn Whait.

Reid and Hewett's 16 Grand Slam doubles titles have been extensively covered in the Advertiser since they won their first major championship together at Wimbledon in July 2016.

The British duo's latest Grand Slam title was won at the Australian Open in Melbourne in January - ending what, by their own high standards, was a slightly barren spell which had seen them miss out at both Wimbledon and the US Open in 2022, a year in which Reid spent much of his time grappling with injury.

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Alfie said: “This year we have our strongest team since 2019 and will be aiming high and I can’t wait to put on the GB kit once again.”

Great Britain first won the World Team Cup men’s competition in 2015 and have earned two gold, two silver and two bronze medals since.

However, the team are looking to make a comeback after the 2020 competition was cancelled due to Covid, while a combination of injuries and illness meant they could not compete in 2021 and 2022.

Erik Koers, head of the LTA’s Wheelchair Performance Pathway, said: “We’re pleased to announce a strong Great Britain squad for this year’s World Team Cup - and but for some untimely injuries among our quad division players we would be contesting all four championship events in Vilamoura.

“Nevertheless, we have another exciting mixture of youth and experience from the players on our performance pathway, and we are confident that they will add to Great Britain’s strong track record in the World Team Cup as well as continuing to build strong foundations for future years.”

Organised by the International Tennis Federation, the tournament will see teams from 22 countries compete across four divisions: men’s, women’s, quads and juniors.

Great Britain will be participating in all but the quads category.