Reid, Ellerbrock and Alcott win titles in USA

Great Britain’s Gordon Reid and Germany’s Sabine Ellerbrock claimed the respective men’s and women’s singles title as the 12th Pensacola Open, part of the UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour, drew to a close on Sunday (22 March) at Roger Scott Tennis Centre, USA.

The quad singles was won by Australia’s world No. 2 Dylan Alcott on the penultimate day of play.

World No. 3 Reid followed up his victory in the men’s doubles, partnering Belgian Joachim Gerard, by claiming the men’s singles final against world No. 7 ranked Dutchman Maikel Schefffers 6-4 6-3. Reid’s second singles title of 2015 was the 29th of his career and his seventh at ITF 1 Series level.

The Brit will now bid to retain a second ITF 1 Series title in the coming week when the world’s leading players contest the Cajun Classic in Baton Rouge, which starts on Wednesday (25 March).

Like Reid, world No. 4 Sabine Ellerbrock also justified her top seeding in the women’s singles as she came through her second three set match of the week to beat Dutch world No. 4 Marjolein Buis.

With Buis also contesting her second straight three set contest, Ellerbrock dominated the final set to seal a 6-4 4-6 6-1 victory and her second singles title of the season. Ellerbrock's win also saw her end the sequence of seven successive Dutch women's singles champions in Pensacola as she became the first German champion.

Buis ended the tournament as runner-up in the women’s singles and the women doubles after Brits Lucy Shuker and Jordanne Whiley claimed the doubles title.

World No. 2 Alcott’s 7-5 7-6(6) victory over the USA’s world No. 1 David Wagner in the quad singles final on the penultimate day of play saw the Australian extend his unbeaten sequence for the season to 16 matches. Wagner and fellow American Nick Taylor left Florida with their eighth Pensacola Open quad doubles title in a row.