Britain's Andy Lapthorne loses in British Open final

Andy Lapthorne is ranked third in the world

Wheelchair tennis player Andy Lapthorne missed out on his maiden quad singles title at the British Open after losing in three sets to American David Wagner.

The Briton, contending in his fourth last in five years, looked solid as he took the opening set in Nottingham.

Yet, world number one Wagner, who beat Lapthorne in a year ago's last, returned into the match in the second set.

Lapthorne, the world number three, drove 3-1 in the decider however in the long run lost 2 6-4 6-4.

"I played an absurd level in the primary set and to keep that up is extremely intense," conceded Lapthorne a short time later.

"It was only maybe a couple focuses anywhere, so it's only an instance of continuing putting yourself out there and one of nowadays one of these finals will tumble to me.

"Credit to him, at 3-1 in the third and 40-15 he pulled off four of the best returns you'll ever observe and that about aggregates up his class."

The people's singles titles went to Japan's Shingo Kunieda and Diede de Groot of the Netherlands individually.

World number one Kunieda guaranteed his 6th British Open crown after a 6-1 6-2 prevail upon two-time previous champion Stephane Houdet.

De Groot vindicated a year ago's last thrashing to Japan's Yui Kamiji by beating her 2 6-3 6-3.