HALESOWEN'S Jordanne Whiley completed her preparations for this week’s NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters by lifting the women’s doubles title with fellow Brit Lucy Shuker at the Nottingham Indoor Championships last Saturday.

She also finished runner-up in the women’s singles the following day.

World number six Whiley, the 2010 Nottingham Indoor champion, was beaten 6-0, 6-4 by Dutch world number two Jiske Griffioen in the singles final, but is buoyed by her second set comeback heading into the year-ending championship for the world’s leading players, which started yesterday in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.

“I did well in the second set and brought it back a little bit, but I couldn’t find my rhythm,” said Whiley, who goes into the Masters bidding to progress beyond the round-robin phase of the competition for the second successive year.

She became the first Brit to reach the women’s singles semi-finals at the prestigious event in 2013.

“I’m really excited to be heading back to the venue where I won my London 2012 doubles bronze medal for the Masters at the end of what’s been a memorable season. I’ve been working really hard on my game at home and came here not wanting to put too much pressure on myself.”

Earlier in the week Whiley beat Frenchwoman Charlotte Famin in a final set tie-break in her opening match in Nottingham, which came less than 24 hours after her red carpet appearance at the Sunday Times and Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Year Awards in London.

Whiley was nominated on the back of being the first British tennis player in history to complete a calendar year Grand Slam after winning the women’s doubles at the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open with Japan’s Yui Kamiji.

Whiley went on to beat German fourth seed and world No. 9 Katharina Kruger 6-2, 6-2 in Saturday’s semi-finals before partnering Shuker to win the women’s doubles final. Whiley and Shuker renewed their London 2012 bronze medal-winning partnership to retain their Nottingham Indoor title following a 6-4, 7-5 victory over the second seeds, South Africa’s Kgothatso Montjane and American Kaitlyn Verfuerth.