Jordanne Whiley loses out in the final
Jordanne Whiley was defeated in the final of the 2015 Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament.
Eventual winner Diede de Groot won in three sets after losing the first to Halesowen's Whiley.
World No 9 de Groot, who started the tournament unseeded, overcame top seed Brit Whiley 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 to clinch her first ITF 1 Series singles title.
Whiley came from 2-0 down to lead the women's final for the first time at 4-3 before reeling off the last two games of the opening set.
However, de Groot twice came from two games adrift herself in the second set and took the last three games to force the decider.
The 18-year-old Dutchwoman, who had already beaten the world No 5 and No 6 on route to the final, made what proved to be a decisive breakthrough to lead the final set 5-3.
Whiley saved three match points from 40-0 down to narrow the deficit, but it was not enough as de Groot converted her next match point for one last break of serve to seal the biggest singles success of her career.
De Groot said: "To be honest I still can't really believe it. I didn't really have any expectations this week.
"I just wanted to play really good and be satisfied with how I'd played when I got home and I can certainly be very satisfied now."
Whiley said: "I didn't quite know what to expect today apart from the fact that Diede's had a great week.
"I've never played her before and she played really well again today and I wasn't able to take my chances.
"I'll need to take the chances I get at the Masters in a couple of weeks and everything is now geared to performing at my best there."
