Singles pain spurred on Jordanne Whiley

The 24-year-old from Halesowen won her third consecutive wheelchair doubles title on Sunday.

But she admitted that she was still reeling from her semi-final defeat in the singles tournament.

Whiley has eight wheelchair doubles Grand Slams to her name but her only singles title came in the US Open last year.

She found Sunday's triumph alongside partner Yui Kamiji of Japan the easiest of her three Wimbledon wins, and is determined to let it slingshot her on to singles glory in Rio.

She said: "We didn't really expect to win three times in a row because obviously that's a great achievement.

"But it wasn't like the first time we won it when it was all tense and a really massive win. It was easier, there was less pressure, I wasn't that nervous."

Top seeds Whiley and Kamiji beat second seeds Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot 6-2, 6-2 in the final on court 17. It came after Whiley lost to Van Koot in the singles semi-final.

The tennis star, who suffers from brittle bone disease, said: "We know them so well. We've played them eight times, we've beaten them eight times so we've got them worked out.

"I was so gutted that I lost the singles, I just wanted to win a title at Wimbledon, I didn't want to go home empty-handed.

"I don't consider reaching the semi-final in the singles a good achievement. I wanted to win it, that wasn't a very good tournament for me."

She has immediately started training for the Rio Olympics, and in a fortnight's time will be playing in the British Open with Lucy Shuker – her partner with whom she won a bronze medal at London 2012.

But Whiley is desperate to play on a hard court, because the grass of Wimbledon doesn't prepare you properly for Rio's surfaces.

She explained: "It's movement mainly, it's really difficult to push on, and movement is my biggest strength.

"At Wimbledon I couldn't move, I couldn't get to the balls I could usually get to and that was frustrating."

Whiley is a winner, unhappy with anything less than first place, so she enjoyed Sunday.

She said: "I'm still pretty gutted about the singles, but my family were there, I got a chance to sit with them and celebrate the doubles."