British No. 1 Lucy Shuker clinched the biggest singles title of her career on Saturday when she won the women’s singles final at the Belgian Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships in Namur.
The victory completes a fine week for Shuker, who also secured the women’s doubles title on Friday partnering Dutchwoman Sharon Walraven.
After beating world No 4 and second seed Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands in the quarter-finals earlier in the week, the unseeded Shuker made a splendid start in the final against third seed and home favourite Annick Sevenans.
Shuker then came from 3-1 down in the second set to beat the Belgian world No 8 6-1, 6-4 and land the first ITF 1 Series singles title of her career.
Having started the Belgian Open world ranked No 12, Shuker will now climb back inside the world’s top 10 in next week’s rankings published by the International Tennis Federation.
