ANDY Murray eat your heart out. Dunblane's finest might have progressed into his third Wimbledon singles final in fine style against Tomas Berdych yesterday, but in one sense at least he still found himself upstaged. Gordon Reid, the 24-year-old from Helensburgh, had the distinction of progressing serenely into not one but two Wimbledon finals in one day.

This is the first year that wheelchair singles has been part of the SW19 schedule and Reid made sure of Scottish representation in its inaugural showpiece when he recorded a fine 7-6 (9), 6-4 win against the No 2 seed Joachim Gerard of Belgium on Court No 17. He will take on Sweden's Stefan Olsson on Sunday but his work for the weekend doesn't finish there.

First Reid and his English partner Alfie Hewett - with whom he will also compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro next month - will face French duo Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer today for the wheelchair doubles crown, after they ran out 6-3, 6-2 winners against Gerard again and Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina.

The Scotsman won his maiden major singles crown at the Australian Open earlier this year and also has three wheelchair doubles titles to his name, but claiming the Wimbledon singles title is a dream which has driven this impressive young man on ever since he succumbed to a disease called Transverse Myelitis some 12 years ago. He showed all his knack for the big occasion by breaking his Belgian opponent as he served for the first set, then nicking that set by an 11-9 score. He has experienced pretty much a perfect week thus far.

"It's massive for me," said Reid. "Going in here I knew how much of a milestone it was for our sport to finally have a singles event at Wimbledon. To be involved in the final now and to have the opportunity to try and win the first ever singles title is very big.

"There was always the feeling that it was still a bit exhibition-y when it was just a doubles event," he added. "But the fact we are now here playing singles, it's the same atmosphere as all the other slams, players are focused on the singles as well as the doubles. The interest is high, the court has been pretty much packed for all my matches so far and I think a lot of people are noticing the wheelchair tennis now. It is only a good thing for us.

"When I won my first singles title in Australia, it was such an amazing feeling. I thought it would never be beaten, but I'm starting to get the feeling this week that might not be true. It's been an incredible week already. I was in the Royal Box on Saturday and then met Kate Middleton yesterday, she was watching my match, and now getting to two finals. It's been the perfect week so far. Hopefully I can end it the right way as well."

If a bit of adjustment has been required when it comes to wheelchair tennis on grass, the experiment seems to have worked. "The game probably didn't used to be suited to grass court tennis," said Reid. "Even before this week, some people had doubts of how it was going to look, if it was going to be awful and nobody would want to watch it. I think that we've proved this week so far that people are loving to watch the singles events here. My matches this week have been completely packed and people are standing on the other court stands to get a glimpse of it. Everybody is just really happy that we are finally playing singles here."

While - like Murray - Reid will be favourite against the unseeded Olsson, he was cautious last night about the final match-up. "It's going to be a tough match," said Reid. "Stefan is playing well this week, he has had a couple of big results already. His game is suited quite well to the grass, he has got a big serve and a good slice backhand which is two things that are weapons on a grass court. I know I am going to have to play my best tennis to beat him. I have had some good results against him recently and it is normally a pretty good match-up for me. But at the same time I know I am going to have to perform at a high level to take the title."

Another feelgood story at this year's Wimbledon has been Heather Watson's exploits in the mixed doubles. Watson, who is expected to play mixed doubles with Andy Murray at the Olympics in Rio, is playing with Henri Kontinen of Finland here and they moved into the semi-finals with a 6-3, 6-2 win against Scott Lipsky of the USA and Alla Kudryatseva of Russia.