GORDON REID'S family have spoken of their immense pride after watching him become Great Britain's first ever Paralympic tennis men's singles champion on Friday in Rio.

The Helensburgh ace came through an all-British final against Alfie Hewett 6-2, 6-1 to win gold. He had earlier teamed up with Hewett in the doubles where they claimed silver.

The 24-year-old had the support of around 18 friends and family in Brazil including mum Alison, dad Graham and other siblings Stephen and Emily.

Younger brother David admitted it was a nerve-wracking experience for all of the family to witness the final - particularly when Hewett secured the first break of the match.

But they were overjoyed to see Gordon prevail and David took stock of how far his brother has come just over 10 years after he lost the use of his legs.

He said: "It was a bit nerve wracking at times but it was a great experience. It meant so much to not just Gordon but all of us for him to do so well.

"We were all proud of him when he won his first tournament in Glasgow. I remember that, I think he had only been playing for about a year.

"I remember how proud we were of him qualifying for Beijing in 2008 and now he's gone and won it. We're all incredibly proud of him."

David conceded he was concerned at Hewett's form en route to the final as the 18-year-old defied his 13th placed seeding to blast past some of the world's best players - but he always had faith that Gordon would come out on top.

He said: "Any other week if Gordon was playing Alfie I'd be more than confident Gordon would win, he has never lost to him and he's much higher ranked.

"But the way Alfie was playing that week was unbelievable. I've never seen anyone at his age firing through top five players in the world as if they were anybody.

"That was in the back of my mind but I was always confident Gordon would win."

The family arrived back in Scotland on Monday, however the celebrations will continue throughout the week with plenty of well wishers eager to congratulate the gold medallist.

David explained: "We've got multiple parties planned. So many people want to congratulate him and see the medals. There's one with Gordon's friends on Friday and one on Saturday with my Dad's friends.

"I think there is one in October and it wouldn't surprise me if there were some more."

Helensburgh resident and former Argyll and Bute provost Billy Petrie has suggested painting a Helensburgh postbox gold in tribute to Reid's historic achievement - an honour given to Olympic gold medallists such as Sir Chris Hoy and Andy Murray in their home towns after their success at London 2012.

He said: "Congratulations to Gordon Reid, you are a great credit to your country and to your town. You left Helensburgh to go to Rio as Gordon Reid and have returned victorious as Golden Reid.

"In the past it has been tradition to paint gold, a freestanding postbox in the town of a gold medal recipient. I hope that Helensburgh honour this tradition as the freestanding postbox outside the Municipal Building is in a very prominent part of town and would let people would see that we had honoured our gold medalist."