Norfolk is in tremendous form

The man from Fleet in Hampshire became the world's top-ranked quad player for the first time in September.

He is now looking forward to continuing his form into next year's Athens Paralympics and picking up a gold medal.

"This is the culmination of a lot of time and effort," he told this website.

"I am playing the best tennis I ever have. My preparation has been excellent and I have worked hard on things like my tactics, my training regime and nutrition.

"It has just been putting everything together but I now need to replicate the success I have had this year in 12 months time if I am to do well in Athens."

Peter began his run of success with victory at the French Open and followed that up with a win in the next Super Series event, the British Open in Nottingham in July.

Wheelchair tennis is an exciting, powerful, dynamic sport Peter Norfolk

After that came victory in the PTR/ROHO Championship, where his straight sets win over American David Wagner gave him the title and the top ranking.

He continued his good form with success in the Lakeshore Foundation World Challenge and the US Open.

Next up are tournaments in Italy and Nottingham but Peter is also looking ahead to next year's Australian Open, where he will be bidding to complete a Grand Slam.

British quad tennis is in a healthy state with Mark Ecclestone and Roy Humphreys also in the world's top 25 but Peter admits that the sport's profile is in good shape too.

"Wheelchair tennis is an exciting, powerful, dynamic sport and we need to let able-bodied people know that," he said

"Events like the exhibition games at Wimbledon have really helped.

"The game used to be centered on the baseline and many players now take the ball on the first bounce.

"The number of tournaments and the level of sponsorship has increased and there have also been advances in training, diet and coaching which has raised the standard so much."