Whiley targets double gold at Rio 2016

Wheelchair tennis star Jordanne Whiley may be the most decorated British tennis player of all time, but she's certainly not done with winning yet.

The Paralympics GB star, 24, has nine Grand Slam titles to her name, as well as bronze medal at London 2012.

While she regards winning a medal in her own country as one of her finest achievements, Whiley has made no secret of the fact she wants more in Rio.

The Brit will be competing in both the singles and the doubles in Brazil and, speaking exclusively to Metro.co.uk, she revealed that is targeting gold in both.

I want two gold medals from Rio.

It'll be slightly different from in London because in 2012 I was really just going for the doubles as I wasn't experienced enough.

But now I'm ranked third in the world, I've got Grand Slam titles behind me and I'm really going to push myself for a gold in singles as well as doubles. Winning a bronze at London 2012. To win a medal at the Paralympics is special but to win it at your home Games is ten times that.

There were massive differences between Beijing and London.

The atmosphere in London was incredible, there was a true atmosphere. Everybody wanted to be there to support their athletes.

The opening ceremony was just electric - it was unreal.

And I think it was a real honour to play in front of these people and I felt immense pride representing my country in front of them. London was the reason why Paralympic sport is so well known now.

Paralympians are becoming household names, they're getting sponsorships and more TV coverage. There's still a way to go with the TV coverage and the representation in the media but I think we're on the up and it's all because of London.

The mental side of playing tennis in general, not just wheelchair tennis, but tennis as a whole is really tough.

I'm sure it's the same in many other sports but tennis is particularly a mental sport. You have to be very strong and that's something I've always struggled with. The dedication of playing sport is also really hard.

Because I've been playing sport my whole life, I wanted to go to birthday parties when I was young and wanted to go out with my friends. It wasn't an easy thing to sacrifice.

But I got over that and realised that this is what I really wanted.

And I guess just the belief in yourself. It's really difficult to believe that you can win something and I think that's only something I've managed to really capture in the last 12 months and I'm still working on.

I was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta, which is a bone disease and it's hereditary from my dad.

When I was three, my dad took me out to Israel where he was competing and he stuck a racket in my hand basically to keep me from being bored and ever since then I've played wheelchair tennis.

- METRO.co.uk