Edinburgh's Jillie Cooper, who has reached the top 50 in the world in mixed doubles with Renfrew's Watson Briggs, has been rewarded for a great season by moving up a couple of funding bands in the GB set-up.

She is also looking forward to an exciting new partnership in women's doubles with Mariana Agathangelou, the English 19-year-old who reached the final of last year's Bank of Scotland Centenary Championships with Gabby White.

"I'll be spending a lot of the summer down at Milton Keynes (at the National Training Centre)," said 20-year-old Jillie. "Next year, Mariana and I will be playing on the European circuit and in a lot of the Grand Prix Tournaments.

"I've moved from the bottom band of F up to band D in the GB scheme which is great.

"Mariana and I are around the same age so I've known her since junior days. I think it will be really good for my game to get the chance to train with all the top British squad players at Milton Keynes.

"But I also want to keep my involvement with Dan Travers (Scotland's High Performance coach) and the Scottish Institute of Sport.

"Dan has really helped my game and the back-up facilities in Scotland are fantastic.