By Elizabeth Hudson BBC Sport at Wimbledon

Phillipson is the British number one

British duo Gordon Reid and David Phillipson suffered defeat in their semi-final at the Wimbledon Masters series wheelchair doubles event.

The pair lost 6-0 6-2 to defending champions Robin Ammerlaan and Ronald Vink from the Netherlands.

The Dutch pairing are ranked second in the world in doubles and proved too strong throughout the match.

The top seeds will face French duo Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer in Sunday's final.

Houdet and Peifer, who are the second seeds, defeated Austria's Martin Legner and Tadeusz Kruszelnicki 6-2 6-3.

Houdet showed plenty of skill from the baseline while Peifer, who is currently the world's top ranked junior, had some deft touches at the net.

They dominated the first set with Peifer sealing it with a drop-shot and although Legner and Kruszelnicki fought back in the second, the French pair held the edge.

Legner and Kruszelnicki will now face Reid and Phillipson in the play-off for third and fourth place on Sunday as the Britons bid to make amends for their defeat.

"We made a lot of mistakes and I thought that we should have done better," a disappointed Phillipson told BBC Sport afterwards.

"We won't play like that again in the play-off on Sunday but it has been a good experience for us."

"We are disappointed we couldn't challenge them more" Gordon Reid

The Dutch pair were always going to present a big test for their less experienced opponents and they made a strong start, breaking Phillipson to 15 in the opening game and quickly building up a 4-0 lead although the Britons tried hard to stay in touch.

On his next service game, Phillipson, the British number one, worked hard to get the pair to game point but the Dutch were saved by a lucky net cord and they went on to break again before Vink served out for the set.

Cheered on by a large crowd on Court Three, the Britons regrouped at the start of the second set and 16-year-old Reid served an ace on his way to winning the opening game.

They got their first break point in the next game on Ammerlaan's serve but the defending champions used their experience to save it and level it at 1-1.

But the Britons were broken again in the fifth and seventh games and Vink served out for the match which they clinched on their second match point when Phillipson hit long.

"They played well and they are not the number two pairing in the world for nothing," admitted Reid.

"It is only our second time ever playing on grass and we have never played in front of as big a crowd but hopefully we can improve on Sunday."