Grant riding high as Euro star

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Daniel Grant is a European champion after helping England win the prestigious EuroPilota 2010 in Spain.

Part of a 12-man squad, Grant was involved in all the team's double matches as England beat Italy and Belgium in the group stages before seeing off the Netherlands in the semis. Grant said: "We beat everyone in straight sets, until the final which was the most dramatic and incredible of my life."

Up against the hosts in front of 1,000 baying spectators and the television cameras, Grant admitted that "nerves got to us in the first set and Spain were empowered by the crowd, winning comfortably".