England’s Toby Penty hopes the British crowd can lift him to his third tournament win in 2017 at the Scottish Open Grand Prix.

After Rajiv Ouseph pulled out of the tournament, Penty became the nation’s best hope in Glasgow and he is certainly making the most of the opportunity.

The 25-year-old is enjoying an excellent season, winning both the Kharkiv International and Swedish International in 2017 – and on Saturday stormed to the final at the Emirates Arena.

Penty produced a thrilling comeback to defeat Danish tenth seed Rasmus Gemke 14-21 21-14 21-17 in the semi-final, and revealed that some coaching advice from his team proved crucial.

“First set I just wasn’t up where I needed to be then I got some words of wisdom from the back,” Penty explained.

“I think my body language altered and actually that changed the game for me - stuff I was bemoaning like some shots I didn't make in the first, I started making in the second.

“There was just that extra bit of belief so I’m really happy that worked out!

“I feel like I got the crowd into it, in the first they wanted something to cheer and I wasn’t really giving them anything.

“I’m glad I could turn it into a match they could enjoy, then they could feed off me and I definitely fed off them.”

The Surrey shuttler will face world number 68 Lucas Corvee of France in the final – the two men know each other well and Penty is looking forward to the match.

“We’ve had a couple of really tight matches and I think it’ll be quite even tomorrow,” Penty added. “He’s had a really tough match and I’ve had a tough one so physically we’re going to be in the same place.

“I’m going to have to dig deep and try and use the energy of the crowd to go one step further.”

Elsewhere in the tournament, England’s young doubles partnership Ben Lane and Sean Vendy competed in their first ever Grand Prix semi-final but were unable to get the better of Dutch pairing Jelle Maas and Robin Tabeling.

Lane, 20, and Vendy, 21, changed tactics midway through the second game and threatened a comeback but eventually went down 21-13 21-18.

Vendy explained: “We went in with the wrong game-plan and the wrong tactics and we got hammered in the first.

“We changed it in the second but we just gave them too much lead and couldn’t bring it back.

“We completely changed our tactics at 11-6 down and got it back a bit, but they had too much of a headstart.

“Right now we’re a bit disappointed but probably on reflection in a couple of days I’ll be happy with the tournament.”

Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour, top seed in the women’s singles, also reached the final with a steady 21-15 21-17 win over Soraya de Visch Eijbergen.

The Scottish Open Grand Prix is ​​being hosted at the Emirates Arena by BADMINTONscotland with support from Glasgow Life, Glasgow City Council and EventScotland, part of VisitScotland's Events Directorate.Tickets are on sale at  www.badmintonscotland.org.uk  or at the Emirates Arena box office.