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Britain's Alfie Hewett and Gordon Reid progressed to the quarter-finals of the men's wheelchair singles as they got their 2025 Australian Open campaigns under way.

Reid, the 2016 singles champion in Melbourne, defeated Belgium's Joachim Gerard 6-3 6-7 (5-7) 6-4.

Second seed Hewett, who won the title in 2023, then won 6-4 6-2 against Frenchman Stephane Houdet.

There was victory for Andy Lapthorne, in the quad wheelchair singles, as he beat Argentine qualifier Gonzalo Enrique Lazarte 6-3 6-3.

But wildcard Lucy Shuker lost her women's wheelchair singles opener 6-3 4-6 6-4 to South Africa's Kgothatso Montjane.