Hewett, Reid & Lapthorne win opening singles ties

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.

Reid and Hewett will play their quarter-final ties, against Argentine fourth seed Gustavo Fernandez and the Netherlands' Ruben Spaargaren respectively, on Wednesday.

They will also launch their doubles bid against Japan's Takuya Miki and Daisuke Arai on the same day.

The pair, who are the men's doubles top seeds, are five-time defending champions.

Shuker will be in women's doubles action, seeded second alongside Japan's Yui Kamiji, while Lapthorne plays in the men's quad doubles with Dutchman Sam Schroder.