GORDON REID made a winning start to his French Open campaign on Tuesday after defeating Dutchman Maikel Scheffers in the opening round of the men's wheelchair singles.

The former Hermitage Academy pupil eased past his opponent 6-1, 6-1 to set up a last eight tie against fellow Brit Alfie Hewett.

Reid's doubles partner also overcame Dutch opposition in his first round match on Tuesday, beating Rio Paralympic silver medallist Tom Egberink 6-3, 7-5, setting up an all-British quarter-final on Wednesday.

The quarter-final will be only the second meeting at Roland Garros between Hewett and Reid after Reid won their quarter-final in 2018, when the men’s draw featured only eight players and Hewett began the tournament as the defending champion.

Reid, a former men’s singles finalist in Paris, dropped just the third game of the opening set and the first game of the second against Scheffers to set up his 39th career singles match against doubles partner Hewett.

The 31-year-old said: “It was quite tight in the first set. A lot of games were going the distance, I think I just did the basics a little bit better than him [Scheffers].

"I had a couple of nice shots here or there, but I think it was about playing the percentage stuff today. I’m just happy to get the experience and get the win under the belt."

Speaking before Wednesday's all-British quarter-final, Reid added: “I know what to expect [from Hewett]. I know it will a big challenge, but it’s something I’ve done here before and I feel I have the game to be able to [win]. It’s just a case of producing that on the day.”

Reid and Hewett – reigning doubles champions at Roland-Garros and winners of the title for the past three years – start their quest for a fourth doubles title in a row against France's Frederic Cattaneo and Casey Ratzlaff of the United States, with the winners of that quarter-final tie due to play either the Dutch duo of Scheffers and Ruben Spaargaren, or Belgium's Joachim Gerard and Tokito Oda of Japan, in the last four.

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