Ruthless Hewett into wheelchair singles semi-finals

Australian Open 2025

Dates: 12-26 January Venue: Melbourne Park

Britain’s Alfie Hewett reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open wheelchair singles before teaming up with Gordon Reid to progress to the last four of the doubles.

Second seed Hewett, the 2023 singles champion at Melbourne Park, claimed a flawless 6-0 6-0 win over Ruben Spaargaren of the Netherlands.

Reid lost his singles quarter-final 6-3 6-7 (6-8) 6-1 to Argentine fourth seed Gustavo Fernandez, who will play Hewett next.

Hewett and Reid – who are top seeds and have won the Melbourne doubles title together on five occasions – then joined forces to beat Japanese duo Takuya Miki and Daisuke Arai 6-2 6-0.

In the women’s wheelchair doubles, Lucy Shuker and Japan’s Yui Kamiji sealed a 6-1 6-0 quarter-final win over Chile’s Macarena Cabrillana and Saki Takamuro, also of Japan.