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Wheelchair Tennis Masters: Alfie Hewett wins as Gordon Reid loses on day one

World number two Alfie Hewett won his opening men's singles match on day one of the season-ending Wheelchair Tennis Masters in Loughborough.

Hewett held off Swedish sixth seed Stefan Olsson to win 7-6 (7-5) 3-6 6-3.

But Belgian defending champion Joachim Gerard came through 6-3 7-5 against Hewett's doubles partner Gordon Reid.

Andy Lapthorne beat fellow Briton Antony Cotterill 6-1 6-4 in the quad singles, but Lucy Shuker lost in the women's singles.

The British sixth seed was well beaten by world number two Diede de Groot of the Netherlands, who dropped just one game in her 6-1 6-0 victory.