Wimbledon Wheelchair Tennis singles champion Stefan Olsson has cruised into the quarter-finals at the ITF Belgian Open ©Getty Images

Wimbledon champion Stefan Olsson has made it through to the third round of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Belgian Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships at the Tennis Club Geronsart in Jambes.

The Swede, seeded third in Belgium, received a bye in the first round and then came up against Dutchman Ricky Molier in round two of this ITF 1 Series event.

As would be expected in the early stages, he dispatched his opponent with ease, for the loss of just one game, 6-0, 6-1.

He is now due to play the eighth seed Daniel Caverzaschi from Spain in the quarter-finals.

Caverzaschi had an even more impressive win today, beating the Belgian Ivan Kindt in his home tournament 6-0, 6-0.

Colombia's Angelica Bernal fell to a surprise defeat in her first match at the 2018 Belgian Open ©Getty Images
Colombia's Angelica Bernal fell to a surprise defeat in her first match at the 2018 Belgian Open ©Getty Images

Belgium's Joachim Gerard, seeded second at his home event this year, has not played today, after also receiving a bye in round one.

In the women’s event there was a shock as the eighth seed from Colombia Angelica Bernal lost in two sets to the unseed Brazilian player Natalia Mayara 7-6, 7-5.

None of the other matches, however, even came close to being a surprise.

The number four seed Katharina Kruger from Germany beat home player Els Verhoeven 6-0, 6-1, the sixth seed from The Netherlands Michaela Spaanistra won her match 6-0, 6-0 and another Dutchwoman, Marjolein Buis, the third seed, won 6-3, 6-4.

The competition is due to continue tomorrow.