London 2012 Paralympic quad doubles silver medallist Lapthorne defeated South Africa's Lucas Sithole 7-5, 6-1 to set up a match with world number one David Wagner of the United States tomorrow for a place in the quad division final on Saturday (November 29) against Australia's Dylan Alcott, who overcame Wagner 6-2, 6-3.

"I played him [Wagner] in New York and I won and I've played him in a couple of other big finals and won - I think I've only lost to him once this year so I'm confident," Lapthorne said.

"When the big matches come and the pressure comes I seem to do well against him so hopefully I can come out on top tomorrow.

"This is what you play the game for - the pressure and I'm looking forward to it."

Gordon Reid needs to secure a win against Nicolas Peifer to be in with a chance of advancing at the Wheelchair Tennis Masters ©James Jordan


Reid, meanwhile, defeated world number two Stéphane Houdet of France 6-2, 6-2, and now needs to secure a win against another Frenchman in the form of Nicolas Peifer - who today beat Belgian Joachim Gérard 6-2, 7-5 - to be in with a chance of advancing.

"The one thing I felt I could have done better than yesterday was be more aggressive and I rectified that today," Reid said.

"I've struggled against him [Houdet] in the past, you can see that from our record, but the last time I did play him was indoors because of rain at the British Open and that was a similar score line, I played the same way today and got the same result.

"Tomorrow it's all or nothing, I need to win to go through."

Japanese world number one Shingo Kunieda secured his place in the semi-finals with a 6-2, 6-3 win over compatriot Takashi Sanada, who will now take on The Netherlands' Maikel Scheffers - who today overcame Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina 7-6(3), 6-2 - in the deciding match for the second semi-final pairing.

Jordanne Whiley claimed her place in the women's semi-finals with a win over Sabine Ellerbrock ©James Jordan


The women's play saw home star Jordanne Whiley claim her place in the women's semi-finals with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Germany's Sabine Ellerbrock.

"That win was so important, I didn't want to be a one hit wonder and to be honest I was really nervous today," Whiley said.

"I wanted to go out and perform I didn't want to flag but toward the end of the match at 3-1 I started to feel very tired, I was losing energy, so it was really difficult to focus so I'm quite happy that I managed to push myself that extra ten percent to get over the line."

Japan's world number one Yui Kamiji today clinched a 6-0, 7-5 victory over The Netherlands' Sharon Walraven and will face Ellerbrock tomorrow for the second semi-final spot.

Jiske Griffioen of The Netherlands defeated her compatriot Aniek Van Koot 6-3, 6-1 to progress from Group B, while another Dutch woman, Marjolein Buis, claimed a 6-3, 6-4 win over South Africa's Kgothatso Montjane.

Van Koot and Buis will compete tomorrow for the second semi-final spot.

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