Paris Paralympics 2024 huitt and Reed keep gold medal dream Al light Britain's leading wheelchair Stars Alfie huitt and Gordon Reed refused to yield to the occasion as they progressed to the men's singles quarterfinals on day five of the Paro Olympic Games fifth seed Reed was first to Breeze through to the last eight after out foxing takuya Mickey of Japan 6161 continuing his 19 match winning streak against the ninth seed I knew it was going to be a step up in level from yesterday's match but I think I responded to that really well said Reed I controlled the majority of the match and I'm just really happy to take the next step forward world number one and top seed huitt would later join his long-term doubles partner in the latter stages of the draw after a nervy 75 62 victory over the world number 16 Japan's dauk arai visibly Rel Leed after the twists and turns of the match huitt said I haven't really played a lot against arai in recent years so it was a learning on the job kind of match he was taking my serve really early in punishing me so it put a lot of stress on me but I can give myself a lot of credit for how I coped with that saving four set points in that opening set and then taking control in the second Reed who this year contests his fifth games is the more experienced of the partnership having made his debut at Beijing 2008 more than a decade ago however the 32-year-old wouldn't come into success on the paralympic stage until Rio 2016 where he won Gold in the men's singles and silver in the doubles alongside huitt before again medling at Tokyo 2020 with a bronze in singles and a second career silver in doubles