Australian Open: Gordon Reid beats eight-time winner Kunieda
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Gordon Reid competed at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympics
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Britain's Gordon Reid recorded the biggest win of his career to reach the semi-finals of the men's wheelchair tennis at the Australian Open.
The Scot, 24, beat eight-time winner and former world number one Shingo Kunieda 6-3 7-6 (7-1).
"I'm absolutely thrilled," said Reid, who described his Japanese opponent as "a legend of our game".
Reid, ranked fourth in the world, now plays Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez for a place in the final.
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