After a tight first set, Whiley ran away with the second and will be the only non-seed in women’s singles quarter finals where she faces a tough task against second seed Florence Gravellier of France.

Whiley told insideworldparasport: "I was quite nervous out there to be honest but I performed really well today and I’m obviously delighted with the result.

"My aim before the tournament started was to reach the quarter final and I have now achieved that which is great.

"I’m not expected to win tomorrow against Gravellier but if I carry on playing the way I am and improve my serve a bit, there is no reason why I can’t give her a bit scare out there."

Whiley will be joined in the women’s quarter final by compatriot Lucy Shuker after the British number one and eighth seed in Nottingham saw of Chile’s Francisca Mardones 6-1, 6-1.

However, Shuker now faces a monumental task to reach the semi final of the prestigious Super Series event as she faces world number one and defending champion Esther Vergeer who has not been beaten in a competitive singles game since January 2003.

Shuker said: "I’ve unfortunately got Esther in the next round so it’s obviously not a game I’m expected to win but I’m seeded second in the doubles [alongside Gravellier] and we have a really good opportunity to win which would be great to do in front of a home crowd."

Vergeer is one of four Dutchwomen in the women’s singles quarter-finals after opening her bid for a tenth British Open title with a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Colombia’s Johana Martinez.

Marjolein Buis will face fourth seed Jiske Griffioen in the only all-Dutch women’s quarter-final while their compatriot Aniek van Koot takes on Belgian fifth seed Annick Sevenans to complete the women’s quarter final line-up.

In the men’s draw, Britain’s success continued as David Phillipson and Gordon Reid progressed through to the singles quarter-finals where the pair will be the only two non-seeds left in the men’s competition.

Nottinghamshire’s Phillipson beat fellow Briton Tony Knappett 6-3, 6-3, while Reid emulated Phillipson’s achievement on yesterday's opening day of play when he beat a seeded player.

British number one Phillipson will now face third see Robin Ammerlaan of the Netherlands while Reid meets fourth seed Ronald Vink of the Netherlands who beat Belgian’s Joachim Gerard 3-6, 7-6, 6-0.

The remaining men’s seed players all had comfortable passages to the quarter-finals with Japanese sixth seed Satoshi Saida set to face second seed Maikel Scheffers of the Netherlands and top seed Stephane Houdet meeting fifth seed Nicolas Peifer in an all-French contest.

In the quad singles, top seed and defending champion David Wagner of the United States booked his place in the quarter-final against young British sixth seed Andrew Lapthorne with a 6-0, 6-1 victory over Israel’s Boaz Kramer.

In the absence of Britain’s world number one ranked quad singles player Peter Norfolk due to the impending birth of his second child, Wagner is strong favourite to retain his crown in Nottingham.

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