Led by a five man South Australian contingent, day 1 of the City of Onkaparinga ATP Challenger 2016 saw seven singles qualifying matches completed in warm and blustery conditions.
In an all-South Australian affair, Happy Valley Tennis Club’s very own Sam Longhurst opened the proceedings on Centre Court with a 6-1 6-0 win over Stefan Norodom. Daniel Hobart then continued the South Australian success on Centre Court with a win over Patrick Fitzgerald 6-4 6-1.
Unfortunately, the South Australian luck then changed with Aleksandar Vukic (AUS) defeating Lawrence Bataljin 6-1 6-1 and Steven De Waard defeating Mislav Bosnjak in a long three setter, 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2.
In other matches, Blake Mott (AUS) defeated Brian Tran (AUS) 6-2 6-1, Xin Gao (CHN) defeated Jake Delaney (AUS) 6-2 7-6(5), whilst Peter Polansky (CAN) defeated Gian Marco Moroni (ITA) 6-3 6-1.
All seeded players moved directly through to the second round, with these matches to be played tomorrow starting at 10:00am, headlined by former world No.39, Australia’s Marinko Matosevic playing in the second match on Centre Court, not before 11:00am.
Singles qualifying draw, singles main draw and order of play for Sunday 3 January now available at: http://www.tennis.com.au/tournaments/pro-tournaments/australian-pro-tour/happy-valley
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