First round singles matches have been completed in warm and sunny conditions, however Day 4 has seen the seeds fall at the City of Onkaparinga Tennis Challenger 2017.
Top seed Donald Young (USA) was defeated by Ruben Bemelmans (BEL) 6-2 2-6 7-6(3), whilst second seed Joao Souza (BRA) was overcome by Matthias Bachinger (GER) 6-7(5) 6-4 6-3.
[3] Denis Kudla (USA), [4] Peter Polansky (CAN), [6] Darian King (BAR) and [8] Marton Fucsovics (HUN) are the only seeds to remain.
South Australians Alex Bolt and Luke Saville, however, stole the show and have both continued their winning ways. Bolt took a convincing 6-3 6-2 victory over Tatsuma Ito (JPN), whilst Saville defeated Max Purcell (NSW) in three tight sets, 4-6 6-3 6-3.
Day 5 will see Saville take to the court again, this time against King in the second match on Court 6. In the doubles, top seeded pairing of Hans Podlipnik-Castillo (CHI) and Max Schnur (USA) will take on Marinko Matosevic (Vic) and South Australia’s Bradley Mousley in the third match on Court 4.
Live streaming and scoring is available through atpchallengertour.com.
Singles qualifying draw, singles main draw, doubles main draw and order of play for Wednesday 4 January now available at: tennis.com.au/tournaments/pro-tournaments/australian-pro-tour/happy-valley
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