TENNIS UPDATE: Seeds make strong start in Platinum AMT event

Qualifier Glen Dawes (prodivded the first upset, defeating Mustafa Ibraimi 6-3 7-6 

ROUND 1 RESULTS

Jacob Grills (1) d Connor Di Marco (Q) 6-1 6-3

Vincent Stouff d Omar Fields 6-1 6-0

Edward Bourchier (4) d Stefan Storch 6-2 4-6 6-3 

Glen Dawes (Q) d Mustafa Ibraimi 6-3 7-6(2) 

Eirk Holt-Crossman d Jess Delaney 7-5 6-2 

Lucas Vuradin (3) d Themi Sitzoukis 5-0 retired 

Josh Charlton d Junyi Tang 6-0 6-4

Harry Bourchier (2) d Yuanfeng Li  6-2 7-6(3)

OPEN WOMEN’S ROUND 1 DRAW

Alana Parnaby (6) v Mary Ann Liu (Q) 

Olivia Symons v Evana Bowell 

Masa Jovanovic (4) v Olivia Ryan 

Talia Gibson (Q) v Amy Stevens 

Beatrice Hetrel v Giorgie Jones 

Chloe Green (Q) v Maddison Inglis (3) 

Naomi McKenzie v Tamara Bajagic (Q) 

Bianca Nasser-Compuesto (wildcard) v Belinda Woolcock (5) 

THURSDAY 8AM

BALLARAT SERVES UP MAIN DRAW

The Ballarat Open Platinum AMT open singles championships move into full swing on Thursday.

Glen Dawes led the charge into the men’s main draw from the qualifying event.

Seeded second in the qualifiers, he reached the semi-finals to secure of the four spots remaining in the event at Ballarat Regional Tennis Centre.

Themi Sitzoukis, Junyi Tang and Connor Di Marco also advanced.

Di Marco meets top seed Jacob Grills in the opening round.

Main draw:

Jacob Grills (1) v Connor Di Marco

Omar Fields v Vincent Stouff

Edward Bourchier (4) v Stefan Storch

Glen Dawes v Mustafa Ibraimi

Jess Delaney v Eirk Holt-Crossman

Themi Sitzoukis v Lucas Vuradin (3)

Junyi Tang v Josh Charlton

Yuanfeng Li v Harry Bourchier (2)

MEANWHILE, the women’s open main draw will be finalised on Thursday.

Talia Gibson became the first qualifier to progress when she cruised to a 6-1 6-1 victory in quarter finals in the qualifying event on Wednesday.

The other three spots will determined early on Thursday.

Ruby Rothman plays Chloe Green, Tamara Bajagic meets Leann Serna and Mary Ann Liu tackles Casey Tay.