Canberra’s Dimitri Morogiannis is through to the quarter finals of the Canberra Junior International after straight sets victories in the first two rounds. A number of seeds fell in the first 2 rounds of the boys singles, while it is has been smooth sailing for the seeds in the girls draw.
As the number 4 seed in the boys singles, Morogiannis has looked comfortable in the first two rounds, defeating James Stathis, 6-0, 6-3, in the first round yesterday, and Rinky Hojikata 6-4, 6-2 today. In tomorrow’s quarter final, Morogiannis will play unseeded Roger Rogowski who knocked out the number 7 seed in the first round. Top two seeds, Bernard Nkomba and Christopher Cox have moved through comfortably to the quarter finals. Nkomba will face number 5 seed Thomas Bosancic, while Cox will face lucky loser Brock Meuris. The other quarter final will see wildcard Jeremy Taylor take on unseeded Blake Clarke.
In the girls draw, the top seeds have dominated the first two days of the tournament with the top 6 seeds all making the quarters. Top seed Violet Apisah has only dropped 6 games in her opening two rounds, while number two seed Kaitlin Staines has had straight set victories in both matches. Staines will face Renee McBryde who defeated 8 seed Olivia Gadecki. ACT’s Imogen Clews won her first round yesterday, but fell to number 6 seed Jessica Zaviacic today. Zaviacic will now take on Apisah in the quarters. Number 3 seed Selina Turulja has dropped just 2 games and will take on unseeded Madison Bishop who upset the number 7 seed today. Number 4 and 5 seeds Brooke Milner and Amber Marshall will play for the last place in the quarters.
The doubles events commenced today, with the top 4 boys seeds all made it through to the quarters, while in the girls 3 of the top 4 seeds made it through.
The girls singles quarter finals will commence at 9.00am tomorrow followed by the boys quarter finals.
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