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10 April 2018 | Tennis SA

Day 2 saw some epic battles take place at the 12/u and 14/u Australian Grasscourt Championships on another unseasonably warm day in Adelaide.

In the 12/u Boys, [1] Mudiwa Munyimani (Vic) defeated South Australia’s Angus Koeroessy 6-2 6-3 and [2] Jeremy Zhang (NSW) overcame Cian Ingles (WA) 6-4 6-3, whilst in the girls [1] Sarah Rokusec took a 6-0 6-1 victory over Ioanna Papastamouli (SA) and [2] Jessie Culley (WA) defeated Rebecca Le Leu (SA) 7-5 6-2.

In the 14/u Boys, top seed Haru Sonton (Qld) needed three hours and twelve minutes to defeat a truly determined opponent in South Australia’s Doni Gashi 4-6 7-6(4) 7-6(1), with [2] Edward Vo (SA) defeating Zachary Viiala (WA) 7-5 6-1. In the girls, [1] Taylah Lawless (NSW) defeated Erica Williams (SA) 6-1 6-3 and [2] Talia Gibson (WA) defeated Madison Schwarz (SA) 6-2 6-1.

South Australia’s Ralph Catipay, Edward Winter and Mia Tsoukalas have all made their way through to the quarter finals to be played on Thursday.

Day 3 will be doubles day, with first and second round matches to be completed, starting at 9.00 am.

Updated singles draws, doubles draws and schedule for Wednesday 11 April now available here.