Day 1 of the City of Onkaparinga Tennis Challenger 2017 has come to a close with eight singles qualifying matches completed in calm conditions.<\/p>\n
In an all-South Australian affair, Mislav Bosnjak<\/strong> opened the proceedings on Centre Court with a 6-3 6-4 win over Sam Longhurst.<\/strong> The South Australian success continued with Alex Bolt<\/strong> taking a win over Patrick Fitzgerald<\/strong>\u00a0(Vic) 7-5 6-2 and Sean Van Rensburg<\/strong> defeating Luke Sebastiani<\/strong> (SA) 6-0 6-1.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, the South Australian luck then changed with Steven De Waard<\/strong> (Qld) defeating Stefan Norodom<\/strong> 6-3 6-3, Dayne Kelly<\/strong> (Vic) overcoming Brock Meuris<\/strong> 6-1 6-2 and Yasutaka Uchiyama<\/strong> (JPN) taking the win over Bradley Mousley<\/strong> in a long three setter, 1-6 7-6(2) 7-5<\/p>\n In other matches, Harry Bourchier<\/strong> (TAS) defeated No.1 seed Reilly Opelka<\/strong> (USA) 7-6(6) 5-7 7-6(5) and Brydan Klein<\/strong> (GBR) defeated Lawrence Bataljin<\/strong> (SA) 6-2 6-1.<\/p>\n Day 2 is headlined by former world No.39, Australia\u2019s Marinko Matosevic<\/strong> (Vic) playing against De Waard in the first match on Court 6. The South Australian contingent of Luke Saville, Alex Bolt<\/strong> and Sean Van Rensburg<\/strong> will also take to the court during the day, with matches starting from 11.00 am.<\/p>\n