The girls' singles main draw kick-started an intense day of tennis at the HSBC Road to Wimbledon National Finals as the draws reached the knockout stages.
Kate Malazonia of Warwickshire was the first name into the second round with a comfortable 6-1, 6-1 win for the fifth seed. Third seed Megan Davies overcame a tricky first round opponent West of Scotland's Anna Daisley.
The match of the day was decided on Court 5 where Northumberland's sixth seed Claudette Gilhespie and talented Middlesex player Nency Chiphan battled for over two and a half hours. The sixth seed recovered from a set down to book a place in the second round 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
After the match Gilhespie said: "It was a long and tough match, what got me through it I believe was my mental strength, Nency is very strong, it was the first time I played her. I'm really happy to have won my knockout match."
The boys' singles matches saw all the top seeds progress safely through to the second round with just one casualty, Cheshire's fifth seed, Joshua Webster, going out to Joshua Elliot of Lincolnshire 3-6, 7-6(6), 7-5.
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