Luke Hooper is I think the last direct entry here, but hasn't had much luck with the draw, facing the second seed. Gabia Paskauskas plays an Italian with a good recent record on clay, but less so on hard
Dina Lipovski lost in the first round of singles qualifying (presuming she may live in Israel full time as she plays a lot of events here). Shame she wasn't able to get in the doubles draw as she won a J5 doubles title in September.
Gabia Paskauskas is playing with Nao Nishino in the doubles. Hooper is playing with a Mexican partner in the boys doubles.
A good win for Gabia, while Luke did better than I anticipated by winning a set off the second seed. Next up for Gabia is the 15 year old eighth seed, ranked a relatively modest 227 for a top 8 seed in a Grade 2
Boys R1 (L32)
(2) Vit Kalina (CZE) d. Luke Hooper 1-6 6-4 6-3
Girls R1 (L32)
Gabia Paskauskas d. Emma Ottavia Ghirardato (ITA) 7-6(4) 6-4