Pacific Oceania players have impressed on Day 1 of the Goulburn Valley Championships at Shepparton, Victoria (about 2 hours drive north of Melbourne).
Daniel Llarenas (GUM) is into the 3rd round after winning his opening match 60,61 before beating the top seed, Nathan Mayes of Victoria, 75,62.
On the opposite side of draw Nikolas N’Godrela (NC) won his first match 64,61 before beating the 3rd seed, Jake Mckenzie of Victoria 62,63
Cyril Jacobe (VAN) won his first round match 62,63 before comprehensively beating the 2nd seed, Ross Marzetti of Tasmania, 62,62.
Aymeric Mara (VAN) almost made it a clean sweep winning his first round match 63,63 before losing to the 4th seed Ryan Draffin of Victoria 36,63, 10-7
The draw sheet can be viewed by clicking on this link http://tournaments.tennis.com.au/sport/draw.aspx?id=0D9AA143-6988-4ABD-8553-3F6FB31C6D96&draw=19