The annual Tas Easter Championship served up a taste of Good Friday tennis, but did so without number one seed Ed Bourchier.
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The Hobart 28-year-old was forced to withdrawal on Wednesday over injury concerns, leaving the men’s singles draw wide open.
Prospect’s Ben Osborne on Friday booked a round-of-16 clash with third-seed Nathan Jamieson from Canberra.
Osborne advanced 6-1, 7-5 over Evandale’s James Briffa.
Legana’s Ronan Naidoo also collected a straight set local win, 6-1, 6-3, proving too strong for Jake Ferguson.
Top-seed Novocastrian Luke Rankovich will now face Naidoo on Saturday.
Hobart’s Oscar Targett survived a first-set scare against wildcard Matthew Harris to win 7-6 (7-5), 6-1.
Somerset’s Martyn Icke also went through in a 6-1, 6-4 win over East Launceston’s Sebastian Altendeitering.
While Jakob Haas had completed the clean sweep of Tasmanian victories with an emphatic 6-1, 6-2 match over Alec Smith.
Women’s number three seed Lara Slisko was the only player on Friday taken to three sets after she lost a second-set tiebreak.
The world 153 outlasted gallant Tasmanian Olivia Maskell 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2.
Wynonah Conway earned a 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) win over East Launceston’s Lucy Jones amid a second-set tiebreak.
Emma Pollock, Angelina Graovac, Sanyukta Singh and fourth-seed Annie Donaldson advanced to the round of 16 in straight sets wins.
Andrew Mathieson
The day I realised I wasn't good enough to play for St Kilda or be the No.1 spinner for Australia was when I realised journalism was the closest I could come to follow my passion for sport. And it's not just about the scores for me. It's the back story behind the game.
The day I realised I wasn't good enough to play for St Kilda or be the No.1 spinner for Australia was when I realised journalism was the closest I could come to follow my passion for sport. And it's not just about the scores for me. It's the back story behind the game.
