Mixed Results for Wigley and Ammar at 16s Nationals-Hamilton

George Wigley reached the round of 16 after knocking out 11th seed Sam Bennet ( North Shore) in three sets,2-6 7-5 6-2, It set up a meeting with 5th seed Cameron Norrie. Wigley could not match the consistency of Norrie and was beaten 6-0 6-1.Ryan Ammar met a tough first round opponent in North Islander Alex Hamilton and in a tight match lost 6-2 6-3, Hamilton then went on to knock out the 15th seed in his next match.Combining together in the boys doubles today they knocked out the 8th seeds Jonathan Merchant and Scott Moir 6-2 6-1 and will play the 3rd seeds tomorrow.Ammar and Wigley are now competing in the consolation singles with Ammar winning both rounds, they both meet beaten main draw seeds tomorrow.

At Wellington today Both Annabel Ellis and Same Lane went down to top seeds in their quarter final match up s today.Lane made too many unforced errors against Klintcherov from Auckland going down 6-1 6-1 ,Whilst Ellis played a competitive match against Pang From Christchurch with the scoreline 6-0 6-0 no indication of the match.Lawrence Darling also lost his quarter final to Pannu from Wellington. Lane and Darling lived up to their No 4 seeding defeating Connor Heap( Cant)Trent Smith (Auck)the 5th seeds
in a power hitting match 6-4 6-4, they play the top seeds tomorrow.Ellis and Overton ( southland) continued their run and reached the semi's with a 6-0 6-2 win over Canterbury's Ilsje Erasmus and Olivia L Smith .They also are drawn against the top seeds tomorrow.