Top seeds Daniel Guccione (Vic) and Andrea Dikosavljevic (Qld) are through to the second round of the Optus 14s Winter Nationals in Queensland.

Guccione, a finalist at the Optus 14s National Grasscout Championships in Mildura in February, didn’t drop a game in his match against Dominic Bechard, winning 6-0 6-0.

He will now meet Queensland’s Jack Moore in the third round after Moore defeated Alan Poric (NSW) today.

In other boys’ matches No.2 seed Harry Bourchier (TAS) was too strong for Jarrod Ritson (Qld)6-1 6-2, No.3 seed Jordan Smith (NSW) won his match 6-1 3-0 when his opponent Jordan Jones (Qld) retired and No.4 seed James Ma (SA) defeated Sean Cooke (Vic) 6-0 6-0.

After dropping the first set to Lex Abram (NSW) No.5 seed Marc Polmans (Vic) was forced to fight for his place in the third round, eventually winning 4-6 7-5 6-2.

Dikosavljevic, who is currently ranked just outside the top 100 on the Australian ranking chart, recorded a 6-2 6-2 victory over Genevieve Mccloskey (WA) today and will play No.16 seed Maika Jae Tanpoco from the Philippines in the third round. 

 Third seed Samantha Harris (Vic) defeated Alexandra Taylor (NSW) 6-2 6-0, No.4 seed Jamie Gilbertson (Qld) was too strong for Klara Vickov (Vic) 6-2 6-3 and No.5 seed Brigitte Beck (Vic) recorded a 6-1 6-2 victory over Emily Moo (NT).

The Optus 14s Winter Nationals are being held at the Griffith University Tennis Centre (Mt Gravatt campus).