Daily Round-Up (7 Oct)
Christy Che and Vienna Lai, Hong Kong's two highest-ranked junior players with ITF World Tennis Tour Junior Rankings of No. 490 and No. 598 respectively, were given qualifying wildcards to compete in this year's tournament. Despite the seemingly lopsided defeats, it was an indispensable learning experience for the pair of local teenagers who were competing in a WTA Tour event for the first time in their careers. Qualies No. 8 seed Daria Lodikova, world ranked No. 384, has already won a pair of W15 titles in Antalya this season. Against current Hong Kong junior No. 1, Christy Che, who is still seeking her first victory on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour, Lodikova had the upper-hand, as expected. The 8th seed won in straight sets 6-1 6-2, but Che did well to save 6 of 10 break points and carved out two of her own, even though she was unable…