After a last minute redraw due to a couple of late withdrawals, Lance Beddoes, who is seeded in the top 32, was handed a first round bye, while team-mates Paul Coll and Michael Sunderland both had straight games wins. Coll opened his account with an 11-3 11-2 11-1 thrashing of Ecuador's Sebastien Larrea and will face third seeded Frenchman Lucas Serme in the second round. Sunderland was also a convincing winner, beating Venezuela's Daniel Prato 11-3, 11-2, 11-5, and will play top 16 seeded Pakistani Farhan Zaman for a place in the third round.
Bryce Redman was the only New Zealander to miss out on a spot in the second round. Redman went down 12-10, 11-6, 11-4 to Canadian Arjun Gupta.
Results (NZ players only - number indicates seeding)
17-32 Lance Beddoes (NZL) BYE
Paul Coll (NZL) def Sebastien Larrea (ECU) 11-3, 11-2, 11-1 Michael Sunderland (NZL) def Daniel Prato (VEN) 11-3, 11-2,11-5 Arjun Gupta (CAN) def Bryce Redman (NZL) 12-10 11-6, 11-4.
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Picture: from left Paul Coll, Michael Sunderland, Bryce Redman, Lance Beddoes and coach Anthony Ricketts.
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