Two Canadians were among the winners on Saturday at the 2018 Odlum Brown VanOpen as the tournament kicked off its 16th year at Hollyburn Country Club.

Burnaby, BC’s Luka Vukovic, a 17-year-old top junior in the province, edged out fellow local wild card entrant Riaan Du Toit 7-5, 7-6 on Centre Court. In the other all-Canadian tilt, Joshua Peck defeated Jared Maclean 6-3, 6-1 to advance to face the No. 3 seed in qualifying, Vincent Millot of France.

The eighth-seeded men’s qualifier, American Marcos Giron, closed out the day’s action with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Australia’s Luke Saville. Giron will now take on Mikael Torpegaard of Denmark – after Torpegaard took down France’s Fabrice Martin in three sets, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3

Matches continue Sunday, August 12 at 10 am, featuring Men’s and Women’s Singles Qualifying. Tickets for the Odlum Brown VanOpen are available at https://vanopen.com/tickets.

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Odlum Brown VanOpen
A Tennis Canada Event
Saturday, August 11
Hollyburn Country Club
West Vancouver, BC
Purse: $200,000 USD
Surface: Hard-Outdoor

Saturday, August 11 – RESULTS
Men’s Singles Qualifying – First Round
Ricardo Rodriguez, Venezula, def. Alexander Day, Canada, 6-3, 6-0,
Mikael Torpegaard, Denmark, def. Fabrice Martin, France, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3,
Marcos Giron (8), United States, def. Luke Saville, Australia 6-3, 6-3,
Borno Gojo, Croatia, def. Takanyi Garanganga 6-3, 2-0 (Ret.),
Aleksandar Vukic, Australia, def. (WC) Jack Davis, Canada, 7-6, 6-1,
(WC) Joshua Peck, Canada, def. (WC) Jared Maclean, Canada, 6-3, 6-1,
Thai-Son Kwiatkowski, United States, def. Henry Craig, United States, 6-4, 6-1,
Jacob Grills, Australia, def. Ruan Roelofse, South Africa, 6-1, 6-2,
(WC) Luka Vukovic, Canada, def. (WC) Riaan Du Toit, Canada, 7-5, 7-6.

Photo credit: Eduardo Villanueva