Anna Fitzpatrick and Ana Veselinovic both made confident starts in the $25,000 Deza Trophy in the Czech Republic after reaching the second round in singles and doubles on Tuesday.

Fitzpatrick, who arrived in Valasske Mezirici having just been named as the LTA’s Female Junior Player of the Year, upset No. 8 seed Stanislava Hrozenska of Slovakia 6-4, 6-3 in her opening match, while Veselinovic followed up her two qualifying wins with a 7-6(3), 6-0 victory over Andrea Berkova in the main draw.

Anna, the top seed in the qualifying competition, defeated Lenka Jurikova in her opening match and followed with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Frankova, the Czech who reached the quarterfinals last year and captured the doubles title.

Anna Fitzpatrick got through to the final round of qualifying of the Grade 1 Eddie Herr Junior Championships before bowing out in three sets to Taylor Ormond from Canada.  Just one round away from securing her place in the main draw, Anna is hopeful she might still qualify for a lucky loser place.

At the Nick Bollettieri Sports Academy in Bradenton Florida it took Anna three sets before emerging as victor in the first round of qualifying.  Pitched against American Alexandra Angelescu, Anna breezed through the first set taking it 6-1 due to a combination of aggressive play and a flurry of errors from her opponent.