[4] Valentina Ivanov (NZL) v Gabriella Da Silva-Fick (AUS)

Valentina Ivanov beat Gabriella Da Silva-Fick in both singles and doubles last week in Leiria, so it was a bit tough that they should face each other again in the first round of qualifying in Évora, about an hour and a half’s drive east of Lisbon.  Da Silva-Fick needed to save a break point before…