JULIA WRIGHT was Hampshire's survivor in the first round of the Girobank Tour event at the Hampshire Tennis & Health Club, West End, yesterday.

Hampshire's Gemma Vaughan lost 6-4 6-3 against Lucy Brooks and Debbie Hale went down 7-5 6-3 against Camilla Hsu.

But Wright was always in command against Cambridgeshire's Sophie Riley and came through 6-1 6-1.

Former Southampton-based professional Paul Hand went out in the first round of the men's event, 6-4 6-4 against Kent's Jim May.

Full first round results: Girobank Tour Southampton

Men's first round: B Scollo (Surrey) bt D Robinson (Somerset) 6-2 7-6 (7-2), D Sanger (Dorset) bt S Harston (Essex) 6-4 6-3, S Rhodes (Surrey) bt C Lister (Somerset) 4-6 6-3 7-5, N Bamford (Herts) bt B McManus (Kent) 6-3 6-2, M Ouvarov (Middlesex) bt S Lockwood (Suffolk) 6-2 6-2, M Rapa (Herts) bt I Flanagan (Wal) 3-6 6-0 7-6 (7-3) J May (Kent) bt P Hand (Barks) 6-4 6-4, M Ouvarov (Middlesex) bt S Lockwood (Suffolk) 6-2 6-2.

Women's first round: A Stewart (Sussex) bt H Bagshaw (Herts) 6-1 6-2, L Brooks (Norfolk) bt G Vaughan (Hants) 6-4 6-3, K Hodge (Herts) bt K Highfield (Norfolk) 6-1 6-0, C Hsu (Middlesex) bt D Hale (Hants) 7-5 6-3, M Emmett (Berkshire) bt A Hodge (Herts) 6-3 7-5, R Rankin (Surrey) bt A Martin (Surrey) 6-4 6-2, J Wright (Hants) bt S Riley (Cambridgeshire) 6-1 6-1