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Initial round in a girl's sport (8)

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I believe the answer is:

original

'initial' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'round in a girl's sport' is the wordplay.
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'sport' is an anagram indicator.
'in'+'a'+'girl'='inagirl'
'inagirl' anagrammed gives 'riginal'.
'o'+'riginal'='ORIGINAL'

(Other definitions for original that I've seen before include "Phototype" , "In first form" , "Primitive, earliest" , "Archetype,master copy" , "Not copied or imitated" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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