Nice Britain’s Harriet Dart and Heather Watson each made it via to the second spherical of qualifying for the Australian Open, however Dan Evans is out.
Third seed Dart, who has not too long ago slipped out of the world’s high 100, defeated Australian wildcard Lizette Cabrera 6-2 7-6 (7-5) in Melbourne.
Watson claimed a hard-fought 7-5 6-7 (14-16) 6-2 victory in opposition to Lola Radivojevic of Serbia.
There was disappointment, nonetheless, for British males’s quantity 5 Evans, who misplaced 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Japan’s James Trotter.
Billy Harris, who has by no means reached the primary draw on the Australian Open, faces Yuta Shimizu of Japan within the first spherical of qualifying in a while Monday.
Dart is up in opposition to one other Australian in Taylah Preston within the subsequent spherical on Tuesday, whereas Watson will play American veteran Varvara Lepchenko.
Britain’s Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu, Sonay Kartal, Jodie Burrage, Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie and Jacob Fearnley all have direct entry into the primary draw on the first main of 2025.