Nice Britain’s Harriet Dart and Billy Harris each missed out on the Australian Open foremost draw as they misplaced within the closing spherical of qualifying.
Dart fell to a 6-4 7-5 defeat in opposition to Japan’s Nao Hibino, regardless of serving for the second set.
In the meantime, Harris’ efforts to achieve the primary attract Melbourne for the primary time ended with a 7-5 6-2 loss in opposition to Kamil Majchrzak of Poland.
The British quantity 4 made his Grand Slam main-draw debut as a wildcard at Wimbledon in 2024, the place he misplaced within the first spherical to Spain’s Jaume Munar.
The defeats imply there will likely be seven British gamers within the singles foremost draw when the match begins on Sunday.
Rising star Jacob Fearnley is ready to face Nick Kyrgios within the first spherical because the Australian returns to Grand Slam tennis.
British males’s primary Jack Draper will tackle Argentina’s Mariano Navone, whereas Katie Boulter – Britain’s highest-ranked ladies’s participant – is up in opposition to Canada’s Rebecca Marino.
Elsewhere in qualifying, Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca reached the primary draw of a serious for the primary time with a 6-4 6-1 victory in opposition to Argentina’s twelfth seed Thiago Agustin Tirante.
Fonseca, 18, established himself as one among tennis’ rising stars by changing into the second-youngest winner of the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals in December.
Hady Habib saved three match factors to beat Clement Chidekh of France and turn into the primary Lebanese participant within the Open period to look in a Grand Slam males’s singles foremost draw.
The 26-year-old, who made his Olympic debut in Paris in 2024, grew to become the primary participant from Lebanon to win a ATP Challenger title final 12 months.