Nice Britain’s Harriet Dart and Heather Watson each made it by 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 prime 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 towards Lola Radivojevic of Serbia.
There was disappointment, nevertheless, for British males’s quantity 5 Evans, who misplaced 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Japan’s James Trotter.
Dart is up towards one other Australian in Taylah Preston within the subsequent spherical, whereas Watson will tackle American veteran Varvara Lepchenko.
Billy Harris, Jan Choinski, Paul Jubb, Francesca Jones and Lily Miyazaki will play their first-round qualifiers on Tuesday.
Britain’s Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu, Sonay Kartal, Jodie Burrage, Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie and Jacob Fearnley all have direct entry into the principle draw on the first main of 2025.
