
Harriet Dart and Fran Jones have been among the many British gamers who noticed their French Open hopes ended within the second qualifying spherical on Wednesday.
British quantity 4 Dart gained the primary set earlier than falling to a 1-6 6-1 6-2 loss to France’s Elsa Jacquemot.
World quantity 316 Jones was left in tears after she was pressured to retire from her match in opposition to Ylena In-Albon.
The 22-year-old, who stunned former grand slam semi-finalist Coco Vandeweghe on Monday, had trailed 4-1.
Jones, unable to proceed due to a shoulder damage at Roland Garros, has a congenital situation which implies she is lacking one finger on every hand and three toes.
Within the males’s draw, British quantity seven Ryan Peniston and Jan Choinski each misplaced after profitable the primary set of their respective matches.
Peniston went forward in opposition to eighth seed Radu Albot however the Romanian got here again to clinch a 2-6 6-2 6-4 win.
In the meantime, Choinski was overwhelmed 3-6 6-4 6-0 by Austrian Sebastian Ofner.
Katie Boulter and Liam Broady will bid to succeed in the third and remaining qualifying spherical later.
The principle draw of the clay-court Grand Slam at Roland Garros begins on Sunday.
Fellow Britons Heather Watson, Katie Swan and Lily Miyazaki have been overwhelmed in the first round of qualifying on Tuesday.
Britain draw house tie for Billie Jean King Cup play-offs
It was introduced on Wednesday that Nice Britain will play their Billie Jean King Cup play-off tie in opposition to Sweden at house in November.
The winners will earn the possibility to qualify for the 2024 Finals, whereas the losers shall be relegated to a regional competitors.
Every play-off tie will consist of 5 matches, with two singles matches on the primary day and two singles matches adopted by a doubles match on the second day.
The draw for this yr’s Finals, which shall be held in Seville, has thrown up a robust group involving defending champions Switzerland, the Czech Republic and the USA.