Britons Harriet Dart and Fran Jones each made successful begins to their bids to achieve the US Open singles predominant draw.
Dart, who has twice reached the US Open second spherical, got here by way of 6-0 6-7 (1-7) 6-1 in opposition to Jordyn Hazelitt within the first spherical of qualifying in New York.
She’s going to face one other American 16-year-old, Kristina Penickova, subsequent.
Jones, who certified for the US Open for the primary time final 12 months, will face Germany’s Mona Barthel after successful 6-3 6-4 in opposition to Italy’s Nuria Brancaccio.
However Jodie Burrage misplaced to Spain’s Guiomar Maristany 7-6 (7-1) 6-4, whereas Henry Searle was overwhelmed 6-1 6-2 by American 16-year-old Michael Antonius within the males’s occasion.
Antonius will face former US Open finalist Kei Nishikori within the second qualifying spherical, after the Japanese 36-year-old battled to a 6-1 2-6 6-2 win over Austrian Sebastian Ofner.
Former US Open semi-finalist Grigor Dimitrov will face Kazakhstan’s Timofey Skatov in his second qualifying match after dismissing Italy’s Lorenzo Giustino 6-0 6-3.
Within the ladies’s draw, 2019 US Open winner Bianca Andreescu progressed with a 6-1 6-2 win in opposition to Dutch participant Eva Vedder.
Heather Watson resumes her qualifying marketing campaign with a second-round match in opposition to Spain’s Angela Fita Boluda on Wednesday.
Within the males’s draw, Britons Jacob Fearnley, Toby Samuel, Billy Harris, Harry Wendelken and Jack Pinnington Jones all return to motion searching for to maneuver one win away from the Flushing Meadows predominant draw.
Gamers should come by way of three rounds of qualifying to achieve the singles predominant draw, which will get below manner on Sunday.
