Britain’s Francesca Jones beat Monica Niculescu to achieve the second spherical of qualifying for the Australian Open.
The 20-year-old beat the Romanian 28th seed, who’s a former top-30 participant, 6-Three 6-2 in Dubai.
Jones will play Croatia’s Jana Fett subsequent as she bids to achieve a Grand Slam primary draw for the primary time.
British quantity three Harriet Dart, 24, who reached the second spherical of the Australian Open in 2020, was overwhelmed 7-5 6-2 by American Grace Min.
In the lads’s qualifying – which is going down in Doha – Stockport’s Liam Broady additionally had his Melbourne hopes dashed within the first spherical as he went down 7-6 (7-1) 6-2 to Frenchman Constant Lestienne.
American Denis Kudla beat Elliot Benchetrit 6-Four 6-Three within the first spherical earlier than being advised he had examined optimistic for coronavirus. He will now should exit the event and self-isolate.
Morocco’s Benchetrit might also should isolate if he’s thought of to be a detailed contact of Kudla.
In different tennis information, Britain’s Cameron Norrie, 25, beat third seed Adrian Mannarino to achieve the Delray Beach Open quarter-finals.
Norrie claimed a 6-2 7-5 win over the Frenchman to arrange a gathering with Frances Tiafoe of America.
