US Open: Francesca Jones begins qualifiers with win

High seed Francesca Jones took step one to reaching the US Open important draw by profitable her opening qualifier, however Heather Watson was amongst 4 Britons to lose on Tuesday.

British quantity 4 Jones beat Slovakia’s Viktoria Hruncakova 6-3 6-4. She is going to face Ekaterine Gorgodze of Georgia on Wednesday as she appears to be like to achieve the US Open important draw for the primary time in her profession.

Jones has by no means acquired direct entry to a Grand Slam by her rating and narrowly missed out this time, regardless of having climbed to a career-high 86th on the planet because the US Open cut-off level.

The 24-year-old served six aces in a match lasted one hour 22 minutes and notched an 87% win charge on her first serves.

In the meantime, former British primary Watson was defeated 6-3 3-6 4-6 by Gorgodze as she failed to achieve the principle draw for a fourth successive yr.

British ladies’s quantity seven Harriet Dart edged out Romanian Anca Todoni – who sits 112 locations above her within the rankings – 7-5 6-7 (3-7) 7-6 (10-6).

British males’s quantity 5 Jan Choinski misplaced 7-6 (7-4) 6-4 to Argentina’s Andrea Collarini, however Oliver Crawford beat Alex Bolt of Australia 5-7 6-4 6-4.

George Loffhagen was crushed 4-6 5-7 by Jason Kubler, whereas 22-year-old Jack Pinnington Jones misplaced 6-3 7-6 (8-6) 7-6 (14-12).

Jodie Burrage started her qualifying marketing campaign with a win on Monday, however British quantity 5 Dan Evans was eradicated and can miss out on the principle draw of a Grand Slam for the primary time since 2018.

There are six Brits in motion on Wednesday within the second spherical of qualifying:

Gamers should win three matches in qualifying to advance to the principle singles attracts for the event, which begins on Sunday.

Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie and Jacob Fearnley have direct entry into the lads’s singles, with Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal within the ladies’s.