Dan Evans missed out on a spot within the US Open primary draw as fellow Briton Jodie Burrage started her qualifying marketing campaign with a powerful victory.
Burrage, 26, closed out a 6-4 6-0 victory over Romania’s Patricia Maria Tig within the first spherical of qualifying in New York.
However British quantity 5 Evans misplaced his opening qualifier 6-4 3-6 7-5 to South Africa’s world quantity 353 Lloyd Harris and can miss out on the principle draw of a Grand Slam for the primary time since 2018.
Evans loved a memorable run to the third spherical at Flushing Meadows final 12 months, profitable the longest match in US Open historical past in 5 hours and 35 minutes.
World quantity 149 Burrage, bidding to succeed in the US Open primary draw for the second time, will face 18th seed Arantxa Rus subsequent.
Burrage is joined within the second spherical by compatriots Billy Harris and Jay Clarke, however Johannus Monday misplaced 7-5 6-3 to France’s Harold Mayot.
Harris fought again to beat Japan’s James Kent Trotter 3-6 6-1 6-2, whereas Clarke was a 7-6 (7-5) 6-1 winner towards American Jack Satterfield.
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 boys’s singles, with Emma Raducanu, Katie Boulter and Sonay Kartal within the ladies’s.
British quantity two Boulter started her build-up to the Grand Slam with a 6-4 6-3 victory over Yuan Yue within the first spherical of the Cleveland Championships.
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