Tennis: Dart and Watson win in Australian Open qualifying
07-Jan-2025 02:33 PM 2231
Melbourne, Jan 7 (Reporter) Great Britain's Harriet Dart and Heather Watson, both made it through to the second round of qualifying for the Australian Open, but Dan Evans is out. Third seed Dart, who has recently slipped out of the world's top 100, defeated Australian wildcard Lizette Cabrera 6-2 7-6 (7-5) in Melbourne, according to a BBC report on Tuesday. Watson claimed a hard-fought 7-5 6-7 (14-16) 6-2 victory against Lola Radivojevic of Serbia. There was disappointment, however, for British men's number five Evans, who lost 6-4 3-6 6-3 to Japan's James Trotter. According to a BBC, Dart is up against another Australian in Taylah Preston in the next round, while Watson will take on American veteran Varvara Lepchenko. Billy Harris, Jan Choinski, Paul Jubb, Francesca Jones and Lily Miyazaki will play their first-round qualifiers on Tuesday. Britain's Katie Boulter, Emma Raducanu, Sonay Kartal, Jodie Burrage, Jack Draper, Cameron Norrie and Jacob Fearnley all have direct entry into the main draw at the first major of 2025...////...
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