Australian Open qualifying: Katie Boulter advances as Liam Broady edged out in Melbourne
There were also wins for Jodie Burrage and Yuriko Miyazaki, but Ryan Peniston also lost, meaning no British men advanced
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Your support makes all the difference.Katie Boulter battled past American Caroline Dolehide to reach the second round of Australian Open qualifying.
The Briton prevailed 6-2 3-6 7-6 (10/5) in a match that lasted more than two hours.
Liam Broady suffered defeat though, despite a heroic effort, which forced Colombian Emilio Gomez to battle through in just short of three hours.
Gomez took the final three points of a tiebreaker to prevail 6-3 6-7 (4) 7-6 (10/7).
Broady had fought back from 3-1 down in the deciding third set to lose 4-3 but Gomez then broke back and each held serve as a second consecutive set went to a tiebreaker.
Broady’s defeat means that no British men have made it through qualifying with Ryan Peniston having been beaten 7-6 (5) 6-2 by Canada’s Alexis Galarneau a day after Paul Jubb went out in the opening round.
Jodie Burrage advanced with a 6-2 6-4 win over Australian Elysia Bolton and Yuriko Miyazaki saw off Hailey Baptiste of the United States 6-4 7-5.
However, there was defeat for Katie Swan, beaten 6-4 6-3 by Jessika Ponchet of France.
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