![]() Two out of the 3 Brits in qualifying made it into the main draw of the ATX Open, the WTA 250 event in Austin, Texas, over the weekend, joining direct entry British No 2 Harriet Dart, and one of them, Heather Watson, pulled off an impressive win over Danka Kovinic in the 1st-round, while Katie Boulter suffered an agonisingly narrow defeat at the hands of wild-card Peyton Stearns.īritish No 3 Jodie Burrage lost her opening qualifying match to American Robin Montgomery, 6-4 7-5, but Watson got past Jamie Loeb, 6-3 4-6 6-4, and Maria Carle from Argentina, 6-4 7-5, to earn her main draw slot, while Boulter beat Haley Baptiste from the USA, 7-5 6-0, before benefitting from the retirement of Russian Elina Avanesyan with the score standing at 2-6 7-5, 2-0 in her favour to advance. Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window).Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window).Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window).Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).
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