Australian Open: Britain's Harriet Dart and Billy Harris in final qualifying round, Heather Watson out | Tennis News


British No. 4 Harriet Dart moved one game away from qualifying for the Australian Open after another qualifying win, but countrywoman Heather Watson crashed out.

In the men's qualifiers, British men's No. 4 Billy Harris also eased into the final round of qualifying after losing just three games to Spain's Carlos Taberner, 6-1, 6-2 in just over an hour.

Billy Harris is aiming to enter the main draw of the Australian Open for the first time since the 2024 hiatus.
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Billy Harris is aiming to enter the main draw of the Australian Open for the first time, after a hiatus in 2024.

Harris is looking to enter the main draw for the first time, having crashed out in the second round of qualifying last year.

On Thursday, he will face Poland's Kamil Majchrzak in the final round.

Dart came from behind in a see-saw match against Australian teenager Taylah Preston to earn her place in the final qualifying round.

She narrowly lost the tiebreak in the first set as she had already struggled to break early in the first set, but cruised through the next two sets to win 6-7 (7-9), 6-1 6-2.

Dart will play against Japan's Nao Hibino and enter the main draw for the fifth time in her career, with her best performance in the second round of 2020.

Watson started strongly against American Varvara Lepchenko, winning the first set before Lepchenko fought back to end the Briton's campaign.

The Briton broke early in the first set to hold on to her advantage, but Lepchenko broke in the second set to level the match, before breaking Watson three times in a row to seal the match 3-6 6-3 6-1.



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