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Britain’s Heather Watson reached the ultimate spherical of US Open qualifying with victory towards Vitalia Diatchenko.
Former British primary Watson – with out direct entry into a significant for the primary time for the reason that 2019 US Open – beat the Russian 6-2 6-3 in her second qualifying match.
The 30-year-old will face Czech Sara Bejlek for a spot in the primary draw.
Britain’s Paul Jubb additionally gained however compatriots Katie Boulter and Liam Broady have been each overwhelmed on Thursday.
Jubb, who misplaced to Nick Kyrgios in 5 units within the first spherical at Wimbledon, beat Portugal’s Pedro Sousa 4-6 6-1 7-5.
The world quantity 203 will play Gijs Brouwer of the Netherlands on Friday for a spot in the primary draw of the US Open.
Boulter missed out on the primary draw after a 6-3 6-4 defeat by 18-year-old American Ashlyn Krueger, whereas Broady misplaced 6-4 1-6 4-6 to Bulgaria’s Dimitar Kuzmanov.
In the meantime, 20-year-old Briton Jack Draper was overwhelmed 6-4 6-4 by Marc-Andrea Huesler within the quarter-finals of the Winston-Salem Open in North Carolina.
Draper, who had earned wins over Fabio Fognini and Dominic Thiem to achieve the final eight, shall be making his debut in the primary draw of an abroad main when he performs on the US Open and has been drawn towards Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori within the first spherical.
