Rogowska, Rodionova progress in Paris
Australians Anastasia Rodionova and Olivia Rogowska remain a chance of moving through to the French Open main draw after scoring impressive first-round qualifying wins on Wednesday.
Paris, France, 21 May 2015 | AAP
Australians Anastasia Rodionova and Olivia Rogowska remain a chance of moving through to the French Open main draw after scoring impressive first-round qualifying wins on Wednesday.
Rodionova battled back from a first-set bagel to upset 10th seed Julia Glushko 0-6 6-4 7-5, while Rogowska beat 18th seed Allaksandra Sasnovich 6-2 6-3.
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The news was not so good for Australia’s men, with all three in action suffering defeats.
Former junior world No.1 Jason Kubler suffered a heart-breaking first-round qualifying loss to Portugal’s Tim Puetz.
Ranked 152nd in the world, Kubler now plays exclusively on clay to protect his vulnerable knees and centres his entire season on the French Open.
But his 6-3 7-6(5) loss to Puetz extends his Grand Slam main draw absence to more than five years.
Also going down were Luke Saville and Alex Bolt; Saville fell 6-4 6-1 in his second-round qualifying match to Guilherme Clezar, while Bolt fell in straight sets in the first round to American Bjorn Fratangelo.