Heather Watson’s hopes of showing within the US Open this yr led to qualifying.
She misplaced in straight units to second seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich, who beat Watson 6-1 6-4 on Wednesday.
Nonetheless, British gamers Sonay Kartal and Lily Miyazaki each reached the ultimate spherical of qualifying.
Sonay Kartal has been in spectacular type
British No 5 Kartal continued her spectacular type with a straight-sets victory over Simona Waltert. She is now one win away from a spot within the US Open essential draw.
Kartal solely returned to the game in April after months on the sidelines whereas she battled with an undisclosed well being drawback, however got here via qualifying to achieve the third spherical at Wimbledon.
The 22-year-old, who was Emma Raducanu’s essential home rival as a junior, has carried on her momentum with two ITF titles this month to reach in New York filled with confidence.
After Kartal eased previous Guiomar Maristany on Monday, the world No 163 progressed previous Waltert 6-3 6-2 within the second spherical of qualifying.
It means Kartal has gained 17 of her final 18 matches and can face Ukraine’s Yulia Starodubtseva on Thursday for a shot at a maiden US Open main-draw berth.
Lily Miyazaki can also be within the working to qualify for the US Open
Miyazaki joined compatriot Kartal within the ultimate spherical of qualifying after a gutsy victory over Kathinka von Deichmann.
Miyazaki, the thirty first seed for qualifying, misplaced the primary set comprehensively, however battled again to say a 1-6 6-2 6-2 victory.
Miyazaki was born in Tokyo and switched allegiances to Nice Britain in 2022. She got here via qualifying at Flushing Meadows final yr earlier than she exited the primary draw within the second spherical.
Within the males’s qualifying, Paul Jubb went down in three units to Finland’s Otto Virtanen, who had knocked out Liam Broady earlier this week.
Jubb was defeated 3-6 7-6 (7-3) 3-6.
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