British players fall at final hurdle

British hopes in qualifying faded in the South Coast heat on Sunday, with the last two remaining Brits falling at the final hurdle.

Dan Smethurst lost a close battle against Slovenian Blaz Rola 6-3, 7-6(4), with fellow Brit Dan Cox also losing out, falling 6-3, 6-7(5), 7-6(2) to Australian Chris Guccione.

Earlier in the weekend, wild cards Tara Moore, Samantha Murray, Jade Windley and Katie Boulter lost out in their qualifying matches, along with Naomi Broady. Moore lost to American Lauren Davis 6-0, 6-2 whilst Murray lost to another American Christina McHale 6-1, 6-3. Windley lost to Croatian Ajla Tomljanovic 6-2, 6-1 before Austrian Tamira Paszek beat Katie Boulter 6-3, 6-1. Naomi Broady lost a close match against Swiss hopefuly Belinda Bencic 7-6(2), 6-3.

Monday's Play

Monday sees a star-studded mix of players taking to the courts, with fifth seed Ivo Karlovic kicking off proceedings on Center Court, before wild card Dan Evans takes on qualifier Tobias Kamke over on Court 1.

The highlight of the women's side of the draw is eighth seed Caroline Wozniacki taking on Samantha Stosur, who spent Sunday afternoon selling wristbands in the crowd at the Rally For Bally exhibition match.

British hopeful Kyle Edmunds then takes on American Sam Querrey, before Martina Hingis ends her fifteen year absence at the Eastbourne tournament by partnering Italian Flavia Pennetta in their doubles match against the pairing of former Aegon International champions Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.

Gates open at 10:00am.

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