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Kimberly Birrell and Priscilla Hon are amongst 5 Australians to progress to the second spherical within the Roland Garros 2024 girls’s qualifying singles occasion.

Paris, France, 22 Could 2024 | Leigh Rogers> READ: Australian girls off to a promising begin in qualifying at Roland Garros 2024

That is solely the second time prior to now 45 years that 5 Australian girls have progressed to this stage in a Roland Garros qualifying draw, matching the efforts of 2022.

The Open period report for Australian girls reaching the second spherical in qualifying on the clay-court Grand Slam event is six, which was achieved in 1978.

Birrell achieved a milestone of her personal, staging a stirring comeback to notch her career-first victory at Roland Garros.

The 26-year-old from the Gold Coast triumphed 2-6 6-0 6-3 in opposition to world No.170 Polina Kudermetova.

That is world No.154 Birrell’s eighth win from her previous 10 matches and units up a second-round showdown with Serbian Olga Danilovic, the eleventh seed within the girls’s qualifying draw.

Hon scored a 7-6(5) 6-3 victory in her opening-round conflict in opposition to German Mona Barthel, a former world No.23.

The 26-year-old from Brisbane, who’s at the moment ranked world No.216, subsequent faces Hungarian Panna Udvardy, a 25-year-old ranked No.132.

World No.215 Li Tu is proudly carrying Australian hopes within the males’s qualifying singles competitors.

The 27-year-old from Adelaide recorded his career-first win at Roland Garros, producing a formidable show to beat Brit Oliver Crawford 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2.

Tu struck 42 winners to 25, which included 9 aces, within the two-hour and 15-minute encounter.

> READ: Australian males set to realize 25-year first at Roland Garros 2024

After recording his first win on clay in virtually two years, Tu’s subsequent problem is a second-round assembly with veteran Mikhail Kukushkin. The 36-year-old from Kazakhstan is a former world No.39.

All six remaining Australians are scheduled to proceed their qualifying campaigns on day three in Paris.

> VIEW: Roland Garros 2024 qualifying day three schedule

Gamers have to win three rounds to earn a coveted main-draw spot on the clay-court Grand Slam event.

Aussies in motion – Roland Garros

RESULTS
Ladies’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) d Polina Kudermetova 2-6 6-0 6-3
Priscilla Hon (AUS) d Mona Barthel (GER) 7-6(5) 6-3
Lucija Ciric Bagaric (CRO) d [7] Arina Rodionova (AUS) 6-4 6-3
Oksana Selekhmeteva d Destanee Aiava (AUS) 7-6(5) 6-4

Males’s qualifying singles, first spherical
Li Tu (AUS) d Oliver Crawford (GBR) 6-7(4) 6-4 6-2
Maxime Janvier (FRA) d [3] James Duckworth (AUS) 6-3 6-1
Alejandro Moro Canas (ESP) d Marc Polmans (AUS) 6-1 6-2

COMING UP
Ladies’s qualifying singles, second spherical
[22] Astra Sharma (AUS) v Timea Babos (HUN)
[30] Taylah Preston (AUS) v Alexandra Eala (PHL)
Kimberly Birrell (AUS) v [11] Olga Danilovic (SRB)
Priscilla Hon (AUS) v [27] Panna Udvardy (HUN)
Olivia Gadecki (AUS) v Solana Sierra (ARG)

> VIEW: Roland Garros 2024 girls’s qualifying singles draw

Males’s qualifying singles, second spherical
Li Tu (AUS) v [25] Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)

> VIEW: Roland Garros 2024 males’s qualifying singles draw

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