British trio Samantha Murray, Jay Clarke and Jodie Burrage all beaten in the first round of French Open qualifying; that leaves Liam Broady and Harriet Dart flying the flag with real hope of making the main draw in Paris
Wednesday 26 May 2021 06:13, UK
Samantha Murray, Jay Clarke and Jodie Burrage all crashed out of French Open qualifying in what proved to be a fruitless day for the Brits at Roland Garros.
The trio were bidding to emulate Liam Broady and Harriet Dart, both of whom had kept their main draw hopes alive with first-round victories on Monday.
Murray never got going against her Dutch opponent Richel Hogenkamp and too many unforced errors handed her opponent a 6-3 6-4 win.
Clarke clawed his way into a final set against Filip Horansky but, after a streak of five games without a hold of serve, it was the Slovakian player who emerged with a 6-3 4-6 6-3 win.
Burrage, handed her chance in the draw as a late replacement, charged into a 4-0 lead against Romanian 14th seed Irina Bara, but won just one of the next 12 games and fell 7-5 6-3.
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