Elena Baltacha and Katie O’Brien are through to the final round of qualifying at the Australian Open in Melbourne.
The two Brits need one more victory to book their place in next week’s main draw alongside Anne Keothavong and Mel South.
Andy Murray will begin his Aussie Open campaign against Romanian Andrei Pavel. The British No.1 will be bidding to win the first Grand Slam title of his career.
Colin Fleming will meet Frenchman Stephane Robert in the final of the AEGON Pro-Series event in Glasgow on Saturday. The 24 year-old has impressively not dropped a set en route to the title decider.
Chris Eaton and Jamie Baker, who ended Fleming’s 26 match unbeaten doubles run on Thursday, have teamed up to lift the doubles trophy, beating French duo Roman Jouan and Patrick Ysern 7-5 6-0 in the final.
In junior tennis, Tom Farquharson has reached the boys’ singles semi-final at the ITF Grade 4 event in Szczecin, Poland. The 16 year-old will face Dutch No.5 seed Dille Rikkert in the last four.
NTC hosts AEGON 18&U Junior Masters
The AEGON 18&U Junior Masters is taking place at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampon this weekend. Throughout the winter, players gain points at qualification events with the top boys and girls gaining invitations for this weekend’s Masters.
In the boys’ event, reigning champion Jordan McCulloch is back to defend his title while David Thomson, Mathew Thomson and Ashley Hewitt make up the remaining seeded players.
In the girls’ event, British junior No.7 Alexandra Walker is the top seed while Laura Slater, Michelle Farley and Nicole Peterson are also seeded.