US Open qualifying: Britain’s Billy Harris and Lily Miyazaki win first round matches

Britain’s Billy Harris and Lily Miyazaki are through to the second round of qualifying at the US Open.

Harris, who played in the main draw of a major for the first time at Wimbledon in July, held off Argentina’s Juan Manuel Cerundolo to clinch a 6-3 2-6 7-5 win.

Earlier, Miyazaki claimed a 6-2 6-4 victory over Dalila Jakupovic of Slovenia.

The 28-year-old won three qualifying matches in New York last year to make her main draw debut at a Grand Slam.

Britain’s Jan Choinski is also through after beating Argentina’s Pedro Cachin 6-4 6-2, while Francesca Jones beat Rebeka Masarova of Spain 6-1 2-6 7-6 (10-6).

Oliver Crawford is out after falling to a 6-4 6-4 defeat by the USA’s JJ Wolf.

The winning quartet join fellow Britons Heather Watson, Paul Jubb and Sonay Kartal, who all won on Monday, in the second round.

Watson takes on second seed Aliaksandra Sasnovich on Wednesday, while Jubb faces Finland’s Otto Virtanen and Kartal plays Simona Waltert of Switzerland.

Jones is also in action on Wednesday against Japan’s Ena Shibahara, with Choinski taking on Valentin Vacherot of Monaco.